PUBLICATIONS
Insights, Research, and Contributions to Integrative Mental Health
A collection of articles, presentations, and expert insights focused on advancing a deeper understanding of mental health, sexuality, and integrative care.
Books & Book Chapters
- Bartlik, B. (2025, May 7). When desire fades: The growing need for new approaches in sexual medicine. Insights. A Professional look into integrative Mental Wellness. https://insights4empowerment.
blogspot.com/2025/05/when- desire-fades-growing-need-for- new.html - Kline, R. video with Bartlik, B. (2025, February 4). Healing, stress, and the parasympathetic system (Part 1). Insights. Insights:A Professional look into integrative Mental Wellness. https://insights4empowerment.
blogspot.com/2025/02/get-to- know-your-anxiety-stress.html - Bartlik, B. (2025, March 30). Sexual and psychological issues with menopause. Insights: A Professional Look into Integrative Mental Wellness. https://insights4empowerment.
blogspot.com/2025/03/sexual- and-psychological-issues-with. html - Bartlik, B. (Ed. Manser, R.). (2025, March 30). The promising role of MDMA in enhancing relationships and intimacy. Insights:A Professional look into integrative Mental Wellness. https://insights4empowerment.
blogspot.com/2025/03/the- promising-role-of-mdma-in- enhancing.html - Bartlik, B. (2025, February 28). Why are seniors using CBD and cannabis for pain, relaxation, and sex? Insights: A Professional Look into Integrative Mental Wellness. https://insights4empowerment.
blogspot.com/2025/02/why-are- seniors-using-cbd-and- cannabis.html - Bartlik, B. (2025, July 4). Sexual health overview for 2025 (Part 1). Insights: A Professional Look into Integrative Mental Wellness.
- Bartlik, B. (2026, April 21). Why clinical nutrition is essential for cancer survivors and the fight for quality of life. Journal of Modern Healing. https://meetourcrusaders.
blogspot.com/2026/04/food-as- recovery.html - Goetze, L. M & Bartlik, B. (2026, April). Reclaiming the mind after survival: Mental health rehabilitation after cancer—Insights from an interview with Dr. Barbara Bartlik. The Alliance for Integrative Rehabilitation and Restorative Care. https://rehabscan.org
- Goetze, L, M & Bartlik, B. (2026, May). When Diagnosis Becomes Despair: The hidden Psychological Crisis in Cancer Care A Journal of Modern Healing
- Bartlik, B., Espinosa, G., Mindes, J. (Eds). Integrative Sexual Health, a volume in the [Dr.Andrew] Weil Integrative Medicine Library. March 2018.
- Bartlik, B., Kaur, A., Schoen, C., Kolzet, J. Birth Control Pills and Hormonal Contraception: Effects on Female Sexual Desire and Pleasure. Integrative Sexual Health, a volume in the [Dr. Andrew] Weil Integrative Medicine Library. March 2018.
- Falk, K., Bartlik, B., Mindes, J. Inflammation and the Gut – Brain – Mood Connection: A New Perspective in Psychiatry and Sexual Dysfunction. Integrative Sexual Health, a volume in the [Dr. Andrew] Weil Integrative Medicine Library. March 2018
- Bartlik, B., Mindes, J., Haas, S.S. Sexual Dysfunction Secondary to Micronutrient Deficiency — A Common but Unrecognized Adverse Effect of Many Pharmaceuticals. Integrative Sexual Health, a volume in the [Dr. Andrew] Weil Integrative Medicine Library. March 2018.
- B. Bartlik, Medical Advisor and Foreword. In: S. Harrar & J. Vantine: Extraordinary Togetherness: A Woman’s Guide to Love, Sex and Intimacy. From the Editors of Prevention Health Books for Women, Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA, October 1999.
- Rako, S: The Hormone of Desire. (Introduction by B. Bartlik and H.S. Kaplan) Harmony
Books, New York, NY, February 1996.
Articles
- Bartlik B (2024) An integrative psychiatry approach to reducing pain due to endometriosis.
https://ipha-news.blogspot.com/2024/03/an-integrative-psychiatry-approach-to.htm - Bartlik, B, Mindes, J (2022). Clinician Wellness – Self-Care for Staying Healthy: Attention to Sexual Life. Integrative and Complementary Therapies, 28(2):72-74.
Bartlik, B., Arif, S., Turano, V., & Seenaraine, S. Clinical roundup: Selected treatment options for opioid addiction-Part 2. Alternative and Complementary Therapies, 25(1): 56, November 2018.
- Bartlik, B: Magnesium: An essential nutritional supplement for psychiatric patients. Psychiatry Advisor, July, 2014.
- Bartlik, B: Ask the Expert: Sexual dysfunction: Medication, hormones, and nutrition. FOCUS, Vol VIII (4), 2010.
- Bartlik B, et al. (2009). Essential Information About Erotica for Sex Educators and Clinicians. In Schroeder E, Kuriansky, J (Eds). The Need for Sexuality Education – What People Want to Know, Praeger Publishing, Westport, CT.
- Bartlik B, Goldstein M: Maintaining sexual health after menopause. Psychiatric Services, 51(6): 751-753, June 2000.
- Bartlik B, Goldstein M: Men’s sexual health after midlife. Psychiatric Services, 52 (3):291-293, March 2001.
- Bartlik, B, Beaton, C., Rosenfeld, S.: Assessment of sexual functioning: Sexual history taking for health care practitioners. Epilepsy & Behavior, S15-S21, July, 2005.
- Bartlik B, Kaplan P (1999). Sexual dysfunction secondary to testosterone deficiency in women. The Harvard Mental Health Letter, December.
- Bartlik B, et al. (1997). Examining PTSD as a complication of infertility. Medscape Women’s Health. 2(3), www.medscape.com.
- Bartlik, B: Why Are Seniors Using CBD and Cannabis for Pain, Relaxation, and Sex? 02/28/25 Insights https://insights4empowerment.
blogspot.com/2025/02/why-are- seniors-using-cbd-and- cannabis.html - Kupietz, S., Bartlik, B., Angrist, B., Winsberg, B. (1985). Psychostimulant plasma concentration and learning performance. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 5(5):293-295.
- Bartlik, B: When Desire Fades: The Growing Need for New Approaches in Sexual Medicine. 7/5/25 Insights https://insights4empowerment.
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Can we boost dopamine for a little more romance and sex?
As Helen Fisher, Ph.D. has written, the brain neurotransmitter dopamine is instrumental to creating the intense and passionate feelings of romantic love. Dopamine also is the neurotransmitter most closely associated with sexual arousal. As a psychiatrist and a sex therapist, I treat many patients whose sexual function is not all it could be. Click here to read my contribution to Helen’s blog more about nutrients like vitamins and minerals and particular foods that might do that.
Website: https://theanatomyoflove.com/blog/dopamine-romance-sex/