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Rob Danzman
Counselor, MS, NCC, LCMHC
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Bloomington, IN 47401
I provide 24/7 on-call support for college students around the country and specialize in working with Indiana University students struggling with depression, anxiety, organization skills, and motivation issues. Parents are concerned and feel unprepared in dealing with these challenges. My counseling focuses on treating the underlying causes of depression, anxiety, and low motivation to get your college student back on track. Office and virtual sessions are available when busy schedules don't permit traditional support. Practice communication is secure and encrypted with professional security features.
I provide 24/7 on-call support for college students around the country and specialize in working with Indiana University students struggling with depression, anxiety, organization skills, and motivation issues. Parents are concerned and feel unprepared in dealing with these challenges. My counseling focuses on treating the underlying causes of depression, anxiety, and low motivation to get your college student back on track. Office and virtual sessions are available when busy schedules don't permit traditional support. Practice communication is secure and encrypted with professional security features.
(812) 669-4998 View (812) 669-4998
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Debra S Unger
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ACSW
Verified Verified
Bloomington, IN 47401
Not accepting new clients
As a licensed therapist for over twenty-five years, I specialize in working with the unique demands of administrators, faculty, and graduate students to reduce burnout and anxiety while creating sustainable work-life balance. Improve stress management and enhance productivity by learning tools to more effectively navigate the barriers of university and department politics, teaching vs. research, challenging students, service requirements, and publishing pressures. Additional specializations include anxiety, depression, reproduction and infertility, separation and divorce, parenting issues, medical advocacy, and narcissistic abuse.
As a licensed therapist for over twenty-five years, I specialize in working with the unique demands of administrators, faculty, and graduate students to reduce burnout and anxiety while creating sustainable work-life balance. Improve stress management and enhance productivity by learning tools to more effectively navigate the barriers of university and department politics, teaching vs. research, challenging students, service requirements, and publishing pressures. Additional specializations include anxiety, depression, reproduction and infertility, separation and divorce, parenting issues, medical advocacy, and narcissistic abuse.
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What are the most effective ways to manage medications?

One of the most effective ways a patient can manage their medications is to keep a list of each drug and dosage they take. Such a list can be helpful in keeping to their schedule and can also be something they bring to their psychiatrist or other physician so that the healthcare provider has a clear picture of what they’re taking and in what quantity. Using a pill organizer can be useful for memory and organization. Patients should discuss their medications and their effects at every appointment.

What are the risks if medications are not managed properly?

A suboptimal approach to medication management can lead to potentially harmful health outcomes. Most psychiatric drugs have side effects, and if a patient is not aware of them, they may seek additional medical help or over the counter or prescription drugs to treat the side effects, which may have its own side effects, a process called “prescription cascade.” Another risk to disorganization is that a psychiatrist without full knowledge of a patient’s regimen could prescribe a medication that should not be mixed with a patient’s existing drugs.

What’s the best way to encourage someone to get help managing their medications?

It’s helpful to express concern and love for the person while framing medication management as a tool for improving their life and avoiding dangerous side effects. Offering specific examples of an individual’s failure to properly manage their medication regimen should be done with compassion and with empathy. It may be useful to break management down into parts, and there are several apps that can be used to organize which drugs are ingested, when they need to be refilled, and how they should be stored.

Are there natural treatments that can replace medications?

While there are many medications that can be vital to mental health, there are some natural lifestyle changes that can help reduce the need for drugs. Regular exercise, good sleep habits, a healthy diet, and therapy can all go a long way in symptom relief. Psychiatric medications typically treat symptoms but do not necessarily treat the cause of the condition. Many clinicians consider medications an adjunct to treatment rather than a treatment in and of itself.