#489 Psychiatrist Dr. Esther Park MD

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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The psychiatrist shares her experience in deciding when it's appropriate to prescribe meds, diagnosing ADD/ADHD, the difference between role and identify, being Korean-American and children who want to transition. Links provided by Dr. Park www.OAK.care www.AACAP.org www.nami.org Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by Archer&Olive Notebooks. For 10% off go to www.ArcherAndOlive.com/mental and use offer code HAPPY. WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 489 with my guest, Dr. Esther Park.
0:07.0	I am Paul Gilmarten. This is the medal illness happy hour, a place for honesty about all the
0:11.8	battles in our heads.
0:14.1	From medically diagnosed conditions past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive
0:19.9	negative thinking.
0:21.6	This shows not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling. I am not a
0:25.6	therapist, it is not a doctor's office, it is more like a waiting room that does not
0:29.7	suck.
0:31.4	The website for this show is metalpod.com, also the social media handles that you can follow
0:36.3	me at.
0:37.3	We have got some good surveys for today and I just want to read a couple of them before
0:42.2	we get to the interview with Dr. Park.
0:48.3	But before that, I got off the phone with a friend about an hour ago.
0:54.6	It was one of those mornings where I woke up and I have those mornings where the doom
1:02.1	wakes up before you do and is standing there with a cup of coffee, welcoming you to your
1:08.8	personal dread of responsibility and being an adult.
1:14.1	And just as I woke up a friend of mine called and he was experiencing kind of a different
1:20.3	version of the same thing.
1:22.5	Dread and responsibility at that place in a relationship where do you break up, do you
1:29.8	keep trying to work on it, some professional anxiety and envy of peers.
1:38.9	And as we were talking about it, I was letting him know that I very much related to the feelings
1:46.8	that he had, while the relationship I'm in is great and I'm not experiencing that.
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