by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | May 15, 2025 | Ideal Performance
Can Antidepressants do more harm than good? In an article on May 3, 2025, in The New York Times onthe deleterious effects of long-term usage of antidepressants, Dr. Awais Aftab, a psychiatrist, stated that he has had patients who find them to be transformative and...
by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | May 2, 2025 | Ideal Performance
Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity Do you recall how you felt when, as a teenager, you were preparing for an important exam in your life, like the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), and you secretly worried you would fail to get the high score you needed to get...
by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | Apr 24, 2025 | Ideal Performance
Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity With the rise in the diagnosis of ADHD and the increase in prescriptions hitting record highs, scientists are wrestling with fundamental questions about the way it is defined and how we treat it. According to the CDC, more...
by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | Apr 24, 2025 | Ideal Performance
Part Two – Metamorphosis: Fertility Enhancement Coaching In Part One of this series on “Metamorphosis: Fertility Enhancement Coaching” in my blog-“Blooming Through Infertility: My Path to Hope,” I spoke about my journey into motherhood and how I had many...
by Dr. Christine M. Silverstein | Apr 16, 2025 | Ideal Performance
Adapted from: Wrestling Through Adversity Reading Into Stuttering When I was attending an all-girl’s Catholic high school at 15, I sat next to a classmate who had a severe speech impediment, which was pronounced in history class. The method employed by our teacher, a...
