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 [...]
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 – [...]
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:
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This is part 1 of that interview:
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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 [...]
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.
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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.
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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?
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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 [...]
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 [...]
