Portraits

MD is a practicing psychiatrist in Queens, NY. She completed a fellowship in autism research and is the author of authored “Don’t Medicate–Educate! One Family, Three Cases of Autism, Safe Treatment for Dangerous Behavior.”

Articles

Is getting board-certified worth it? One doctor contemplates. 

How to Pass the Boards 20 Years Later

Thoughts on how we celebrate with our patients when they achieve a milestone in their work or convey a more finely tuned awareness of themselves.

The Art of Sharing

Neighborhoods, tribes, gangs-each have their own culture. Unless you have been raised in one of them and are "known," you come as a stranger.

The Art of Self-Disclosure

“I met Talia almost 20 years ago. It wasn’t the usual doctor-patient relationship formed in the setting of an outpatient clinic or general inpatient hospital.”

The Boundary I Wish I Hadn't Kept

“In most respects, my career as a psychiatrist working in community mental health has been ordinary. What is most surprising to me is that, I have come to define myself as a critical psychiatrist.”

I Am a Critical Psychiatrist

With the help of psychotherapy, something from the deep unconscious helped cure her depression, forge her character, and guide her to a sense of peace.

The Arms of Ivy Welcome Her

I would not want to simply map the stars; I would also want to gaze upon them and contemplate the mystery of it all. Such is the 15-minute med check versus the essence of psychiatry.

If I Were an Astronomer

The mixed bag of emotions described here should be familiar to any clinician, especially to a psychiatrist.

Never a Dull Moment in the Life of a Psychiatrist

Psychiatry can help us understand what layers of the onion exist that need to be peeled away, but the power to discard them once and for all resides within each and every one of us.

Closing a Practice for Self-Preservation

From homeless man with mental illness to the Royal College of Psychiatrists-the journey was not easy, but few things worthwhile are.