Will We See Ketamine Related Antidepressants In The Near Future? There has always been dissatisfaction among doctors and patients with anti-depressants. They often take 4-6 weeks to work, have significant side effects, and when they are helpful, relief it is often partial. A significant percentage of depressed patients find that anti-depressants provide no relief at…
Even Mild Anxiety Could Shorten Your Life The importance of coping with stress is not just a quality of life issue. It’s also a quantity of life issue. We all know chronic stress isn’t good for our health. Even though stress is common, this shouldn’t be something that someone has to deal with daily. Saying…
Potential Misdiagnosis of Childhood ADHD The symptoms of sleep deprivation in children resemble those of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). These include being wired, moody and uncooperative, unable to pay attention or sit still, and to have poor social skills. The truth is that many children are given a diagnosis of ADHD when in fact the real problem may…
Looking out for Early Signs of Autism Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex group of developmental disabilities. These disabilities cause young children significant and sometimes severe problems with interacting socially, particularly their ability to communicate. It’s thought that the sooner a child who has ASD is identified the sooner treatment and training and other resources…
Depression, Lens Neurofeedback and the Hyper-Connected Brain A new study coming out of UCLA looked at brain rhythm activity in 121 adults with depression. The findings showed that their brains consistently demonstrated hyper-connectivity and deceased flexibility. In another study, Chinese scientists looked at post mortem brain tissue and in specific areas of the brain they saw excess…
Ritalin & Other Attention-Improving Drugs Ritalin and other attention-improving drugs can work in the short term, for approximately the first 4-8 weeks. But studies show that over longer periods of time neither how well students do in school or how well they behave is any different from those who did not take medication. Not a single…
The NFL & Football Head Injuries After all the celebrating and champagne toasts, after all the confetti has been swept from the floor, many players are still left with trauma to their brains from all those “hits” on the field, even those that don’t lead to an actual concussion. While we as fans are exhilirated…
Direct and LENS Neurofeedback Helps Stopping Stopping Relapse or Withdrawal of Antidepressants There are 20 million Americans on antidepressants similar to Etizest, which some people take in the hopes of managing their symptoms of anxiety and/or depression a lot better. Benefits can be partial and temporary and fraught with side effects. And so it’s understandable…
Dr. Dubin Treats Anxiety without Medication Article from the PalisadianPost by Sue Pascoe Anxiety is an invisible force that millions of people across the world have to deal with. It can massively affect someone’s life as their anxiety can get so bad they just want to shut the world out. Research has also shown that…
About The Dubin Clinic Blog Even back in high school I was completely fascinated by “”mind”. I was reading Freud, Jung, Judaism and Buddhism. To pursue my high school understanding “wisdom”, I tried to meditate. Using a tattered paperback book on Zen by DT Suzui for instructions, I had a really important insight–that trying too…