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Better Presentations with Less Anxiety
- Aug
- 23
A Primer for Professionals By: Harry Croft, M.D. www.drcroft.com 210-602-9418 As professionals, we talk to our clients, their family members, and other professionals without much difficulty. We are usually helpful, articulate, and comfortable. But when we are giving a more formal talk to a larger group that we don’t know well, we are frequently uncomfortable, […]
read more2018 Recap
- Dec
- 06
During 2018 – in addition performing Veteran PTSD & TBI Disability Exams and seeing follow-up drug study patients in the office, I was blessed to pursue my passion, teaching. Lectured, written and performed web conferences nationwide,on topics: Depression, Sexual Dysfunction, PTSD, Anxiety Disorders, New Drugs in Development, and Practical Psychopharmacology for Psychotherapists and Psychologists. […]
read moreExperts: PTSD treatment must get physical
- Apr
- 02
Based on recent findings, Australian researchers say PTSD treatments need to change from solely psychological assistance to include a variety of physical symptoms as well. According to professor Alexander McFarlane, director of the Centre for Traumatic Stress Studies at the University of Adelaide, “The ‘failure’ to treat the ‘biological’ symptoms of PTSD has not served […]
read moreResearchers look to experimental drug in new PTSD study
- Mar
- 22
Researchers in San Antonio, Texas are looking into an experimental drug that may help veterans cope with the stresses they experienced from war. PTSD expert and former Army psychiatrist Dr. Harry Croft joins us to speak about the study.
read moreI Always Sit With My Back To The Wall
- Mar
- 03
My name is Dr. Harry Croft. I am a psychiatrist in private practice since 1973 in San Antonio Texas and co-author of the new book, I Always Sit with My Back to the Wall. The aim of this post is to give you some insight into my interest in writing about combat related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). […]
read morePTSD: A Real Nightmare
- Feb
- 10
According to the textbooks, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can result from exposure to “event or events that involved actual or threatened death or serious injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of self and others, and during which the person’s response involved intense fear, helplessness or horror. Although we […]
read moreI Always Sit with My Back To The Wall: Why I Wrote The Book
- Feb
- 01
The Beginnings of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder I came to San Antonio in 1973 to serve in the US Army Medical Corps at Ft. Sam Houston. I was the medical director of the Army’s drug and alcohol program on post. It was towards the end of the Vietnam conflict and we never lacked for soldiers to […]
read moreEating Disorder Causes May Include Abuse
- Feb
- 01
In this short video, Dr. Croft explains why child abuse can increase the possibility of developing an eating disorder later in life. Dr. Harry Croft is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist and Medical Director of HealthyPlace.com. Dr. Croft is also the co-host of the HealthyPlace TV Show.
read moreDifference Between Manic and Hypomanic Episodes of Bipolar Disorder
- Jan
- 26
There are two types of “highs” known as manic or hypomanic episodes. A manic episode generally lasts a week or more and involves significant problems in social or job/school activities and often is characterized by thinking that is psychotic (where the person is out of touch with reality). A hypomanic episode is usually shorter in […]
read moreHarry Croft Appears on Headline News’ ‘Primetime Justice With Ashleigh Banfield’ To Discuss Florida Airport Attack Perpetrator and PTSD
- Jan
- 18
Harry Croft Appears on Headline News’ ‘Primetime Justice With Ashleigh Banfield’ To Discuss Florida Airport Attack Perpetrator and PTSD Excerpt: Dr. Croft: In retrospect, we know he probably should have been kept longer. He shouldn’t have been given h gun back. >> Ashleigh Banfield: In retrospect, laws in place at the time. That’s the issue. […]
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