MedPage Today April 11, 2023
— Pooja Lakshmin, MD, on redefining wellness
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The wellness industry saturates our cultural consciousness, with juice cleanses, organic skincare, and spa retreats flooding our social media feeds. But what does this plethora of dazzling — and often expensive — lifestyle products all amount to?
Not much, argues Pooja Lakshmin, MD, a psychiatrist who specializes in women’s mental health and a clinical assistant professor at George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C.
As she writes, “our understanding of self-care and wellness...
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