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These articles comprise over ten years worth of writing from Dr. James Schroeder, with the most recent listed first. If you are looking for a specific article or perspective on a particular topic we advise utilizing the Search bar. You may also filter articles by Category using the menu above the articles.
A Psychology Minute
A Psychology Minute: Self-Monitoring
One of the ways that we change our thoughts and behaviors is to first be aware of them. Although our actions can shift over time without us knowing how this […]
Health
Prescription Privileges for Psychologists: Is Our Consent Fully Informed?
This past June, Illinois became the 3rd state to allow psychologists to prescribe medications commonly used for psychiatric issues, after New Mexico and Louisiana have enacted similar laws. As indicated in […]
Faith • Relationships
Unusual Beliefs and Behaviors vs. Objective Realities and Truths
I just finished reading Reverend Dr. Epperson’s treatise on abnormal ideas and behaviors as they relate to mental health. Similar to my thoughts about Sera Davidow’s article almost three years ago entitled, “Mental Illness Does […]
Health • Nutrition
Pain’s Promise, and the Promise with Pills
Recently, I was watching a game on the tube when a Prilosec OTC commercial came on, featuring a portly Larry the Cable Guy (an actual user). As with previous TV […]
Health • Mental Health
Prescription Privileges for Psychologists, Part II: Is Our Consent Fully Informed?
In July of 2014, I published an article explaining my concerns about the push to allow prescription privileges for psychologists across the country, after news of the recent legislation in Illinois sanctioning […]
Health • Mental Health
Why the DSM Differential Diagnosis Is So Disappointing
For many clinicians like myself, families come to us with insurance that they seek to use in addressing psychological issues. As most know, in order to utilize the insurance benefits, […]
Health • Mental Health
Pain Management in Modern Times: Does This Sound Familiar?
A little ways back, a close family member of mine saw an orthopedist for chronic hip/knee issues. He described it as a positive experience. He was very pleased with the […]
Mental Health
The Proliferation and Elimination of Mental Illness: Clinging to the Slopes of Everest
A month ago, I published a critique of specific terminology of DSM-5. Like countless others, I have serious concerns about the overpathologizing of normal behaviors that appears to be occurring over […]
Health • Mental Health
Prescription Privileges for Psychologists: Is Our Consent Fully Informed?
This past June, Illinois became the 3rd state to allow psychologists to prescribe medications commonly used for psychiatric issues, after New Mexico and Louisiana have enacted similar laws. As indicated in […]
Health • Mental Health
Dear DSM-5: I Still Have Some Questions
DSM-5 has just been published—not a happy moment in the history of psychiatry or for me personally. It risks turning diagnostic inflation into hyperinflation—further cheapening the currency of psychiatric diagnosis […]