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Jennifer: On Having A Baby, Postpartum Psychosis And Bipolar Disorder

One of the most poignant, important letters among my fellow mom writers in the Mother’s Day Rally for Moms’ Mental Health. A cautionary tale about untreated depression, in this case bipolar, and...

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A Family Tree Filled with Mental Illness – Johns Hopkins’ Psychiatrist Dean...

I happily share this book review from the Dana Foundation website, a wonderful resource on brain science that I’ve just discovered. An excerpt follows and then a link to Dean Mackinnon’s comprehensive...

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“Difficult Diagnosis: Mental Health Research and Treatment in the Bay Area”

Available on the website of KALW 91.7FM San Francisco To listen to the podcast/live stream of this excellent and informative discussion: go to:...

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“It’s About Time”…

A Lethal Inheritance: A Mother Uncovers the Science Behind Three Generations of Mental Illness by Victoria Costello 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful It’s About Time, September 7, 2012...

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Final DSM-5 Puts Attenuated Psychosis Syndrome in “Needs More Review”… Means...

Here’s how this DSM5 News was reported on Psych Central: Disorders that will be in the new DSM-5 — but only in Section 3, a category of disorders needing further research — include: Attenuated...

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What I Wish I Could Have Said to Nancy Lanza and How We Can Prevent Another...

On day five of what has for so many of us become a waking nightmare, it is increasingly apparent that the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy has ripped open a deep wound in the American heart —...

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A List Far Too Long, from Boston Globe

This post made my heart ache — remembering what it was like trying to find the right therapists for my sons — and then figuring out how to pay for their care. Truly, as the author points out, parity...

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PTSD in Children: How to Recognize the Symptoms, Understand the Neuroscience...

What works in treating childhood PTSD? Shaili Jain MD, a VA psychiatrist, interviews Stanford researcher Dr. Victor Carrion who’s doing cutting edge work on this little understood children’s mental...

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The Diagnosis (Unfortunately) Left Out of DSM5: Attenuated Psychosis Disorder

As the much debated DSM5 finally enters the hands of doctors, policymakers, insurers and other interested parties next month (MAY/2013), I am reposting an article I wrote last fall. It concerns what I...

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A Review of “A Lethal Inheritance”….Read it, read it as a piece of fiction,...

I’m pleased to share this new review of my book written by Sandeep Gautam on his blog, The Mouse Trap: Book review: A Lethal Inheritance Today, i.e. 15th may 2013 is being celebrated asa mental health...

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