What should you look for in a therapist? I asked one of my favorite psychologists that question. Ryan Howes is a clinical psychologist in Pasadena, California. He writes the “In Therapy” blog on Psychology Today and is the coauthor of “What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Sex.” He shares what he knows as a...
Earlier on Sanity Break I interviewed Dr. Ronald Pies on the topic of overmedication in America. Given the complex nature of this question and the controversy that surrounds it, I wanted to follow up with another interview on how to respond to people who say that we are overmedicating. I’ve been in this position countless...
The days are short and so is your ability to tackle the problems du jour. Everything, including the snow and the ice, seem heavy and drab, and the color of your mood ring turns a scary blackish blue. Although the number of suicides peaks in the spring, the winter months—especially for those huddled under a...
The lyrics of Leonard Cohen’s song “Anthem” go like this: Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in. Whenever I feel cracked and broken, which is often these days, I go back to those four sentences. They say that imperfection...
Today I have the honor of interviewing one of my favorite psychiatrists on a topic that troubles me: overmedication in America. Dr. Pies is Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer on Bioethics and Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston....
