UBH Denton Blog

 Article submitted by Jerry Mabli, PhD  The holidays are stressful for most of us. Indeed they can be overwhelming for some people. We have gifts to buy, social obligations to meet, cards to send, cooking, cleaning, putting up the tree, etc. etc.—all in addition to our regular duties. But the holidays can be made more [...]

Written by  Nishendu Vasavada, MD to raise awareness for National Children of Alcoholics Week, February 12-18 Recently a lot of attention has been paid to the “addicted brain”. One recent study done at Cambridge reports that persons with cocaine addiction show poor impulse control and low impulse control.  What is even more interesting to note [...]

Editorial Whats your take on all this talk of doom and gloom overtaking our society?  Everywhere, radio, tv, newspapers, friends and family tell us how the economy is crapping out.  How the entire system will come crashing down around us.  Am no economist although I do know that that self talk, thoughts we harbor and self-suggestions [...]

Recently I read several reviews on a book dealing with BiPolar by Karen Winters Schwartz. Believed this book it is worth sharing with you. Below is the synopsis. As eighteen-year-old Amanda spirals into mania, her father, psychiatrist Dr. Jerry Benson, sees the realization of his worst fears: his daughter is not just moody, but truly [...]

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This national event was established to recognize those who have suffered and to educate persons on mental health. Many are unaware of the developments in science in regards to mental illness. Utilizing positron emission tomography (pet scans), scientist and physicians alike are able to see depression in the brain. [...]

Written by Dr. Nishendu Vasavada, Corporate Medical Director of University Behavioral Health (UBH) of Denton It was 1962. He was a tenth grader that showed up at our house unannounced. He wanted to meet with my Dad.  Dad was the principal of our school and was very popular among the students. I often watched with [...]