American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Healing From Trauma
When I think about healing from psychological trauma, my metaphor is healing from physical trauma. Consider a wound that breaks [...]
The True Trauma of Trauma
I wish to share with you what I believe are the often underappreciated aspects of the consequences of trauma, ones [...]
Placebo Is Your Friend
This last Tuesday I really wanted to get a nice lunch AND have time over lunch to stop at a [...]
Patients “Extorting” Care
At the recent Free Suicide Management Course, I talked to a colleague who told me about patients who regularly come [...]
Ministry of Presence
Recently, I listened to an audio interview with a journalist named Michel Martin. She has reported for the Wall Street [...]
Moments Of Care
I am not practicing psychiatry now, but very much continue to regard myself as a psychiatrist and know I will [...]
Modes Of Happiness
I was sitting by the pool, a perfectly blue sky and palm trees above me, a crescent beach and Anaeho'omalu [...]
Life Out Of Balance
In so many ways we’re richer than ever before. But even for highly educated and well-off folks like us physicians, [...]