Monthly Archives: March 2011

The sudden onset of chest pain. Difficulty breathing. Profuse sweating. Dizziness and lightheadedness. Patients describe these dreadfully uncomfortable symptoms to me in my office. They tell me that they called an ambulance the night prior and sped to the emergency … Continue reading →

The cacophony of screams often emanating from behind locked and ominous asylum gates is a classical image from the movies. In such dramatic portraits the patients seem demonized, capable of unspeakable horrors, and so threatening that removal from society is … Continue reading →

Starting a novel in the morning, incorporating two new businesses by noon, claiming to one’s closest friends the likelihood of being the front runner for United States President in the afternoon, and spending thousands on clothes before supper are actions … Continue reading →

Vincent Van Gogh was haunted by crows over the wheat fields, ominously painting them in oils shortly before he committed suicide. Depression, which effects one out of ten men and one out of five women, was closeted in those days … Continue reading →