May 12 2016
Why People Cut Themselves – Vol. 361, May 12, 2016 It’s 1994, I’m working at a supportive housing program for mentally ill adults. A young mother comes to me her first day in the program. She told me, “I have something to show you.” I brought her into the adjoining room, empty at the time …
Feb 04 2016
The Sad Reality of the Increase In Young Male Suicides – Vol. 347 – February 4, 2016 In the last week I had two discussions with parents of two different 14 year old boys who were dealing with some very difficult issues around “fitting in” at school in one case, and unable to attend school due …
Jan 14 2016
Healing Losses: The Fastest and Healthiest Way To Do So – Vol. 343, January 14, 2015 Over the years, I have had many clients who have experienced great losses. “Losses” includes everything from several animals and three grandparents of a 19 year old who called saying he was too sad to write his music, to a …
Oct 22 2015
STOP Medicating Our Kids For Depression – Antidepressants Don’t Work For Teens! – Vol. 331, October 22, 2015 I am totally sick of our pharmaceutical companies screwing with our kids minds. When is it ever justified to give your kid a substance that has been proven only as successful as a placebo, while creating horrible side …
Jul 16 2015
Serotonin Has Been Proven to Have Zero Effect on Depression: Now What? -Vol. 318, July 16, 2015 In my book Wake Up Doctors: 10 Steps to Reclaim Your Patients Respect and Trust, (available for FREE when you opt-in on the right side of the page), I wrote about the research that Dr. Irving Kirsh and …
Jul 09 2015
Men’s Depression and Even Postpartum Depression: Heres the Symptoms so You Can Get Help For it -Vol. 317, July 9, 2015 The month of June is Men’s Health month. One of the most important aspects of men’s health that we need to contend with is the fact that 78% of the suicides that occur in …
Apr 16 2015
Our College Students Are In A Mental Health Crisis: We Need To Pay Better Attention – Vol. 305, April 16, 2015 Psychologytoday.com published an article on February 15, 2015 called The College Student Mental Health Crisis,” by Gregg Henriques. This very complete article sites many studies to back up the sad claim that our college students …