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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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? Continue reading
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.
I understand that some people would be concerned about pilots flying while taking medications. However, I would personally be much more concerned if a pilot was depressed and having suicidal thoughts and flying a plane on which I am a passenger. (O.K., that's an extreme and I have not heard of a commercial pilot taking a plane down due to suicidal ideations.) I do agree with you that nothing is gained by forcing any person to hide an illness that is treatable. There is so much misunderstanding and stigma surrounding any mental illness in our culture. Great advances in treatments have been made, yet the fear and misunderstanding continues. Education leads to understanding. Unfortunately, we have a long way to go to get the education to the masses.
I have been reading about the recent decision of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to lift a ban on antidepressant medications use. Prior policy dictated that if a pilot admitted to having depression or to taking medications for depression could not fly.
This policy change is certainly a step forward in de-stigmatizing the psychiatric/medical illness called depression, but this change also comes with certain restrictions. Continue reading
The home site for the Victoria TMS Center (VTMSC) is up and running. I hope that it will answer some questions you might have. I might still need to put some "final touches" to the site, but if you have any suggestions or feedback, please let me know.
