Psychiatrist

What Is A Tool?

Phil Stutz, M.D. | Posted 06.01.2012

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As a therapist, the No. 1 complaint I hear from patients is that therapy takes too long to work. Why do we have to wait for what seems like forever for change to begin?

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I'm Not Your Psychiatrist -- I'm Your Life Coach!

Paul Greenberg | Posted 05.15.2012

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It may not be immediately apparent from my "page" but you will find out the next time you come into the office that I have shaved my beard and dropped 87 pounds. Furthermore I am ripped. Six-pack. Seriously. And also, no more "Dr. Weinblatt." You can call me Neil.

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Does College Stress Breed Success?

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Could it be that the psychiatrists who developed a definitive stress test forgot to interview students at home during the school holidays?

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Interview with Dr. Jacqueline Olds: Work Spouses - Risky business?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

With more women entering the workplace, it's not surprising that many develop extraordinarily close ties with colleagues, both male and female. To lea...

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What Should We Call People with Mental Illness?

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Like ''diabetics,'' ''alcoholics,'' and epileptics,'' ''schizophrenics'' can usefully indicate a group of people with a common condition, and some individuals with schizophrenia refer to themselves this way.

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Finding The Right Psychiatrist

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 05.25.2011

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First and foremost you want to recognize that mental health problems, including addictions, are among the most common medical problems that exist!

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Falling In Love With Your Psychiatrist

Gary W. Small, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Falling in love with your psychiatrist can be a normal part of therapy. Known as transference, the patient is transferring feelings she has toward a parent or authority figure, onto the therapist.

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The Age of Autism

Deirdre Imus | Posted 11.17.2011

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Authors Dan Olmsted and Mark Blaxill have for the first time traced the roots of autism beginning in the 1930s. What they found is electrifying and suggests the debate is about to heat up again.

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The Secret Language Of Doctors

Gary W. Small, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Many patients want to know what's wrong with them and how to take care of it because it gives them a feeling of involvement and control. Should patients be given access to their records?

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What Makes A Successful Therapist-Patient Relationship?

Donna Flagg | Posted 06.04.2011

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You need a therapist who is willing to tell you that you are full of it. Otherwise, the game keeps going around and around and the patient keeps going in circles.

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Court rules gassing mentally ill is illegal. Is this the best we can do?

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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Psychiatric Times reported an appelate court decision: "Chemical Gassing of Mentally Ill Inmates is Unconsitutional": A Federal appeals court has su...

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What Is a Psychiatrist, Anyway?

Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Posted 11.17.2011

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If psychiatry is to help patients make knowledgeable choices about their treatment, it will need to rebrand in a way that makes sense not just to the mental health community, but to the public.

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New Report: It's Now a Crime to be Mentally Ill

DJ Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

A report in today's USA Today by the nation's most reputable mental illness researcher, Dr. E. Fuller Torrey shows that in the United States, you are ...

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Second Sight By Dr. Judith Orloff

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

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The reissue of her memoir, Second Sight, tells the story of how she has come to be one of the, if not the foremost intuitive psychiatrist.

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Is Fort Hood Like Columbine?

Newsweek | Dave Cullen | Posted 05.25.2011

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My brain is about to bust with all the apparent parallels to Columbine, Virginia Tech and 9/11, and the startling differences to each as well. But the...

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Too Sensitive? Try Emotional Freedom

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 11.17.2011

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In 27 years of spiritual counseling, I've seen all sorts of us use old coping methods that no longer work. This book is a serious upgrade.

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CIA-Approved Psychiatrist Treats Cloak and Dagger Set's Woes

Jeff Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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For almost 20 years, Dr. David L. Charney, 66, has seen a parade of CIA personnel come to his Alexandria, Va., office, looking for help with their emotional problems.

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