Welcome to How We Get Thru, the podcast where we share stories, mental health insights, and healing advice on life's everyday challenges. I'm your host, Jen, a licensed therapist and founder of the How We Get Thru app. Today's guest is Jess Beachkofsky, a board certified psychiatrist licensed in Florida and Texas.

In this episode, Jess shares the expectations and importance of family history in getting an accurate diagnosis. While also giving us great insight into how mental health diagnoses such as bi-polar and OCD are formed. Listen to part 2 of setting the record straight around psychiatry. 

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If you are curious if you actually meet criteria for ADHD, OCD, Panic Attacks, PTSD, or neurodivergent check out Jess’s course on the 5 most popular diagnoses on the How We Get Thru app. 

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