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By Lakeside Integrative Nurse Practitioners in Psychiatry, PLLC Trauma can change the way a person experiences the world. It can affect how someone responds to stress, interprets danger, remembers the past, connects with others, and imagines the future. Trauma may influence mood, sleep, concentration, relationships, physical health, and a person's sense of safety. Understanding the neurobiology of trauma helps us recognize an important truth: Many behaviors that appear confus

Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) is a medical condition—not a failure of willpower. While many people attempt to stop drinking on their own, long-term recovery often requires a combination of therapy, lifestyle changes, community support, and sometimes medication. The good news is that several psychiatric medications can reduce alcohol cravings, decrease relapse risk, and help stabilize mood during the challenging process of recovery. As an integrative psychiatric practice, we beli

For many people, psychiatric medications play an important role in stabilizing mood, improving focus, reducing anxiety, and supporting overall functioning. At the same time, there may come a point when someone begins to wonder: Do I still need this medication? Is it possible to reduce or stop it safely? This process—known as deprescribing—is the careful, supervised reduction or discontinuation of medications when the risks may outweigh the benefits, or when they are no longer

At Lakeside Integrative Nurse Practitioners in Psychiatry, we believe mental health treatment should go beyond symptom management. True healing means understanding the full picture—mind, body, nervous system, environment, and lived experience. Integrative psychiatry blends traditional psychiatric care with holistic, evidence-based approaches to uncover root causes and create individualized treatment plans. This may include medication management, psychotherapy, nutritional gui