Flip Wilson --- Comedian

4/29/13. Much of comedy comes out of chaos, deprivation, and emotional pain. Comedy for some represents triumph over trauma. Here is the family background of one of the best comedians.

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=yo7g7qbab&v=001vAT3y6bgAL5MfFI6eabZyLGaMMu9asT3P6E_2hCaz3ykR0XzdFggAWPO7iZLI4jVixjFbwufhM3kNrISi8G_EX7bb7TKzQ0GJpbz55zOSvuws-LGw7MOmxfh23YA9rxVVXO0IFhAjPc%3D

A Dynamic Periodic Table

4/27/13. It would be a long time before the science of psychology has a periodic table of the elements of the mind. I suffer from chemistry envy.

http://www.ptable.com/

What Is It Like to Be a Sex Expert?

4/26/2013. Thoughtful interview with sex therapist Sallie Foley --- one of the best.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/design-your-path/201304/what-is-it-be-sex-expert

The Truth about ADHD

4/25/13. ADHD is a well-known disorder that is not known-well. Yale psychologist Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. answers some questions about ADHD ---- to be discussed further in his new book.


http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-mysteries-add/201304/the-truth-about-adhd

How Psychological Therapy Can Help in the Golden Years

4/22/13. You can teach an old dog new tricks.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/22/how-therapy-can-help-in-the-golden-years/?hp

Paul McHugh, MD: A Psychiatrist Looks at Terrorism

4/22/13. Dr. McHugh looks at the mind of a terrorist (written in 2001).

http://ontology.buffalo.edu/smith/courses01/rrtw/McHugh.htm

Leon Kass: The Meaning of the Gosnell Trial

4/21/13. An abortion doctor on trial.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324493704578428843742209304.html?mod=rss_mobile_uber_feed

Nathan Azrin, Ph.D. RIP

4/19/13. Dr. Azrin was a creative pioneer in the application of behavioral psychology to human problems. He is the author of the best seller "Toilet Training in Less than a Day," "Token Economies," and many more articles and books.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/health/nathan-azrin-behavioral-psychologist-dies-at-82.html?src=rechp&_r=0

A Mother, Feminist, and Sex on Campus

4/17/13. Is there legal justice at colleges?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324600704578405280211043510.html

Behavioral Weight Loss in People with Serious Mental Illness

4/16/13. In the New England Journal of Medicine.

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1214530#t=articleTop

Jonathan Winters RIP

4/16/13. Robin Williams writes about the genius of Jonathan Winters.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/arts/television/robin-williams-recalls-the-lessons-of-jonathan-winters.html?_r=0

Anxiety and Depression

4/9/13. People who are anxious are often depressed; and people who are depressed are often anxious. In the DSM-IV manual and the IV to come in May, anxieties and mood disorders are categorized as distinct entities. Anxiety and mood disorders are not separate. Many people have both anxiety and depression.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-everyone-became-depressed/201304/depression-and-anxiety

Doing Great Science Does Not Require Great Math Skills

4/8/13. Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson tells the truth.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323611604578398943650327184.html

Reflections of a Medical Ex-Practitioner

4/8/13. A pediatrician speaks his mind about medical practise.


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324789504578380382204116270.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop

Focus on Adults Living with ADHD

4/4/13. On NPR:

http://app1.kuhf.org/articles/npr1364927778-A-Focus-On-Adults-Living-With-Ch

Two Cheers for Ritalin

4/1/13. The use of stimulant medications such as Ritalin, Adderall, and Vyvanse to treat ADHD has been under attack by the New York Times, among others.

Ritalin was approved by the FDA in 1957.

The motivations for these attacks are multiple. The wealthy anti-psychiatry Scientologists have a long history of attacking the use of psychiatric medications; some groups claim that pharmaceutical companies are misleading the public to pump up their profits.  Others say that harried parents demand drugs from too-willing to prescribe physicians to improve their kids' academic records..

That ADHD is a diagnostic category with a long clinical and research history rarely gets mentioned.
The diagnosis  of more females and more adults with ADHD over the past decade accounts for much of the increase in medication for ADHD.

I repeat my article on ADHD written one year ago following another round of predictable media attacks:

http://notesofapsychologywatcher.blogspot.com/2012/01/ritalin-gone-wrong.html

ADHD in Adults

4/1/13. An accurate diagnosis and treatment of ADHD can be life-saving.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-best-strategies-managing-adult-adhd/201303/when-adult-adhd-goes-untreated