by Dr. Alex Joannou | Oct 18, 2023 | Acupuncture, Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing
The Chris Voss Show Podcast – In this podcast episode, I was an invited guest and I was pleased to talk about my life as a medical practitioner, my battle with Crohn’s disease, and my journey into the acupuncture treatment industry. Listen to the full podcast...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Aug 9, 2023 | Acupuncture, Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing
Learn more about my overarching mission in the acupuncture industry by listening to this podcast interview I recently had with Ann Théato of the Psychic Matters podcast. Transcription: Ann: With me in the studio today, I have a fascinating guest who is joining me all...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Aug 27, 2022 | Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing, Medical Science
We can think ourselves into depression. We have around 60,000 – 70,000 thoughts a day, and very few of them are original. We can tell ourselves many times a day that we are stupid, are unattractive, are too short, or too tall, too fat, or too thin. These false...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Aug 15, 2022 | Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing
In considering the cause of depression, it is important to rule out a number of medical conditions first. Particularly in this age of Dr Google, patients may feel depressed and then look to herbs or natural therapies for depression and then go ahead treat themselves,...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Jul 26, 2022 | Depression and Anxiety, Health and Wellbeing
What causes depression? When thinking about the cause of depression it is useful to see us as more than just a mere machine. Modern medicine does tend to think of human beings in such a way. For example, seeing the kidneys as operating like a swimming pool filter, the...
by Dr. Alex Joannou | Jul 26, 2022 | Depression and Anxiety, Medical Science
The president of the RACGP, the peak body for general practitioners, Dr Harry Nespolon said this week, “This is one of those areas where patients’ effect is so variable, that guidelines may in fact be incredibly unhelpful”. This was said in response to new research...
