Mind and Body - Page 52

November 27, 2015

How Bin Laden's Death Has Revitalized the American Psyche

Among the unspeakable injuries inflicted by the late Usama Bin Laden was the sewing of doubt deep in the American psyche about the limits of our power and, by association, the power of good versus evil in the modern world  

November 27, 2015

Is Life Experience What Changes Your Brain?

Over the past twenty years, I have come to adopt a unified vision of these two perspectives that seems to have been very helpful to my patients as they try to understand their suffering and overcome it

November 27, 2015

Could Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Start as Attention Deficit Disorder?

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are very different conditions, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual—the “bible” of psychiatric diagnoses published by the American Psychiatric Association. Yet, my clinical experience tells me they may be linked

November 27, 2015

Survivor's Guilt Haunting the Military

Survivor’s guilt is a psychological syndrome in which someone believes he has done wrong by surviving a traumatic situation that claimed the lives of others. It was prominent in survivors of Nazi concentration camps who came to believe—irrationally—that they must have lacked courage or been otherwise morally flawed in order to have lived through the horrors that brought death to their spouses or children or parents or friends

November 27, 2015

J. Crew Plants the Seeds for Gender Identity

A recent feature in J. Crew's online catalogue portrays designer Jenna Lyons painting her son Beckett’s toe nails hot pink. The quote accompanying the image reads, “Lucky for me, I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink.” Dr. Keith says this is a dramatic example of the way our culture is being encouraged to abandon all trappings of gender identity

November 27, 2015

Are You an Enabler?

One of the most difficult aspects of combating addiction and other pathological behaviors--including violence--is that it is so often fueled by the psychological weaknesses of more than one person

November 27, 2015

An Anti-Anxiety Drug That Is Too Often Overlooked

I am not a psychiatrist who reaches for a prescription pad within minutes of a patient arriving in my office.Yet, once that fallout is present, medication can be very helpful in stabilizing a person’s mood, anxiety or ability to think clearly

November 27, 2015

The Woman With Burning Feet

The human mind and human body are connected at levels we know precious little about. Sometimes, your problems are actually 'in your head.' Dr. Keith explains

November 27, 2015

Are We Psychologically 'Limitless' - or Hitting a Wall?

Whether or not reviewers think the movie is artistically compelling, and whether or not the subplots about an unethical investment bank and Russian mobsters are necessary, “Limitless” addresses the key question for psychology to ponder in the 21st century. As science and technology—including the Internet—offer us ever-increasing ways to supposedly expand our horizons and abilities, are we gaining something or losing something?

November 27, 2015

Dr. Keith: How I Would Treat Charlie Sheen

I am not Charlie Sheen’s psychiatrist. I haven’t examined him, so I won’t diagnose him. But since he has turned himself into a kind of public laboratory of psychopathology, I want to explain how I would treat him, if he were my patient