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Dr. Shahla Modir

Chief Medical Officer at All Points North Lodge
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Shahla Modir, MD joins APN Lodge as Chief Medical Officer with over ten years of experience in addiction, psychiatry, and integrative medicine. She is dual board-certified in Addiction and Psychiatry, serving as a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and its Addiction Psychiatry certification. Dr. Modir completed a residency in General Psychiatry at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and a 2-year fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry at UCLA Medical Center.

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  • Treat other addictions first. Other addictions are sometimes present. So the first step is typically getting help for other addictions. At All Points North Lodge, we treat both the addiction symptoms and the root cause. Both of those are essential to sustainable recovery.

  • While social media has its benefits – such as building networks and maintaining contact with others – too much time on these platforms is linked to depression, anxiety and stress.

  • FOMO (the fear of missing out) can trigger feelings of anxiety. The highlights people present are interpreted as their real life not their 'reel life.' If users are spending too much time online on social media sites, it can be difficult to keep perspective on what real life is.

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