Real Psychiatry

  True crime television is very big in the United States right now.  It is well produced and, in most cases, more engaging than typical fict...

  One of my frequent topics on this blog is firearm violence, the likely causes, and ways to prevent it.    When I saw this topic in my most...

  Recent events lead me to the conclusion that I should comment on them with the hope of breaking up the current pattern.   I see a lot of...

  Dear Governor Walz,   I am a psychiatrist and have practiced for most of my career in Minnesota. Much of that time was spent running an ...

  If American society every becomes rational for any sustained period in the future – everyone living in the current epoch will be mocked.  ...

I had dinner the other night with a long-time friend and psychiatric colleague.   She and I ran an acute care unit for many years where we w...