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
The high point of my graduation from medical school was a dinner celebration on Princess Island off the coast of Istanbul as cheers and toasts were finally fading. I was surrounded by happy faces and watery eyes in all directions when my cousin Joe, a skinny, tall man known to us [...]

Los Angeles Times
Commentary
February 11, 2002
Put a Psychiatrist in His Corner
By Alen J. Salerian, MD
The Nevada State Athletic Commission delivered a stinging blow that hurt Mike Tyson badly when it denied him a boxing license Jan. 29.
Yet no one seems willing to extend a helping hand to rescue the powerful fighter from the demons of the [...]