Clik here to view.
Suicide Jumpers From The Golden Gate Bridge
About year ago we took a family vacation in San Francisco and I walked across the Golden Gate Bridge with my granddaughter who was just becoming an avid reader. At various intervals on the walk we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy 65th Birthday-Your Psychotherapy Fee is Reduced.
Today: 65th Birthday While in Psychotherapy Tomorrow: Will Psychiatrists do Psychotherapy? The Happy 65th Birthday Conversation I remember the first time I had the “Happy 65th birthday” conversation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Love Affair
The extramarital affair between Frank Lloyd Wright & Mamah Cheney I belong to a book club and the selection we read a few months ago was Loving Frank by Nancy Horan It is an historical novel...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Extra Rx Meds for Disaster Preparedness
Rock and Roll with A California Earthquake About a year ago my wife and I relocated from New York to Southern California. After many months of remodeling our new home , building a home office and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
To Sample or Not to Sample Medications ?
Case Example- Doctor Utilizes a Sample of Starter Medication “ Mrs. Jones, I feel that you are going to benefit greatly by taking antidepressant medication and I would like to start you on XYZ...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Refusing To Continue Dialysis
The Women Who Did Not Mean “NO” A case history * An 82 year old Italian speaking grandmother with a very dedicated and loving large family was coming to the hospital three times a week to receive...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We’re Not Providers For Consumers/Clients
Paul Krugman Recently Paul Krugman wrote an interesting piece in the NY Times titled, Patients Are Not Consumers . In it he wonders what has gone wrong with us if receiving health care is like buying...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Connection Between Depression and Stroke
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association concluded that depression is associated with a significantly increased risk of stroke morbidity and mortality. This means...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Let’s Talk About Suicide
Both attempted and completed suicides represent a major clinical and public health challenge. The CDC has ranked suicide as the 11th leading cause of death among persons over age 10 (33,289 suicide...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Psychological Implications of the Connecticut School Shooting
I am writing this blog one day after the horrific massacre at a school in Newtown, Connecticut. Thus far it is known that a 24 year old man shot and killed his mother and then took three weapons...
View Article