by MBPdoctor | Sep 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
What does it mean to be truly human? LH Pastor, MD, September 2023 When was the last time you asked yourself, “Why am I here, and what is my place in the Universe? What shall I do with myself before I am returned to cosmic dust?” Good for you, clicking on...
by MBPdoctor | Aug 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Presented at the 2017 Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Services Continuing Education ConferenceAlexandria, Virginiaby Larry H. Pastor, M.D. Intro When we look at crisis intervention for the suicidal patient, what do we think of?Hospitalize, crisis care, discharge to...
by MBPdoctor | Jul 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Larry H. Pastor, MD Et in Arcadia Ego by Nicolas Poussin Sober Anticipation of Death (SAD): psychiatrist George Vaillant identified “anticipation” as a key defense mechanism of high-functioning individuals.[1] SAD, short for “sober anticipation of death”, is a...
by MBPdoctor | May 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
A brief description of the Resiliency Strengths found in books, movies, & stories Larry H. Pastor A resiliency strength is a strength, attitude, belief, habit, or behavior that we rely on when going through rough times, in order to help deal with bad...
by MBPdoctor | Mar 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
The core process in ADHD is a neuropsychiatric pattern of “response inhibition deficiency,” or “RID.” So, you may ask, what exactly is “RID”? Well, effective brain functioning depends more than anything else on our brain’s ability to inhibit excess or extraneous...
by MBPdoctor | Oct 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
22 October 2022 To all my valued patients, Fees increasing for 2023 Let’s get the bad news out of the way first, so that the New Year may then bring many good things into your life: fees are modestly increasing for 2023. The cost of running any business, especially...
by MBPdoctor | Apr 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
9 April 2022 To all my valued patients, Statement of Policy on Fees and Payments The cost of running any business, and especially one as licensed and regulated as a medical practice, is substantial. Part of my practice philosophy is to combine excellence...
by MBPdoctor | Mar 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Everyone’s feeling the stress of the viral pandemic. How do we deal with anxiety? For this month’s blog, let’s continue our examination of resiliency strengths and how having a unique, personal, personally meaningful, fairly reliable means of dealing with...
by MBPdoctor | Jan 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
by Larry H. Pastor, M.D. A resiliency strength is a strength, attitude, belief, habit, or behavior that we rely on when going through tough times, in order to help deal with negative feelings, soften the pain of loss, find motivation, and get our life back on track....
by MBPdoctor | Dec 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
In general, you should think about seeing a mental health professional in the same way you think about seeing any other professional: when we feel sick for more than a couple of days and can’t shake it on our own, that’s when we pick up the phone and call our doctor....
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