Deborah Lynn is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, on Clinical faculty at UCLA, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She specializes in psychoanalysis and personality development. Deborah is the psychiatric director at Oceanaire, a residential treatment facility for eating disorders. She is currently in private practice in Westwood

Blog Entries by Deborah Lynn

The Unthinkable Shame of Untreated Psychosis at Virginia Tech

Posted April 18, 2007 | 02:42 PM (EST)


I am anguished about what happened at Virginia Tech University Monday. I'm sickened both as a mother and a professional. This is every mother and father's worst fear. No, I take that back. What happened Monday is so heinous that no parent even allows the possibility of the occurrence to...

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Violence in India: The Link Between "The Untouchables" And Islamic Fundamental Violence

Posted July 13, 2006 | 05:02 PM (EST)


I actually started writing the following blog two months ago, got sidetracked and never submitted it. I thought to myself that I would submit it the next time there is news of violence in India.

Sadly, violence surely did strike. In light of Tuesday's terrible tragedy in India, it...

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Managed Health Care is Not Working As I'd Like It To

Posted March 19, 2006 | 09:01 PM (EST)


I just got burned again by Pacific Care, a particularly woesome managed health care company. More accurately, I should say, another of my patients got burned.

I have come to hate health insurance companies.

I hate how they masquerade as anything other than...

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On Ritalin and Real Treatment

Posted February 15, 2006 | 02:00 AM (EST)


Okay, on the surface, an academic subject. But upon closer examination, probably one we all care about. This past week, the FDA announced it is looking into the link between stimulant medication and heart arrhythmias. It has come to light that there may be valid evidence that the use of...

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Frist, Do No Harm

Posted February 10, 2006 | 06:34 PM (EST)


Watching the Super Bowl last Sunday afternoon, one commercial really got to me. The "Dove Self-Esteem Fund" spot, featured girls and women revealing their insecurities of their bodies. I was happy to see this Public Service Announcement. I liked the attempt to spur the nation into thinking about these sorts...

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Psychiatrists Trying to Help Patients Cope Better

Posted February 2, 2006 | 11:31 PM (EST)


I've just finished reading all the comments (50 to date) posted in response to my piece on Scientology's continuing attack on psychiatry. I appreciate all of them and want to give a brief rebuttal with regard to some of the points brought up in the various commentaries:

1. I did...

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Scientology's War on Psychiatry

Posted January 26, 2006 | 01:15 AM (EST)


The other day I was driving along Sunset Boulevard and something caught my eye... However, I was driving too fast to actually read the new "anti-psychiatry" banner fluttering in front of the Church of Scientology. I knew that until recently, the church had flaunted huge banners pronouncing, "Psychiatry Kills". But...

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