Washington Center For Psychiatry

New Brain Discoveries
Salerian Brain Laws #1 and #2 (SBL1 and SBL2):
Frontal Cortex Function and Dopamine Govern Mood and Executive Function

By Alen J. Salerian, MD
I am excited to share two of my discoveries of brain function and dysfunction, two novel theories I advance about the essence of all neuropsychiatric disorders.  Region specific dysfunction and abnormal neurotransmission [...]

By Alen J. Salerian, MD
“No way I’ll take that pill,” muttered the young man in his 30s, who had admitted himself voluntarily to the Psychiatric Institute’s adult treatment center because of cocaine abuse. “Why not,” I inquired, watching his protruding cheekbones and wondering whether his frail frame and skinny features were complications of his cocaine [...]

American Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
August 2004
By Alen J. Salerian, MD
Sir: There have been numerous reports of the sexually enhancing effects of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) (1), and this letter reports positive outcome in a female bipolar patient after dronabinol use. Dronabinol, a medication currently labeled as Schedule III, is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration [...]

‘Combustible Problem’: Psychiatric Tests Could Prevent Tragedies Such as the Tech Massacre… [...]

Tragedy in the Home
WUSA9.com
April 4, 2007
Alen J. Salerian, MD quoted
By Leslie Foster
(WUSA) — Parents taking their own children’s lives, then their own. It seems unthinkable. In just over a week, two communities and two families know all two well that it can happen. Last week, a Frederick father killed his four kids then [...]

Making the Three Tenors Sing
Special to The Washington Post
Tuesday , June 20, 2000
By Alen J. Salerian, MD
During my first session with Sarah, a married, 40-year-old lawyer, she
complained about frustrating failures she had experienced in
treatment of her depression.
“After all this therapy and all these medications, I still don’t feel
like getting out of bed in the [...]