January 31, 2011

Bob– Today, I saw an intelligent and sarcastic teenage boy for renewal of his Adderall. He presented with his well-meaning but frustrated father, who is a retired military man and a disciplinarian. I was trying to draw the boy into …
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January 21, 2011

As many readers of this blog may know, I spoke at the psychiatric department’s Grand Rounds at Massachusetts General Hospital on January 13, which was covered by Carey Goldberg, a reporter for WBUR. My talk at the Grand Rounds was …
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January 17, 2011

Bob– About a month ago, I started caring for a fifty-five year old Filipino woman. She speaks English well, though with a heavy accent. She is very sweet-natured, always painfully respectful of me and my authority as a doctor, and …
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January 7, 2011

Bob– This is the twentieth letter that I’ll be posting on your website. I thought I’d use the occasion to reflect on what I’ve observed over the past six months in regards to mental health care in my practice. It …
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January 7, 2011

In a recent article in the New Yorker, titled, The Truth Wears Off, science writer Jonah Lehrer discusses an intriguing problem in science. The problem is that scientific results which are confirmed at one point are sometimes overturned after further …
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January 5, 2011

There has been an enduring controversy over whether psychiatric medications can trigger violent actions toward others. A review of the FDA’s Adverse Event Reporting System  by Thomas Moore, Joseph Glenmullen and Curt Furberg, which was published by PLoS One on …
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