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Dr. Silva

Specialty: Psychiatry

Top HealthBlogger for the Mental Health Community

Austin, Texas

Blog: http://donottakeonanemptymind.blogspot.com/

I am a Board-certified psychiatrist with almost 15 years of experience diagnosing and treating mental illness. Psychiatrists are physicians, so I did go to medical school and complete a four-year postgraduate residency training program. While obviously I subscribe to, and am heavily influenced by,... Full Bio

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Medications A-Z: The Prozac Family (SSRIs)

The most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants today are the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), the so-called "Prozac...

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How to Engage in Meaningful, Successful Psychotherapy

More people than ever before are seeking professional counseling services. Thankfully, the stigma of seeing a mental health professional is...

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How to Pick A Good Therapist

More people than ever are seeking professional counseling services in one form or another. Thankfully, the stigma of seeing a mental health...

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Side Effects A-Z: Avoiding Weight Gain (Hyperphagia)

One of the most alarming and universally unacceptable of medication side effects is that of permanent weight gain, and it is not an uncommon one....

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Understanding Addiction

The notion of addiction is one that includes more than just chemical dependency. Today we are aware that a person can be physically or...

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Dr. Silva's Whiteboard

Sep 10 2009 by Dr. Silva, MD

You would want to be especially cautious. I wouldn't say that interferon is absolutely contraindicated, but it is at least relatively contraindicated.

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