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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Empathy and Air Travel

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A few days ago, I ranted about how I was detained by security at an airport, then lost my computer.  I've put an update on the bottom...
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Podcast #61: Stay Safe

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Welcome to Podcast #61. We discussed the following topics: In the Mid-Atlantic we had an earthquake and a hurricane this week, and Clink ...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

My Disasters, Natural and Otherwise

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The earthquake came and went.  A little shaking, no worse for the wear, though Clink tells us in an upcoming podcast that she was a bit sh...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Internet Withdrawal!

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  Ah, there has been so much to blog about this week, but I have been (just about) unplugged!  I no longer have a laptop--story to follow,...
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Hanging On

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It's been a little quiet here at Shrink Rap this week, in between the earthquake and the upcoming hurricane. Please bear with us. If we...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

An Anniversary to Forget

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Over at Shrink Rap News on the Clinical Psychiatry News web page I've posted my latest rant about the Stanford prison experiment in r...
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Monday, August 22, 2011

Emotional Control : Anderson Cooper Gets the Giggles

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If you haven't seen Anderson Cooper catch a case of the giggles on live TV, you can still watch it on YouTube.  I missed the first s...
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Physician Online Behavior: Professionalism and Social Media

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Mark Ryan, a Virginia family physician, wrote a blog post for Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media three weeks ago, reviewing the many defi...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Is Facebook for Everyone?

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Shrinks don't join Facebook so much.  Why is that?  Today,  I will speculate about that on our Shrink Rap News blog over on the Clini...
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Monday, August 15, 2011

My Next Appointment Is..

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I've been at it a long time, and one thing (of many things) that I still have not gotten down is scheduling.  I seem to have a method ...
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

NY Times: PTSD, 10 years later

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On Wednesday, the New York Times ran an article on PTSD in New York City 10 years after the September 11th terrorist attacks.  In 10 Years a...
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Tuesday, August 09, 2011

Please Pass the Fat Cream

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Not quite psychiatry, but all my life I've been waiting for the magic pill that will let me eat all I want and be thin.  By the way, I w...
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Cruelty and Context

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I've always been struck by the similarity between solitary confinement inmates and monks. Historically, monks were kept under the vow ...
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Monday, August 08, 2011

Solitary Confinement

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  Sunny CA recently asked me my thoughts about the use of solitary confinement in light of allegations that this can cause mental illness. ...
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Sunday, August 07, 2011

NY Times: One Man's Battle with Schizophrenia

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Benedict Carey is a New York Times mental health reporter.  In yesterday's Times , he wrote about Joe Holt, a man with a diagnosis of s...
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