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Jason Shimiaie, M.D., is an assistant clinical professor at Mount Sinai Hospital. He researches relational psychoanalysis, trauma, and dissociation, and is the director of Shimiaie Associates.

Recent Posts

The Science of the Endocannabinoid System

The endocannabinoid system is one of the most diffuse neurotransmitter systems in the body and the brain. Understanding its function and unusual nature destigmatizes THC and CBD.

Gaslighting Is an Especially Destructive Survival Mechanism

From ontological insecurity, a quest for dominance.

How Chronic Disappointment Rewires the Brain

Chronic disappointment can train the brain to expect pain instead of reward. Restoring hope means reawakening dopamine through small actions, enriched environments, and new desire.

A Therapist's Guide to When It's Enough

For therapists: Accepting limitations, holding up the floor, and finding therapeutic ways of saying goodbye.

Depression That Breaks Reality Itself

Psychotic depression, an emotional and psychiatric emergency, is a rare but treatable condition. Individuals suffer deeply, and early recognition can be life-saving.

Psychotic depression, an emotional and psychiatric emergency, is a rare but treatable condition. Individuals suffer deeply, and early recognition can be life-saving.

The Neuroscience of Identity and Our Many Selves

You are not one self, but many. Psychology and neuroscience now agree that our identity is made of parts, shaped by brain networks that shift with emotion, memory, and context.

You are not one self, but many. Psychology and neuroscience now agree that our identity is made of parts, shaped by brain networks that shift with emotion, memory, and context.

The Science of Psychosis

Contemporary research has brought psychosis out of the dark, transforming our relationship to it from one of fear and rejection to one of hope and recovery.

Contemporary research has brought psychosis out of the dark, transforming our relationship to it from one of fear and rejection to one of hope and recovery.

Psychosis Isn’t a Mystery: It’s a Public Health Issue

Psychosis is a brain-based disorder influenced by many factors. Reducing stigma, understanding epidemiology, and early, accurate diagnosis can improve outcomes.

Psychosis is a brain-based disorder influenced by many factors. Reducing stigma, understanding epidemiology, and early, accurate diagnosis can improve outcomes.

Healing Hate in Relationships

Hate is a misunderstood yet vital emotion. When explored with curiosity and compassion, it can foster deeper connection and personal growth across relationships.

Hate is a misunderstood yet vital emotion. When explored with curiosity and compassion, it can foster deeper connection and personal growth across relationships.

When Anger Is Expressed as Infidelity

Cheating may not just be about pleasure and seeking connection outside of a relationship. It may be a nonverbal form of aggression and acting out.

Cheating may not just be about pleasure and seeking connection outside of a relationship. It may be a nonverbal form of aggression and acting out.