Just published on Psych Central … “You have to decide… Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?” That’s one of the questions Randy Pausch, famous deceased Carnegie Mellon professor, asked in his presentation “The Last Lecture.” It went viral, landing him on Oprah and a host of other afternoon and late-night shows. I loved every...
Dr. Ron Pies, professor of psychiatry at Tufts and SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, published the following post in the New York Times in September, 2008. I consider it a classic in grief literature. You can get to the original by clicking here. Let’s say a patient walks into my office and says...
The following is a fascinating interview by Douglas Eby of another expert on highly-sensitive persons, life coach Jenna Forrest. Douglas Eby: According to Elaine Aron, author of “The Highly Sensitive Person,” about 15 to 20 percent of people have this trait, which includes being highly aware of both the environment and inner experience. What...
It with interest that I read the new study by scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Pittsburgh that suggest that depression can increase the risk of heart problems later in life, even in children. We would all like to think that kids are more resilient than that....
I have something very special planned for the Feast of the Irish, I mean, St. Patrick’s Day! No other than the most famous Irish author writing today: Patrick Tracey, who penned an amazing book, “Stalking Irish Madness Searching for the Roots of My Family’s Schizophrenia,” for which he has won the Ken Book Award from the...