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Losing Weight After a Lifetime of Failure
I received this request for advice from a reader in response to one of my earlier posts. “Jack, I’m writing [...]
Consultation #3: “I Can See It in Their Eyes”
Reader’s Clinical Conundrum “Dr. Jack, I’m a seasoned psychiatrist. I’ve been treating really difficult patients, many with dual diagnoses, for [...]
Sense of Badness in BPD
One phenomenon that has intrigued me for my entire career has been the frequent sense of badness that patients with [...]
Dr. Jack Consultation #3: The Problem Reveals Its Solution
A common experience I remember from my early days as a psychiatrist was the tension I’d feel before seeing a [...]
Time and Betrayal
Betrayal. So common. We’ve all probably been on the receiving end and perhaps on the committing end too. And among [...]
Not Depressed Still Unhappy
At the recently concluded Oasis Conference – what a joy that was! – in my “Lessons Learned from a Tertiary [...]
Easy Way to Like Yourself More
A lot of our suffering is self-induced and occurs from our perception of personal shortcomings. It’s easy to be disappointed [...]
Towards a More Positive Psychiatry
I remember when it first struck me with full force that being a patient undergoing a psychiatric interview can seem [...]