We Are Still Flying Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
July 1st 2014More than 50 years have passed since One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was published, and almost 40 years since the movie was released, but the issues seem as relevant today as they were back then. If you haven’t seen the film or have forgotten what you saw, see it again as soon as you can. Here's why.
Heroin Addiction: A Chronic Disease, Like Any Other
June 23rd 2014In the US, 38,000 drug overdose deaths occur per year, and it is estimated that 75% are opioid-related. The good news is that addiction is a treatable disease. More in this discussion of opioid addiction, the use of naloxone, and Good Samaritan laws.
These Days, You Have to Rob a Bank to Get Mental Health Treatment
May 13th 2014I get a strong and encouraging response whenever I write or talk about saving normals from excessive treatment. I get almost no response when I write or talk about the shameful and wasteful neglect of the severely ill. We mistreat them barbarously and almost no one seems to care.
Hitler's Children, Other Children, Myself, Ourselves: Legacies of Psychological Trauma
April 22nd 2014Those who have experienced extreme trauma and their descendents have taught us much about resilience, renewal, and redemption-outcomes that are all recalled in this period of the Jewish Passover, Christian Easter, and Holocaust Memorial Week.
When it Comes to Mass Murder, Think Method and Means-Not Motive
April 14th 2014Firearms are the means of death in thousands of suicides and homicides every year. There is no denying that free access and wide availability has made gun death a major threat to our public health. More in this commentary.