Beyond the Scale: The Mental Health Side of GLP-1, with Melissa Davisson, PA-C.
Beyond the Scale: The Mental Health Side of GLP-1, with Melissa Davisson, PA-C
You have heard the terms: GLP-1 and other weight loss drugs. But, what how these breakthroughs influence your identity, your relationship with your body, and your brain's reward system are still being learned about.
In this episode, Ashley sits down with Melissa Davisson, PA-C, to go beyond the headlines and talk about what GLP-1 medications are actually doing in the body, the myths that need to go away, the real risks and side effects, and what happens in your head when your body changes faster than your brain can keep up.
About our guest
Melissa Davisson is a PA-C at Adjust Mental Health, providing medication management alongside nutrition and weight management support. She spent about seven years in outpatient mental health medicine, completed a two-year fellowship in psychiatry with an addiction focus, and has completed a certification through the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology in weight management.
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