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Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 216 min read

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Exploring the Misuse of PTSD Diagnosis

COMMENTARY In Saving Normal, Allen Frances, MD, astutely reminded us of problems with overdiagnosis. Within that trend, it is my opinion...

Antidepressants Prescribed in the US Ranked on 3 Safety Indices

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 203 min read

Antidepressants Prescribed in the US Ranked on 3 Safety Indices

Keypoint: SSRI and SNRI antidepressants were deemed the safest classes of antidepressants in the event of excess dosing in an assessment...

PTSD Needs a New Name, Experts Say — Here's Why

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 197 min read

PTSD Needs a New Name, Experts Say — Here's Why

In a bid to reduce stigma and improve treatment rates, a small group of clinicians, as well as military personnel, is lobbying the...

Should Docs Disclose Ethics Consult to Patients, Families? Ethicist Weighs In

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 193 min read

Should Docs Disclose Ethics Consult to Patients, Families? Ethicist Weighs In

Hi. I'm Art Caplan, at the Division of Medical Ethics at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. I had an interesting case presented to me...

The Hidden Suffering of Social Anxiety Disorder

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 196 min read

Anxiety Disorders

The Hidden Suffering of Social Anxiety Disorder

Keypoint: Social anxiety disorder: increased screening and recognition are essential for proper diagnosis, and psychotropic and...

Vision Loss a New Dementia Risk Factor? What Do the Data Say?

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 184 min read

Dementia

Vision Loss a New Dementia Risk Factor? What Do the Data Say?

In 2019, 57 million people worldwide were living with dementia, a figure expected to soar to 153 million by 2050. A recent Lancet...

Nutrition Crucial for Child and Adolescent Athletes

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 146 min read

Nutrition

Nutrition Crucial for Child and Adolescent Athletes

PARIS — A child or adolescent athlete generally engages in school and extracurricular sports practice for more than 10 hours per week....

Anxiety Linked to a Threefold Increased Risk for Dementia

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 132 min read

Dementia

Anxiety Linked to a Threefold Increased Risk for Dementia

TOPLINE: Both chronic and new-onset anxiety are linked to a threefold increased risk for dementia onset in later life, new research...

5 Things Everyone Should Know About Psychiatric Hospitalization

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 125 min read

5 Things Everyone Should Know About Psychiatric Hospitalization

Keynote: Anyone could experience a mental health condition or hospitalization. Inpatient mental health treatment is offered when a person...

Healing Beyond the Hospital: Improving Post-Op Care for Older Adults

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 84 min read

Healing Beyond the Hospital: Improving Post-Op Care for Older Adults

An 83-year-old veteran of battles with chronic disease who has been a long-time patient of mine recently faced colorectal cancer surgery....

Alzheimer's Blood Test in Primary Care Could Slash Diagnostic, Treatment Wait Times

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 83 min read

Dementia

Alzheimer's Blood Test in Primary Care Could Slash Diagnostic, Treatment Wait Times

As disease-modifying treatments for Alzheimer's disease (AD) become available, equipping primary care physicians with a highly accurate...

Tau Blood Test Flags Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 83 min read

Tau Blood Test Flags Preclinical Alzheimer's Disease

Plasma phosphorylated (p)-tau217 testing can help identify preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD), which could aid clinical trial...

Ozempic Curbs Hunger – And Not Just for Food

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 74 min read

Ozempic Curbs Hunger – And Not Just for Food

Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I'm Dr F. Perry Wilson of the Yale School of Medicine....

Red Meat Tied to Increased Dementia Risk

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 75 min read

Dementia

Red Meat Tied to Increased Dementia Risk

Higher intake of processed red meat, including bacon, hot dogs, and sausages, is associated with an elevated dementia risk, preliminary...

Almost 50% of Global Dementia Cases May Be Preventable

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 64 min read

Dementia

Almost 50% of Global Dementia Cases May Be Preventable

PHILADELPHIA – Nearly half of dementia cases worldwide could theoretically be prevented or delayed by eliminating 14 modifiable risk...

An Effective Nondrug Approach to Improve Sleep in Dementia, Phase 3 Data Show

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 64 min read

Dementia

An Effective Nondrug Approach to Improve Sleep in Dementia, Phase 3 Data Show

A multicomponent nonpharmaceutical intervention improves sleep in people with dementia living at home, early results of a new phase 3...

Mental Health and Diabetic Complications: A Two-Way Link

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 52 min read

Mental Health Stigma

Mental Health and Diabetic Complications: A Two-Way Link

TOPLINE: Mental health disorders increase the likelihood of developing chronic diabetic complications and vice versa across all age...

Introducing: A New Way to Get Teens Mental Health Care

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 54 min read

Mental Health Stigma

Introducing: A New Way to Get Teens Mental Health Care

Lauren Opladen remembers the agonizing wait all too well. At age 17, struggling with paralyzing depression after losing her brother to...

Common Antidepressants Ranked by Potential for Weight Gain

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 53 min read

Common Antidepressants Ranked by Potential for Weight Gain

Eight commonly used antidepressants have been ranked by their weight gain potential. Results of a large observational study showed small...

Novel Cell-Based Therapy Promising for Alzheimer's Disease

Vilash Reddy, MD

Aug 44 min read

Novel Cell-Based Therapy Promising for Alzheimer's Disease

PHILADELPHIA — An experimental, cell-based therapy met its primary safety and secondary efficacy endpoints in a phase 2a study on mild...

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Child and Adult Psychiatrist

Phone: 888-855-0947 Office Hours: M-F 10am-6pm Fax: 346-766-0599

After hours: If urgent, life threatening (please call 988, 911, or go to nearest ER. Otherwise, for side effects to medications, please text 816-766-0119. For all other non-urgent issues, please contact us Practice Q messaging portal or contact us during clinic hours at 888-855-0947.

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support@onelifepsychiatry.com

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Administrative Office (only offering telepsychiatry/teletherapy services) - we do not offer in person appointments. Appointments are required. One Life Psychiatry 1701 Troost Avenue Kansas City, MO 64108

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© One Life Psychiatry PLLC- 2024

Administrative Office (only offering telepsychiatry/teletherapy services) - we do not offer in person appointments. Appointments are required.

One Life Psychiatry
1701 Troost Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64108