MetaFilter posts tagged with psychiatrist

Don't Hate Her Because She's Successful

prunes — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 13:47:32 -0800

Don't Hate Her Because She's Successful: The Last Psychiatrist on Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg.

“I found myself wishing more and more that I too could have been — could be — your patient.”

Sticherbeast — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:51:58 -0800

"Sybil Exposed": Memory, Lies and Therapy. Debbie Nathan's new book explains why "Sybil" probably did not have multiple personalities [nytimes link]. Did Dr. Cornelia Wilbur inadvertently create the condition she had intended to treat?

Hint: It wasn't what was on the screen

Pastabagel — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:57:52 -0800

"The Scariest Thing I've Ever Seen." A psychiatrist sees Rob Zombie's remake of horror classic Halloween.

Psychiatry in pictures

charmston — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:54:03 -0800

Psychiatry in Pictures is a monthly feature of The British Journal of Psychiatry which often demonstrates art created by the psychopathologically afflicted. Other installments include portraits of important figures in the history of psychiatry, paintings drawn during art therapy, and photographs of (quite inhumane) psychiatric treatments.

Primum non nocere

Pastabagel — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:51:15 -0800

Rebecca Riley died of a drug overdose in December. The police charged her parents with murder, alleging that they poisoned her with an overdose of clonidine. What's clonidine? A drug used to treat hyperactivity. You see, Rebecca was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and was prescribed clonidine. She was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder and put on valproic acid and Sero quel. Rebecca was diagnosed with both disorders by a psychiatrist when she was 2 1/2 years old. She died when she was 4 years old. Some in the psychiatric community are outraged.