by Dr. Josh Friedman | Jan 4, 2018 | Amino Acids, Anxiety, Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine |
I’d been studying for a doctorate in psychology for four years before I had any idea that nutritional deficiencies could cause mental health symptoms. I wasn’t enlightened by a lecture or a clinical supervisor but from casually flipping through my cousin’s... 
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Dec 22, 2017 | Amino Acids, Anxiety, Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine, Yoga |
One of the hardest things about having mental health symptoms is that you feel lost…and stuck. When I was depressed and anxious, I had no idea what to do or where to turn to for help. It was as if I were frozen. What people with mental health symptoms usually do... 
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Mar 2, 2017 | Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine |
Every once in awhile, a research study comes along that boosts integrative medicine’s credibility as a real treatment modality for mental health. By real, I mean one that can’t be ignored by conventional medicine. The study I am talking about is the first to show that... 
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Feb 9, 2017 | Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine, Yoga |
This is part II of a blog focused on the connection between depression and Adrenal Fatigue. I suggest starting with part I which describes the symptoms of Adrenal Fatigue and why it’s often missed as a contributing factor to depression. Part II will focus on what you... 
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Jan 19, 2017 | Depression, Diet, Functional Medicine |
At the end of 2006, I fell off a cliff. It wasn’t a real cliff, but it sure felt like one. After four years supporting my daughter through a medical crisis that ended up with her surviving a three-organ transplant while also struggling with my own pending divorce, I... 
by Dr. Josh Friedman | Dec 20, 2016 | Anxiety, Depression, Functional Medicine, Yoga |
I was 24 years old when I realized I had never learned to breathe. It was 1994, and I was sitting in one of my first hatha yoga classes being guided through a breath awareness practice by my first yoga teacher Simone. She said, “Notice your breath….where do you...