Category Archives: News and Views
What….Me Worry?
I am not only a psychiatrist. I am a father of two great boys and [...]
Caught in the Web
“Like many teenagers, Megan and her peers carried an online social life that was more [...]
Prozac is whack?
“The Guardian”, which is a newspaper publication from the UK, recently reported on the results [...]
A Psychiatrist’s View of Advertising as Inspired by the Super Bowl
Last night, I was trying to watch the Super Bowl. I say I was “trying” [...]
Take a Musical Bath
“Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you [...]
Exercise: The Great AntiDepressant.
With the Colorado Rockies’ miracle run to make the post season and performing so well [...]
The Biology of Depression.
Depression is a common and potentially devastating illness. As reported in “Archives of General Psychiatry” [...]
Getting Ready for School
Another summer is whipping by and it’s time to start thinking about school again. For [...]
Summer Time and the Living’s…Easy?
Summer is upon us again. Bright green leaves explode onto the trees, the smell of [...]
Special Treatment for Paris
Should Paris Get “Hotel” Treatment in Jail? Paris Hilton is in big trouble. She is [...]
Baldwin’s Blunder
Alec Baldwin has definitely blundered. As you likely have seen, he recently left an explosive [...]
Virginia Tech
I write this article feeling horrified and intensely sad. In a mere six months, this [...]
Don Imus’ Lesson to us All
Why would Don Imus’ 28 year radio career at CBS, “Imus in the Morning”, come [...]
Similar Meaning, Much Different Context
Human beings like to name things. If you think about it, we use names constantly [...]
What is Psychotherapy?
I notice in many movies that involve mental health treatment there is a similar depiction [...]
You Win Some, You Lose Some
What if you were on “Deal or No Deal” and you had two cases left? [...]
An Update on Antidepressants and Suicide.
As many of you may already know, there has been a controversy around antidepressants and [...]
26,700,000 Reasons to Treat Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder.
Today on MSN online, there was yet another series of articles on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder [...]
Things You Don’t Want to Know About Sugar Intake.
This article can be considered an addendum to the post “caffeine craze”. In that post, [...]
Caffeine Craze
There has been a lot of attention in the news lately about energy drinks and [...]