Our resident psychiatrist, Dr. Eric Chaghouri, graduated in 2007 from the University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated with a B.A. in biology with Summa Cumm Laude honors, going on to earn his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine four years later in 2011. Dr. Chaghouri did his internship training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and went on to complete his residency in general adult psychiatry at the Los Angeles county and University of Southern California Medical Center. During his fourth year of residency, he became the Resident Clinical Instructor and Volunteer Faculty in the Department of Psychiatry at the prestigious Keck School of Medicine.
Dr. Chaghouri’s early work after finishing his residency involves forensic psychiatry. Working as a fellow at the USC Institute of Psychiatry and Law, Dr. Chaghouri pioneered scholarly research, which he published in Legal digest and presented at the annual conferences at the Keck School of Medicine.
After completing his fellowship, Dr. Chaghouri established a practice in Century City and West Hollywood, California. His thriving and successful practice allowed him to gain experience in the treatment of co-occurring addictive and psychiatric disorders. His practice requires him to work in a range of capacities with courts, attorneys, and other individuals involved in actual or potential litigation. For this reason, Dr. Chaghouri is highly sought after as a consultant on psychiatric issues for major television networks and other institutions.
Dr. Chaghouri is experienced with and passionate about state of the art approaches for treatment-resistant mental health disorders, including TMS therapy and ketamine therapy, While practicing medication management, Dr. Chaghouri takes into account a patient’s unique needs and helps them participate in the development of their own evidence-based treatment plan. Dr. Chaghouri is also passionately interested in forensic psychiatry, medical ethics, addiction medicine, substance use disorders, gender wellness, psychological autopsy, and evidence-based treatment of psychiatric conditions.
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Many parents feel like their world needs to stop when the kids get sick, says Dr. Eric Chaghouri, a psychiatrist and owner of Lucid Wellness Center in Los Angeles, but that needn’t be the case. “In my practice, I’ve seen a lot of burnout and tired parents, especially solo parents, disregard their own health practices when their kids are sick,” he says. “And when those parents do get sick, it’s almost as if they feel they are not allowed. This attitude can take its mental toll.”
This is important to remember, because — according to the CDC — 91% percent of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by people the child or their family knows and trusts. Letting kids dictate their own personal boundaries is “essential,” stresses Eric Chaghouri, MD. “It protects them from falling into unsafe situations and forms of abuse.” If we don’t recognize and honor those boundaries, we send them the message that affection can be forced. When a child is forced to hug someone, they learn that affection is not something that is freely given, but something that can be taken.
This is important to remember, because — according to the CDC — 91% percent of child sexual abuse is perpetrated by people the child or their family knows and trusts. Letting kids dictate their own personal boundaries is “essential,” stresses Eric Chaghouri, MD. “It protects them from falling into unsafe situations and forms of abuse.” If we don’t recognize and honor those boundaries, we send them the message that affection can be forced. When a child is forced to hug someone, they learn that affection is not something that is freely given, but something that can be taken.