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Drowning in junk: Hoarding called a public health issue

Tamar Schwartz — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:38:46 +0000

Click Here to Read: Drowning in junk: Hoarding called a public health issue By Madison Park, on the CNN Health website on July 29, 2010.

Army of One

Tamar Schwartz — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:32:15 +0000

Click Here to Read: Army of One by Katie Neal from Community Health Magazine in the July 2010 issue.

Can a mother’s affection prevent anxiety in adulthood?

Tamar Schwartz — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:36:38 +0000

Click Here to Read: Can a mother’s affection prevent anxiety in adulthood? By Amanda Gardner on the CNN Health website on July 26, 2010.

Babies who receive above-average levels of affection from their mothers are less likely to grow up to be emotionally distressed.

Lost in Translation

Tamar Schwartz — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:19:52 +0000

Click Here to Read: Lost in Translation: New cognitive research suggests that language profoundly influences the way people see the world; a different sense of blame in Japanese and Spanish by By Lera Boroditsky on the Wall Street Journal website on July 24, 2010.

The Tower of Babel’ by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563.

In Defense of Psychoanalysis

Tamar Schwartz — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:35:06 +0000

Click Here to Read: In Defense of Psychoanalysis on the Cars blog on July 24, 2010.

Attention Disorders Can Take a Toll on Marriage

Tamar Schwartz — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:06:11 +0000

Click Here to Read: Attention Disorders Can Take a Toll on Marriage By Tara Parker-Pope on July 19, 2010.

Combat Generation: Bloodless Trauma: Miilitary reckons with the mental wounds of war

Tamar Schwartz — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:19:53 +0000

Click Here to Read: Combat Generation: Bloodless Trauma: Miilitary reckons with the mental wounds of war by Greg Jaffe in The Washington Post on July 18, 2010. Also included on this page are several videos by Whitney Shefte.

Staff Sgt. James Ownbey, a Marine who served in Iraq as an explosive ordnance disposal technician in 2007, and two other deployments, now suffers from a traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and numerous physical ailments. Ownbey and his wife, Sandy, recently bought a home in Hedgesville, W.Va., and he often commutes with her more than two hours each way to attend appointments at the Natinal Naval Hospital in Bethesda.

Gabbard: to Teach Is to ‘Witness Something Transcendent’

Tamar Schwartz — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:14:04 +0000

Click Here to Read: Gabbard: to Teach Is to ‘Witness Something Transcendent’ by Mark Moran in Psychiatric News July 2, 2010 Volume 45 Number 13 Page 8 .

Glen Gabbard, M.D. (right), is presented the APA/NIMH Vestermark Award by Frederick Guggenheim, M.D. Gabbard observed that psychotherapy remains integral to all aspects of psychiatric practice.

June was worst month for Army suicides

Tamar Schwartz — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 15:10:11 +0000

Click Here to Read: June was worst month for Army suicides, statistics show by Mike Mount on the CNN website on July 15, 2010.

A Psychiatrist’s Prescription For His Profession

Tamar Schwartz — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:34:49 +0000

Click Here to Read: Dr. Drug Rep by By Daniel Carlat in The New York Times on November 25, 2007.

Click Here to Read: A Psychiatrist’s Prescription For His Profession, Audio Review of Unhinged: The Trouble With Psychiatry by Daniel Carlat on the NPR website July 13, 2010.