In recent weeks, several articles have appeared previewing the work to be published in November's Psychological Science in the Public Interest. In this article, the authors allege that the majority of psychotherapists fail to use ...

People sometimes ask us if they should stay with a partner who has Borderline Personality Disorder. They tell us that their loved one can flip from wonderful to horrible in a split second. They wonder ...

For decades, a considerable body of research has demonstrated that a number of psychotherapies are highly effective in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders. Cognitive behavioral treatments have received the most attention from researchers, ...

In our last blog we discussed the use of Ecstasy in treating people with anxiety. Other researchers have investigated the role of oxytocin, a hormone that the body produces during orgasm in men and women ...

Our last blog discussed impulse control disorders such as Tricotillomania and Kleptomania. We wrote a bit about how they can be compared and contrasted to compulsive disorders such as OCD. Both impulsions and compulsions can ...

Happy 4th of July. Tonight, we'll sit outside and watch the fireworks from our backyard. Our dogs will likely be close by; not terribly frightened, but a bit upset by the explosions. We'll keep an ...

Part II (see previous blog entry for Part I of this interview, conducted by David DiSalvo) Tell us what "anxiety" really is in a clinical sense, and how it's different than "a case ...

We thought you might find a recent interview conducted by David DiSalvo of interest. We have broken it into two parts for easy reading. We'll publish Part II next week. Also, sorry we haven't blogged ...

Today we spent the afternoon in Split, Croatia. Our moods were positive and we enjoyed lunch at a quaint local restaurant. The last few days presented a much greater challenge to our moods. In a ...

I read a well written, moving article in the Sunday NYT magazine section about a woman with severe, unremitting depression. Although the ending offered a small bit of hope, the piece induced in me the ...