September 13, 2019
Article
The world is a better place without a "tyrant of the day" taking over and cracking down with rigid rules. This and other life lessons after 40 years in psychiatry.
July 26, 2017
Article
In psychiatry, things happen slowly-but if you’re not in a hurry yourself, the patient opens a window and shows you the world.
May 27, 2016
Article
There’s no procedure code for a visit like this. But I can’t fault my psychiatrist wife for crossing a boundary and getting too personal.
June 18, 2013
Article
"I don’t want to climb any more cliffs. I’m looking for a slow job in a small town on the prairie," says the author in this work of fiction.
December 17, 2011
Article
We both have the brilliant everlasting dumb luck to be fueled with oxytocin, the urge to eat and to bond. St Francis called his body “brother ass.” I call mine “brother dog.”
December 07, 2011
Article
Insurance often pushes pills rather than talk therapy, believing drugs are less expensive (although there is a fair amount of evidence to the contrary).