The Impact

    The coronavirus outbreak is impacting individuals not only physically and financially, but also psychologically.  The stress and anxiety being experienced by many,  because of actual and perceived uncertainties, weakens the immune system because of a prolonged inflammatory response that impacts every cell of every organ of the body, including the brain.

Inflammation acts as a catalyst inducing changes in the way the brain and body function and contributing to the development of a wide range of physical as well as psychiatric conditions.   

    The development of disease depends not only on the process of inflammation itself, but also on factors such as genetic predisposition, environmental adversities, and the age at which environmental adversities such as trauma or prolonged stress take place.

    Stress is a process that is not often thought of as having immunological impact, or of increasing the risk of mental illness,  but indeed, the pro-inflammatory mechanism of    stress will and does impact brain and body health.

    This stressful time increases the risk of developing or worsening depression, anxiety, and addiction.  Finding a holistic psychiatry practitioner you can trust, will help you recover from depression and anxiety, and if opioid relapse seems inevitable, suboxone/buprenorphine maintenance treatment is a proven effective tool to stay clean.  

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2.  Miller AH1, Haroon E1, Felger JC1. Therapeutic implications of brain-immune interactions: treatment in translation. Neuropsychopharmacol. 2017;42:334-359.

To help you stay healthy and to help alleviate some of the financial burden of doing so,  Lifeline 2 Wellness continues to provide holistic psychiatry, now via tele-psychiatry for a reduced fee.  Maintenance suboxone/buprenorphine treatment and addiction counseling available.

Please contact us if you'd like to know more about our services and to let us know how we might be of service to you.