This was written by pre-medical student Jorge Gonzalez with the intention of encouraging readers to take better care of oneself. The method of encouragement being used is Aristotle’s three pillars of rhetoric without the intention of withholding critical information or supplying false information. Instead, this method utilizes emotions to engage the audience, logic to make […]

Templeton Area Advisory Group discusses plan for mental health hospital.   Below you will find a letter Dr. Castellanos sent to the Templeton Area Advisory Group and County of San Luis Obispo, Planning and Building Department voicing his concerns regarding the proposed psychiatric facility here in our community. Dear Sir and Madams, To reiterate my concerns I […]

Dr. Castellanos was recently part of a meeting discussing the propose mental health facility to be established in Templeton, CA. Templeton Area Advisory Group discusses plan for mental health hospital.

VITALS Major finding: Older Americans with persistent posttraumatic stress disorder beyond age 55 were an adjusted 3.2-fold more likely than no-PTSD controls to have significant disability. Data source: This study involved a structured disability assessment conducted in a nationally representative sample composed of 3,287 subjects aged 55 years or older, 68 of whom were diagnosed […]