Gluten-Free Psychiatry

Episode 26: My medical opinion won the first-ever VA Service Connection for Agent Orange Dementia. This is a big win for the entire cause of the Vietnam-era homefront. My previously published Independent Medical Opinion letter won a veteran 100% Service-Connection. This means the veteran will receive a pension and access to VA-covered healthcare. Download and Share the Historic IMO Letter for Agen...

Episode 25: Several ancient religions had their prophecies confirmed when exact copies of their manuscripts were discovered between 1947-1960's. Over 4 Billion Believers in the Dead Sea Scrolls Over half of the world believes in religions emanating from the Dead Sea Scrolls (Table 1). Sometimes people switch religions and other folks only partly assimilate the teachings into their lives. Because l...

Episode 24: Hidden toxins surround almost every way to consume cannabis products. This is Part 3 of 3 in the Cannabis series. In Episode 21, we have covered how our own body's endocannabinoids are involved in brain recovery and learning. In Episode 23, we covered the similarity in proteins between endocannabinoids and phytocannabinoids from marijuana. We also discussed my open offer start a Suppor...

Episode 23: The marijuana plant's THC and CBD mimics the human proteins Anandamide and 2-AG, namely endocannabinoid system (ECS). The Best Kept Secret in Medicine The human body makes proteins just like those found in the marijuana plant. Endocannabinoids are made within the body, while phytocannabiniods are found in the plant. Nevermind the inconsistencies with naming convention here; these peopl...

Episode 22: The chemical trails behind air planes contain high levels of free aluminum. It is blanketing the earth, collecting in remote areas, soaking into our environment - and it's in our brains. Heroes and Politicians: Another Puppet Show? World hero Dane Wigington from GeoEngineering Watch did an an interview with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., while he was a Presidential Candidate (watch and see ho...

Episode 21: What success in mental health looks like on Functional MRI machine images of the brain. https://vimeo.com/1133014538?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci Download and Share the Ambassador Slides HANDOUT. Audio version: The "clean-up and repair" cells in the brain use Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor to repair and rebuild new nerve growth in the Central Nervous System. See Figure 1 below from an exc...

Episode 20. Please support the Cure AMD Foundation (Age-Related Macular Degeneration). Prepare Your Own Food Vegetable oil and seed oils have toxic levels of omega-6. While proclaiming the virtues of omega-3 fatty acids, we crossed over the recommended 2% consumption of dietary vegetable oils a long time ago. Restaurants, processed foods, and the fast-food industry pumps the world full of it. We t...

Episode 19. Have your "senior moments" assessed on an objective scale, while they are still mild. Don't put up with it or minimize it. Many causes are reversible. Don't wait! Each memory is a neuron connection. You have been exposed to thousands of toxins unless you’ve filtered your water and prepared your own food your entire life. A 20-minute screening test from Canada, the home of modern Functi...

Episode 18: Part 2/2. See the commonalities in treatment approach to all things sexual, including mainstream and Complimentary and Alternative Medicine (C.A.M.). Part 1 in this series is here. What do these 4 have in common? Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome, Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder, Sex & Love Addiction Whether you never want to have sex at all, have unwanted orgasms, pain during orga...

Episode 17: Part 1/2. Learn what male:female energy is, if it's not sexual, and to seamlessly balance your own. This is Part 1 of a 2-Part Series. Different variations of Male:Female Energy Healing have been a part of ancient civilization and are still taught today in the Basic Training class of One Light Healing Touch (OLHT). I'm repeating the January 2026 class - join me! What is Male:Female Ene...

Episode 16: Understand how toxic culture programs the subconscious mind and gaslights it. Gerald Epstein, MD No discussion of Creative Visualization would be complete without a discussion of the incredible contribution by the late Gerald Epstein, MD. He was a psychiatrist that studied under a visualization healer in Israel for 9 years and used it to heal all sorts of things in psychiatry. A mental...

Episode 15: Download and Share my Cheat-Sheet for Mixing Dangerous Prescription Medications. Polypharmacy is a term used to describe the interaction of multiple medications with increased risk of adverse outcomes including disability and death. The most commonly reported definition of polypharmacy was the numerical definition of five or more medications daily (n = 51, 46.4% of articles), with defi...

Episode 14: Download the first Independent Medical Opinion letter that got a Vietnam Veteran VA Service-Connection for Agent Orange causing Dementia. UPDATE 11/10/2025: We were successful! The VA Awarded 100% Service-Connection for Agent Orange Causing Dementia for the first time in history. Read the VA's Rating Decision Letter for Agent Orange Dementia. Make a VA Disability Claim Application Trac...

Episode 13: How I approach essential oils for muscle pain and neuropathy. The oil from crushed plants is healing, and always has been The term "essential oils" refers to the net result of all of the liquid, pasty material that can be extracted from the living plant. There are ways to extract plant compounds free from residual toxins and not tested on animals. Xylem, phloem, and compounds from the...

Episode 012: Download and Share the one-page VA Disability Tracker at MindshiftCare.com/veterans. Physical and mental ailments follow veterans throughout their lives. Some things that start out relatively small turn out to be disabling as we age. Eventually the struggle causes a veteran to apply for benefits when they really, really need it. In that condition, it is difficult to stay organized whe...

Episode 11: This is my favorite duo in private mental health care: a psychologist and energy healer working under the same roof. Interview with Julie Crowe and Dr. Heather Wadeson, PhD. As a psychiatrist, I always have my ears open to client feedback about therapists around town. Springfield, Missouri was no different. That's when I learned about Julie Crowe working in the same office as Dr. Heath...

Episode 10: Another hero that does not disappoint. Penny and Ron Lavin's One Light Healing Touch school started in 1996 and has helped hundreds and thousands of people all over the world. https://vimeo.com/1124118531 Ambassador Slides HANDOUT - Penny Lavin contact information I first reached out to Penny and Ron just to thank them for their body of work. To tell them that "if I had it to do all ov...

Episode 9: The United States ranks 36th in literacy. The populace is entering into a Second Dark Ages and drinking poison in the water. Artificial intelligence, auto-spelling, auto-correction, auto-complete is all chipping away at our brain's opportunity to practice working. The censorship war is has been in full swing for years now. https://vimeo.com/1057642916 Download the Ambassador Slides HAND...

Episode 8: How childhood neurodevelopment turns into road rage, or becomes rewired completely. You decide. (This one will save loss, pain, and lives.) Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is an official diagnosis for an anger control problem. It is characterized by impulsive, unexpected anger and aggression that is disproportionate to the situation. The diagnosis code is F63.81 in the Internation...

Episode 7: Teaching tool for medication classes in severe psychiatric illnesses. Figure 1. This is the table of contents for the Clinical Handbook I wrote as a teaching tool for advance practitioners. I taped the below graphic on the walls of each office where I supervised a busy psychiatric urgent care. It was helpful in explaining modern medication management approaches in an easy-to-understand...

Episode 6: Dr. Williams' top 18 documentaries for your date nights. "When you finally graduate as a psychiatrist and start watching documentaries, you can't help but wonder why universities left out so many vitally important facts...There should be a relationship warning that comes with these because one partner may rapidly outgrow the other - don't watch them alone. Make it a date night." Daniel...

Episode 5: Learn what neurotoxins do to objective ADHD testing results. Download the Ambassador Slides HANDOUT to share. These figures show raw data from a neuropsychological test. Participants are asked to look at a computer screen as different shapes with varying colors go across the screen. They are given specific instructions to click one button on a remote if, for example, a red square is dif...

Episode 4: Atrazine, botulinum toxin, BPA, fluoride, glyphosate (RoundUp tm), heavy metals, parabens, PFAS, and vegetable seed oils. https://vimeo.com/1056812184 Download the Ambassador Slides HANDOUT to share. My preferred lab for testing toxins: https://amzn.to/3CaygEY. For a water filter that reduced fluoride, BPA and PFAS: https://amzn.to/42gG1nx. My personal SimpleLab results for my home drin...

Episode 3: PFAS comes out of the body during Ionic Foot Bath. https://vimeo.com/1055803788 Download the Ambassador Slides HANDOUT to share. Introduction Polyfluoryl-alkyl Substances (PFAS) represent 15,000 different variations of long chains of fluoride, a known neurotoxin, that bioaccumulate in plants and animals.1 In humans, they have been associated with kidney cancer, increased cholesterol, an...

Episode 2: When to get your blood tested for PFAS. https://vimeo.com/1055803097 Download the Ambassador Slides HANDOUT to share. Introduction The globe has become polluted to such an extent that industrial contaminants can be found in the air, soil, water, food supply and is a cyclical problem in the trash and disposal industry.1-3 The processing and packaging of food itself and the agricultural c...