Join us as we learn how optimum diet, targeted micronutrient supplementation, restful sleep, not smoking, reducing alcohol consumption, and frequent varied exercise, all are sex-positive and mental health enhancing habits.

Many medications produce side effects that can impact psychiatric and sexual health. Medications for anxiety, arrhythmias, constipation, contraception, depression, fertility, hair growth, hypertension, insomnia, pain, seizures, corticosteroids, and even over-the-counter antihistamine and acid-blocking medications are culpable. If used chronically, many of these medications deplete vitamins and minerals necessary for healthy sexual function, good mental health and vitality.

Without adequate amounts of essential nutrients, those who take medications are more likely to suffer from nutrient depletion, low mood, low energy, and sexual dysfunction. Integrative medicine (IM) can often prevent or mitigate many health problems and lead to reduced dosages of medications — thus avoiding side effects.

Taking vitamins, minerals, and botanical supplements can support health and wellness and positively impact sexual and mental health. For example:

• Nitric oxide (NO) boosts blood flow to the genitals and other parts of the body including the brain. NO bioavailability is enhanced by increasing the consumption of specific foods and supplements, e.g., beets, leafy green vegetables, vitamins C and B12, magnesium, potassium, and L-arginine. Increased NO is associated with reduced homocysteine, an inflammatory substance detrimental to sexual and mental health and cognition.

• And Vitamin D can improve sexual desire and arousal in women… and levels of testosterone and erectile ability in men. It also is necessary to produce dopamine, the “feel good” neurotransmitter associated with pleasure, reward, focus, and sexuality.

These are but a few examples that Dr. Bartlik will discuss.

We hope you’ll join us to learn more about how consuming key nutrients in foods and as supplements may reduce the need for pharmaceuticals. 

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Rated one of New York Magazine’s Best Doctors in Psychiatry, Barbara Bartlik, MD is a recognized expert clinician and author in integrative medicine, psychiatry and sexual health. Dr. Bartlik is in private practice in Manhattan and has treated men, women and couples with a broad range of psychiatric and sexual problems for over 30 years. She is an editor and author of Integrative Sexual Health (2018), a volume in the [Dr. Andrew] Weil Integrative Medicine Library, OUP. Dr. Bartlik has a special interest in near death experiences and welcomes discussion with persons who have had them. Dr. Bartlik received her M.D. degree with distinction in epidemiology from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1981, where she studied neurology with the late Dr. Oliver Sacks. She completed her psychiatry residency and research fellowship at New York University Medical Center / Bellevue Hospital (now NYU Langone Health). She also treated severely mentally ill patients with the New York State Office of Mental Health. Dr. Bartlik is certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; in integrative medicine from the American Board of Physician Specialties; and in sexology from the American Board of Sexology. She is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and was recognized by Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors. She is a member of the voluntary faculty of Weill Cornell Medical College and New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Barbara Bartlik, MD
Tel: (212) 749-2684
dr.bartlik@gmail.com
http://www.drbarbaramd.com
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Dr. Bartlik would like to invite the KSG community to learn more about these 2 upcoming events:

• Buiding a Healthier NY – 2022 NYANP Annual Conference Oct 15, 2022
• Personalized Nutrition 2022: Mental Health Matters | October 26-29, 2022 in San Diego, CA hybrid