Psychodiagnosticator

I sometimes wonder if anyone in mental health really believes in the idea of an illness called schizophrenia. Sure there are true believers ...

The history of the discovery of neuroleptic drugs for psychosis is often (more often than not?) used for professional-political ends. I rece...

Would it be somehow crass or offensive to talk more about pleasure when we talk about clinical delusions? We tend to think of delusions (def...

Jeffrey Lieberman is gaining attention  and opprobrium   as he publicizes his new history of psychiatry "Shrinks". The book turns ...

The New Republic is carrying an article  by Jerry Coyne lamenting the rise of the trigger warning, and specifically the idea that college li...

Clinicians of my temperament get worried about forcing our explanatory views on the people with whom we work. Whatever explanatory framework...

( A commenter on this blog-see below- has pointed out that I did not include reference to the scope and purposes of the document I am writin...