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Renegade PsychHow We Should Be Practicing Psychiatry with Cara Hoepner, PMHNPJoin me with Cara Hoepner, a San Francisco-based PMHNP, to discuss how we SHOULD be practicing psychiatry. This is a 2-part series and in this 2nd part, we talk more about some of the issues that plague our field. We talk about how our first imperative has to be to rule out any medical cause of psychiatric symptoms, then discuss how Cara individualizes her treatment for each patient, balancing non-pharmacologic necessities for good mental health like diet, movement, and breathing/meditation, with a creative but safe pharmacologic armamentarium, all in an effort to address ROOT CAUSES of psychiatric symptoms. Car...
2024-10-2242 minRenegade PsychHow We Should Be Practicing Psychiatry with Cara Hoepner, PMHNPJoin me with Cara Hoepner, a San Francisco-based PMHNP, to discuss how we SHOULD be practicing psychiatry. This is a 2-part series and in this first part, we will talk more about Cara's background that led her into psychiatric practice, then discuss the inherent problems with the DSM's massive over-expansion of psychiatric diagnoses and the major inherent limitations in modern psychiatry. We discuss how the "guidelines" for psychiatric practice DO NOT promote individualization of treatment, critical thinking skills, and DO NOT typically address the root causes of illness. Cara discusses her number one motion to DO NO HARM, causing her...
2024-10-1559 min
Rebuilding My Health RadioTackling Mold Toxicity and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome: Cara's StoryWhat are the symptoms of mold toxicity and how do you detox your body and home? Today I'm bringing you an information-packed episode on mold toxicity and mast cell activation syndrome. Like many, my guest today spent years struggling with her health before linking her many symptoms to mold exposure. For Cara Hoepner, the symptoms associated with mold exposure included cardiac arrhythmia, dizziness, rage, suicidal thoughts, chronic kidney disease, constipation, sleeplessness and more. Cara has been through years of resolving mold in her body and home spaces and is sharing her...
2024-05-2949 min
After the First Marriage PodcastTurning to Integrative Medicine with Cara HoepnerHave you heard about integrative medicine? What role does biology have in mental health? Can medicine provide a framework for you to get your life in order, instead of only treating uncomfortable symptoms? In this podcast episode, I speak with Cara Hoepner about integrative medicine. Sign up for the FREE e-course for processing and moving past divorce here. SHOW NOTES: Click here Visit the website: www.afterthefirstmarriage.com
2020-11-1939 min