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 [...]

Chapter 1 – Meet Your Brain Fuels
By Alen J. Salerian, MD
GABA (GABA-GAMMA-AMNIOBUTYRIC ACID)
GABA is an elegant force of your calm and inner peace.  For example, a brain with sickly GABA has recurrent seizures and is almost always irritable, edgy, and combative.  In less traumatic cases, sickly GABA may make you fearful, easily reactive, and may [...]

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

Psychcentral.com
December 12, 2006
Alen J. Salerian, MD quoted
By Holly VanScoy, PhD
It’s the quintessential human emotion, says New Brunswick, N.J., psychologist Michael Lewis, Ph.D., in his writings.
All extravagant behaviors are reactions to it, says Philadelphia psychiatrist Donald I. Nathanson, M.D.
It’s the root of dysfunctions in families, says Montpelier, Vt.-based Jane Middelton-Moz, author of “Shame & Guilt: Masters [...]

Outside View: Sniper suspects sane
United Press International
November 5, 2002
By Alen J. Salerian, MD
OK, I admit. I blew it. I — like most forensic experts quoted in the media — thought the phantom sniper, who terrorized millions of people in the Washington area was insane, and if not insane, overpowered by brutal urges to murder. [...]

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 [...]

The Washington Post
February 3, 2002
Letter to the Sports Editor
Quite Simply, Tyson Needs Help
By Alen J. Salerian, MD
In his Jan 26. Column Michael Wilbon called Mike Tyson a freak show, pathetic and ghoulish – a cartoonist combination of Dennis Rodman and Hannibal Lecter. But what Wilbon barely addressed is Tyson’s urgent need for psychiatric attention.
Tyson [...]