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Here is a helpful idea for couples who have trouble talking with one another about problems or conflicts without raising their voices and getting into arguments: The Couple's Journal. A Couple’s Journal can be a literal book or an on-going text or e-mail or even...

June is Brain Awareness Month and here is a major  advance which is very cool and potentially very useful : an app that takes "brain vitals". You know how when you go to the doctor, they take your "vitals" ( pulse rate, temperature, blood pressure, breathing rate) ? ...

Did You know - that normal human sexuality is more complicated than you might think? The recent story of Bruce Jenner's transformation to become Caitlyn Jenner has confused many folks and raised questions such as: What is transgender ? and Is transgender a...

A common misconception which confuses public awareness is that talking things over with friends is the same as going to therapy.  While it is true that the empathy and support one receives while talking honestly with a good friend is therapeutic, psychotherapy...

Myth # 3: Psychological disorders are very rare, so ... if you have one, you are weird. You may have seen the Newsweek article whose headline read "One in Five Suffer from Mental Illness" which based on National Institutes of Health (NIH) data.  That figure is...

The beginning of our modern understanding of psychological disorders which updated Freud, goes back to a Syracuse Psychiatrist by the name of Thomas Szasz who wrote the now classic, The Myth of Mental Illness. --What Szasz observed was that not all irrational behavior...

so ... this is a great time to ask yourself about how much you know about mental health and if you might be holding on to some old fashioned ideas about emotional disorders or their treatment. This month will be filled with opportunities to learn more and shine light...

Although Bruce Jenner has won the gold medal for the decathlon in 1976 Olympics, his greatest triumph and accomplishment came yesterday when he publicly acknowledged that she is, and always has been, a woman.  The Diane Sawyer interview heard round the world is not...

I was encouraged to hear that the President has called for a ban on so called reparative or conversion "therapies" for adolescents.  But I think some clarification is needed. --Some of the media are spinning this story as a gay right’s issue. While this recommendation...

This excellent article in Salon : makes two very important observations everyone, but especially women and doctors need to pay attention to: -- Not all sexual dysfunction in women is psychologically based . I know from 36 years of clinical experiences that women who...

A few days ago I suggested that it was important to learn how to become mindful of one's stress level so that you could avoid becoming overwhelmed  by life's everyday demands. I used the analogy of a radiologist's docimeter to make my point.  Another, gentler way to...

We all know that too much exposure to radiation can be dangerous and that radiologist must wear docimeters to keep track of their levels to prevent illness. But did you know that we all need to have an emotional docimeter to keep track of our stress levels so that...