Friday, July 25, 2014

How Yoga Informs Parenting: Value in Not Knowing

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In yoga, a pose referred to by my teacher as "how wonderful" involves a lifting of the head and chest, and opening of the arms out...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Why Depression is Not Like Diabetes

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At the recent gubernatorial candidates forum on mental health , Martha Coakley repeated the oft-heard phrase that depression is like diabete...
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Thursday, July 3, 2014

Supporting Parent-Baby Pairs in the Wake of Infertility

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A new study in Denmark demonstrated a 33% increased risk of a range of psychiatric disorders in children whose mothers were treated for inf...
Thursday, June 26, 2014

To MA Gubernatorial Candidates on Mental Health: What About Children?

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At last night's MSPP ( Massachusetts School for Professional Psychology) sponsored  Gubernatorial Forum on Mental Health  there was much...
Monday, June 23, 2014

ADHD at 4, Violent at 15: Are Lessons Learned?

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When I write about lessons I have learned from my patients, I go to great lengths to protect their privacy by altering details and identifyi...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Pediatric Leaders on Health and Resilience: Listen to Parents

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"We need to actively engage parents before we jump to invest in pre-K for all," Jack Shonkoff, director of the  Center on the Deve...
Sunday, June 8, 2014

Insel of NIMH Misses the Mark: Medication as Social Control

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Tom Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH,) in his recent blog post Are Children Overmedicated? seems to sugges...
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