Author: Dr. Judy Cook

Concussion and other brain injuries are an important issue for everyone, not just for athletes and the military, but sadly when someone seems to function normally physically, the potential for injury often gets disregarded, and is clearly misunderstood in terms of both short and long term effect.  While CT and MRI are wonderful tools for looking at brain anatomy (they

You may not or may not have any emotional distress yourself, but being aware of feelings and emotional distress may help you prevent both emotional and physical problems in yourself and your loved ones.   Mental health and happiness is the cornerstone to enjoying our lives, enjoying others and helping keep ourselves both mentally and physically healthy.  It has been said ‘There is

If you access any kind of news media, you can’t avoid the discussion about gun violence, second amendment rights, trying to blame the mentally ill and so on.  McCuistion TV (mccuistiontv.com if you wish to watch them) recently did a 2 part series on this and I was one of the panelists.  No matter what your view of guns, there

Suicide is a tragic event not just for the person who does it, but for all those left behind.     What is more tragic still is that the rates of death by suicide and by substance abuse, which I consider another version of suicide, are increasing rapidly, especially in the 10 – 24 year age group.  That’s right – in our

One of the typical ‘human failings’ I see almost universally in people, and sometimes struggle with even in myself (yes, psychiatrists are human J ) is the tendency when differences of opinion – or anything else – arise, to want to believe “I am right, They are Wrong”.   I see people struggle with this in all areas of life.  There is