About Dr. Jory Goodman

Dr. Jory Goodman first identified The Neurosomatic Syndrome in 1997, a result of years of clinical investigation and research. The Neurosomatic Syndrome link above, introduces the dangers of the overuse, addiction, and withdrawal of the SSRIs. Dr. Jory F. Goodman is a practicing Psychiatrist, Neuropsychiatrist, and Psychopharmacologist with more than twenty years of clinical experience.

He recieved his B.A. degree from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and his M.D. degree from the University of Southern California School of Medicine in Los Angeles, California.

His internship and residency in Psychiatry were completed at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, also in Los Angeles. Dr. Goodman is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.

An independent practitioner, Dr. Goodman's expertise has been acknowledged for many years. He has been willing to stand up and speak out against the politically correct conventional wisdom when he has found it to be bad science and bad medicine.

Dr. Goodman's experience has included extensive work in the area of Medical Psychiatry, treating patients with complex medical illnesses as well as neuropsychiatric problems. He developed and opened the first two Psych-Med units in Los Angeles, hospital programs for medically compromised psychiatric patients. In addition he has developed and implemented comprehensive psychiatric and chemical dependency programs on both coasts. His extensive work with medically complex psychiatric patients, many of whom were labeled "Psychosomatic, Psychophysiologic, Functional or just plain Hypochondriacs whose problems were "All in their heads", helped lead Dr. Goodman to his understanding of Neurosomatics.

Neurosomatics are a brain/body illness, not a mind/body one. The Neurosomatic Syndrome is comprised of a group of illnesses, disorders and symptoms previously considered unrelated, other than their ostensible functional component. These complaints range from Migraine to Irritable Bowel Syndrome, from Fibromyalgia to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, from Bulimia to Panic Disorder and Depression and Mania and Anxiety, with many other components, too.

Common to most patients with the Neurosomatic Syndrome are many consultants, many tests, and marginal improvement. Also common are many bills and many pills. And all too often the pills have included the SSRIs which have served to numb the patient, take away their feelings, require more pills for the side effects, and abject misery, or worse, when an attempt is made to stop taking them.

There is an unavoidable connection between the Neurosomatic Syndrome and the SSRIs because of the prevalent prescription of these drugs for component symptoms of the Neurosomatic Syndrome and concomitant bad outcomes. Most of you reading this probably already know this from personal experience. Please peruse the rest of this Web site to learn more.

Dr. Goodman describes his discovery, and it's effective and safe treatment in his groundbreaking book, IT IS ALL IN YOUR HEAD: A Monograph on Wellness for the New Millennium. In it are described multiple case studies, the scientific foundation, and the proper, simple treatment. It is a book that can be read and understood by everyone.