Mental Health
Is Your Nightly Glass of Wine Stalling Your Weight Loss?
How just 6 ounces of wine a day disrupts your metabolism, blocks fat loss, and causes fluid retention — and what to do about it.
Psychiatry Blog
Expert articles on mental health, addiction recovery, ADHD, ketamine treatment, and more from Dr. Mark Agresti, M.D. — Page 3 of 35
Articles — Page 3
Mental Health
Why Do People Get Tattoos? A Psychiatrist's Perspective
A psychiatrist explains the psychology behind tattoos — identity, impulsivity, trauma history, and when body art signals deeper distress.
Mental Health
Mood and Personality Changes During Menopause
Why menopause changes mood and personality — irritability, anxiety, depression, sleep and weight changes — and when to seek psychiatric help.
Nutrition & Wellness
What 20 Years of Breast Implants Do to a Woman's Body
A psychiatrist reviews the long-term data on breast implants — rupture rates, immune and mood disorders, silicone migration, and the boxed warning.
Nutrition & Wellness
The Brain's Balance Beam: GABA and Glutamate
How the GABA–glutamate balance drives anxiety and sleep, and why L-theanine may be the best over-the-counter anti-anxiety supplement.
Addiction
The Hidden Cost of Opiate Withdrawal: When Withdrawal Ends but the Numbness Doesn't
Opiate withdrawal ends, but emotional numbness can linger for months. A Palm Beach psychiatrist explains anhedonia after opioids and how to treat it.
Mental Health
What's Stressing Americans Out?
Money, news, loneliness, and phones that never stop — a Palm Beach psychiatrist breaks down what is really driving American stress and what helps.
Mental Health
What nobody tells you about staying on antidepressants
Long-term antidepressants: emotional blunting, weight change, discontinuation. A psychiatrist covers what patients deserve to know about staying on.
Mental Health
How to Fix Modern Dating
Dating apps optimized for choice, not commitment. A psychiatrist offers practical fixes: intentionality, fewer options, and real-world connection.
Mental Health
Why Does Modern Dating Feel Broken?
Dating apps, economic pressure, and shifting norms have rewired courtship. A psychiatrist examines why dating feels broken — and what it does to mental health.
Nutrition & Wellness
How to Live to 100
What centenarians actually have in common: movement, purpose, connection, and diet. A physician distills the longevity research into daily habits.
Nutrition & Wellness
Forget the Diet Wars: The Real Question Is What You're Not Eating
Keto vs. vegan misses the point. Nutrient deficiencies — omega-3s, B12, magnesium — drive mood and brain health. A psychiatrist on what to eat instead.
Mental Health
Out walking in nature helps the anxious depressed mind
Walking in nature measurably lowers rumination, anxiety, and depression. A psychiatrist explains the research and how to make it part of treatment.
Mental Health
Medications That Increase the Risk of Alzheimer's
Some common medications — anticholinergics, benzodiazepines, sleep aids — are linked to higher Alzheimer's risk. A psychiatrist reviews the evidence.
Mental Health
The Antipsychotic Sensitivity of Low-Body-Weight Individuals
Low-body-weight patients hit higher antipsychotic blood levels and more side effects. A psychiatrist explains the pharmacokinetics and safer dosing.
Mental Health
Partial Response to an SSRI: Augmentation Strategies
When Zoloft or Lexapro helps but not enough, psychiatrists augment: bupropion, lithium, atypicals, or a switch. Here is how we think through the next move.
Mental Health
Caplyta (Lumateperone): A Superior Metabolic and Tolerability Profile
Why Caplyta (lumateperone) causes less weight gain and sedation than other antipsychotics — a psychiatrist reviews the evidence for bipolar depression.
Mental Health
Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder: Amnesia, Derealization, and Depersonalization
Dissociation is a spectrum — from brief memory gaps to DID. A psychiatrist explains amnesia, derealization, depersonalization, and how each is treated.
Nutrition & Wellness
Death by 1,000 Snacks
Constant grazing keeps insulin high, disrupts hunger signals, and drains energy and mood. A physician explains why snack culture is quietly harmful.
Addiction
The Cocaine Productivity Myth: Why It Feels Like a Superpower Before It Wrecks You
Cocaine feels like focus and confidence — until dopamine depletion, crashes, and addiction take over. A psychiatrist explains the productivity myth.