The Bouras Blog

Dr. Bouras will be talking about “Living with Depression,” as part of the Citizens Medical Center Healthwise Program on Thursday, September 16th, 2010, at 5:30pm. The event is free to the public and it will take place at Citizens Medical Center Central Classroom. For more information or to reserve a seat, please call (361) 578-WISE (that’s 578-9473).

NAMI Victoria started offering free Family to Family Education Programs last year. This program is taught by trained family members of patients with psychiatric illnesses, geared towards family members of other patients. They offer information, insight, understanding and empowerment to those families.

This year’s class starts on Tuesday 8/31/10. It is held every Tuesday, 6:30pm – 9:00pm, for 12 weeks, at St. Francis Episcopal church on Miori Lane. To register, please call Bruce 395-6611, Jessica 676-9730, or Patsy 578-3935.

You can download their flyer here:

Flyer for Family to Family Program.

Dr. Bouras was recently featured as one of the guests of Steve Broussard of KATU, Community Crossroads program, talking about depression and TMS therapy.

This is part 2 of that interview:

Dr. Bouras was recently featured as one of the guests of Steve Broussard of KATU, Community Crossroads program, talking about depression and TMS therapy.

This is part 1 of that interview:

It’s been a while since I wrote a blog here. I have been busy with the Victoria TMS Center and creating a facebook page for it…

Well, we had the disaster spill in the Gulf a couple of months ago…and we are now faced with the start of the hurricane season with hurricane Alex about to make landfall close to us. All of these can impact us, both physically and mentally. People might  feel that they are not in control, and that is true, as one cannot stop the oil spill or wish the hurricanes away. (more…)

Dr. Bouras will be talking at the NAMI meeting this coming Monday, May 17, 2010 on TMS Therapy.

NAMI meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at the Parkway Church on 4802 N. John Stockbauer Dr, in Victoria.

Hello Everyone!

Did you know that “May is Mental Health Month?” Life is full of challenges and some people are able to handle challenges or stressors better than others. (more…)

A psychiatric hospitalization should be the last resort of a comprehensive community mental health treatment approach for 2 reasons. First, because patients should be treated in the “least restrictive setting” and second, because hospitalization is the most expensive way to treat someone. (more…)

Q:

Dear Dr. Bouras,

I have been reading about this new TMS Therapy for depression. Over the years, a lot of people have used different magnetic therapies for different ailments. How is this different? (more…)

After some…technical difficulties, I have been able to update this blog site, now with a new look, showing the author of each blog. Any feedback is appreciated! Thank you.