Neuropsychiatry

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

What happens when a clinician has to give herself news she does not want to hear?

A Doctor, Her Daughter, and a Difficult Dilemma

The authors discuss abusive disciplinary practices that continue to this day despite considerable evidence to the contrary and share thoughts and implications for psychiatrists.

The Coercive Cycle: A School to Prison Pipeline?

Dad excelled at his craft and was the natural choice for promotion to supervisor of the machine shop when the incumbent retired. But the company told him it just wouldn’t "look right" to have a person with only an 8th-grade education.

Get That Piece of Paper

Slideshows

What is the link between restrictive anorexia, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder and ASD? This study sheds some light.

High Rates of Autistic Symptoms Found in Patients With Eating Disorders

While the core features of autism impair functioning, a significant source of further impairment is comorbid psychiatric disorders.

Recognizing and Treating Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders in People With Autism

We cannot protect our patients without protecting our planet. This means a personal and professional commitment to green our activities by considering the carbon effects of how we do our work.

Trouble in Paradise: Carbon-Fuel Air Pollution Linked to Disorders Across the Lifespan

ECT has been found effective in mitigating the deleterious consequences of SIB.

ECT for Self-Injurious Behavior in Autism: A New Indication

Although Asperger disorder is now included as part of the overall autism spectrum disorder, some say Pandora’s box has been opened. 

Asperger Disorder: Gone But Not Forgotten

On the association between symptoms of autism spectrum disorder with environmental toxin exposure.

Environmental Toxicants and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Setting the record straight on the burgeoning field of reproductive psychiatry.

Autism

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