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Micah B. Engel, NP-P Brooklyn, NY 11201, USAMicah B. Engel, NP-P is a board-certified nurse practitioner in psychiatry providing medication management and person-centered therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. His specialties include ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, trauma disorders, bipolar disorders, depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia. He is currently employed at Four Winds Hospital and Mosaic Mental Health. Mr. Engel also sees clients at his private practice. Mr. Engel is licensed to treat clients located in NY, NH and NM.
For all of us, this epidemic has created an unanticipated work-from-home atmosphere. We are someone who is accustomed to staring at screens from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. We have no idea how an 8-hour workday became a 10-hour workday!
We can all agree that working from home has changed the way we think about work-life balance.
Working in my pajamas was like a dream come true. And how can we say no to the frequent pauses we crave in the midst of our …
Headaches are frequently misdiagnosed. The cause of headache pain is misdiagnosed in nearly half of those who suffer from it. As a result, a problem exists that may become more challenging for women in the future.
Unfortunately, even female doctors seem to regard women's concerns as a way to get attention rather than genuine medical conditions. Women tell us that everything is fine; all they need to do now is rest.
They're told it's all in their …
Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system of the body becomes hyperactive and assaults normal, healthy tissue over time. Symptoms include inflammation, swelling, joints, skin, kidneys, blood, heart, and lung damage.
According to the study, roughly 16,000 new cases of lupus are reported each year in the United States, with up to 1.5 million people living with the disease.
Lupus is a non-infectious disease. It cannot be passed on to …
Some people seem to be unsure of the meaning of one of the brachos we say every morning.
When putting on shoes say [the bracha] she’asah li kal tzarki, Who has made for me all of my needs. (Brachos 60b)
What does putting on shoes have to do with providing all of my needs? All I need is a pair of shoes? That cannot be why the gemara associated this bracha with shoes.
The Avudraham says, the reason for this bracha [bei …
This article, in its original form, was written in November of 2011.
I spoke with the protagonist, “Mirel,” last week. Baruch Hashem, her daughter is now 13 and having the tantrums typical in form and to be expected of an adolescent. Mirel is coping well and her daughter is the beneficiary.
Here’s what I wrote, ten years and what seems a lifetime ago:
I did not have a tantrum yesterday but if I were younger I j …
A person only connects to the higher levels through speech, it is the entire honorable part in him. It is called the "living soul" of a man since the rest of the parts of the body die. And if a person loses this good part, the body remains dead and like an unwanted vessel. Therefore we are required [by halacha] to keep our word b’divrei Shamayim... And regarding all other matters, even though there is no positive or negative mitzvah a …
