The Future is Now: Triumph and Tragedy of Coach George Allen
He didn't get the chances he should have; he wasn't appreciated enough for what he did; but, in the end, Coach George Allen went out a winner. read more
View ArticleHello, I'm Persian too
I don't like many aspects of Shahs of Sunset, but it made me laugh. Let's allow for a little laughter. That's also part of our culture. read more
View ArticleEvolution Versus Revolution in DSM-5
DSM-III was supposed to be the beginning of a process of improving diagnosis. DSM-IV and DSM-5 raise the question of whether we are progressing with each revision, and if progress is to be had, will...
View ArticleNarcissism: Phlogiston of Psychology
Sigmund Freud was a brilliant man, but then again, so was Karl Marx. Brilliant men can make errors.read more
View ArticleSo, You’re “Bipolar”
A nurse practitioner saw her, looked at her history and medications, and said: So, you’re “bipolar”, lifting her two fingers in the air on the word bipolar. read more
View ArticleA Great Businessman - A Failed Political Leader
Is Mitt Romney - psychologically - the next Neville Chamberlain?read more
View ArticleWhat Jesse Jackson Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr. Have in Common
Depression is difficult personally but can be an advantage to a leader.read more
View ArticleLife Events and Mood: What’s Cause and Effect?
Mood illnesses can help leaders: how can that be if people with mood illnesses are more prone to depression with stressful life events?read more
View ArticlePsychiatrists Can Speak Too
Psychiatrists can talk about politicians ethically; the "Goldwater Rule" should not be misinterpreted. read more
View Article'Some Vote Based on Emotion'
Should we choose our leaders because we like them?read more
View ArticlePhysician-Assisted Suicide: A Massachusetts Vote
On Tuesday, Massachusetts will vote on physician-assisted suicide; how it goes will have a major national impact. read more
View ArticleChildhood Bipolar Disorder: Erasing Myths
Recent blog posts on PT have attacked the concept of childhood bipolar disorder. I think it is important to give readers a different viewpoint from what seems to be the groupthink perspective of...
View ArticleDepression in Children: Proof of Bipolar Disorder
Some say bipolar disorder NEVER happens in children. What about depression? Does that never happen either? If so, then bipolar disorder happens too.read more
View ArticleChildhood Bipolar: An America Fad, in 1845 Paris
If childhood bipolar disorder is an American phenomenon, then Paris must be a little town in Kansas. read more
View ArticleMisdiagnosed? Bipolar Disorder Remains Ignored
Diagnosis of childhood bipolar disorder has seen a 40-fold increase. Overdiagnosis, all exclaim, wrongly. read more
View ArticleAn Australian Fad: Ignoring Childhood Bipolar Disorder
In America, a psychiatric diagnosis is a fad. In Australia, it's true. That's what we are told in these posts. But cultural claims about the causes for diagnoses are doubtful. Let's look at the science...
View ArticleSuicide by Homicide: Accepting the Reality of Mental Illness
How can we prevent such tragedies? Besides gun control, let's start taking mental illness seriously, not denying it as social fiction, and institute more outpatient involuntary treatment laws. Civil...
View ArticleMass Murder & Involuntary Treatment: An Emerging Awareness?
The Connecticut attacks have produced apparent consensus on gun control and more attention to mental illnesses. Some are beginning to realize that a broken mental health system needs fixing, not just...
View ArticleBaseball's Hall of Fame: Psychiatric Advice
Should steroid abuse keep baseball players from being voted into the Hall of Fame?read more
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