What The Right Kind of Love Can Do
Check out this unexpectedly lovely story from The New York Times. It’s the tale of a man, Joe Holt, and
Category: Medical Culture/Politics
The Family Group Psychosis
DK: I have said that “something happens” in interviews with a multigenerational extended family that often results in change of
“The Perils of Perfection”
Check out this New York Times Op-Ed, “The Perils of Perfection”, by writer Evgeny Morozov. Written a couple of years
Our Struggling Kids
Check out this excellent article by Frank Bruni of The New York Times. He looks at a rash of teen suicides
Why French Children Don’t Have ADHD
Here’s an interesting post, brought to our attention by Noel Keith. The author, psychotherapist Marilyn Wedge, highlights the differences in
Further Into The Family Inner Sanctum
This is a continuation of the case “A Bipolar Child…” CAROL MARIE LOOKS FOR HERSELF: At first Carol Marie was
A “Bipolar” Child: A View from A Family’s Inner Sanctum
DK: I have mentioned before that, though a General Psychiatrist and a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, I have worked with
A “Nerdy” Kid or “Asperger’s”?
Please enjoy this charming story by Benjamin Nugent, a self-described former “nerdy kid” who briefly entered the world of the
“The Trick of Life”
AB: One aspect of my work week I particularly enjoy involves teaching at The Institute for Family Health in New York,
Medicating Women’s Feelings
Check out this thought-provoking article from The New York Times by psychiatrist Julie Holland. She notes how women are given psychiatric medications nearly