Pain & Parenting: Lessons from the Opioid Epidemic
A few months ago, I was having lunch with a friend. He mentioned a recent outpatient surgery that he had, and indicated that upon being discharged, he was given a Continue Reading →
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Hope of a Mysterious Kind
We are all looking for messages of hope, and I am no exception. Recently, I was reminded of something I have known for a while, but suddenly clicked with me Continue Reading →
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 Continue Reading →
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 Continue Reading →
[Un]Settling for the Long Haul: The Interplay of Complacency, Stagnation, and Psychiatric Drugs
As we age, we stop following our physical bliss. The body is pampered rather than challenged. It is told to be quiet, and becomes no more than a receptacle for Continue Reading →
Risperdal for a 2-year-old? Turning the Tide, One Interaction at a Time
I see him out of the corner of my eye. This time he is carrying cups full of water, ones that he has been filling in the bathroom while he was Continue Reading →
Are We Losing Our Parental Will?
Some time ago, a pediatrician that I respect greatly stopped by my office to chat. In the midst of the conversation, he smiled, and spontaneously mentioned that he had seen Continue Reading →
Want to Be Drug Free? It’s Time to Live More Simply
Something is taking shape in our communities today. Creeping from the shadows, emerging from within, is a cry for a more holistic existence than the one we’re living in. It Continue Reading →
Saying Yes to Drugs?
Part I: Confronting the Reality It is 12:30 AM. Three teen boys are out in the garage, smoking pot and drinking Bud Lights. The parents of the oldest who resides Continue Reading →