Category Archives: psychiatrist
How Not To Be Depressed, part 2b
2b. Don’t get an autoimmune disease. There is a relatively new area of medical investigation called PNIE—psychoneuroimmunoendocrinology. It says that how you feel emotionally is related to your nerves, your immune system, and your hormones. Who’d a thunk that your … Continue reading
Board Certified and Brain Dead
So I went to the Adult Medicine Clinic at Upstate Medical Center, or whatever it’s being called this year. Periodically Upstate tweaks its name—and all its letterhead and signage, which costs about a million dollars—but who really cares and what … Continue reading
Notes on Searches
“concentual sex in locked inpatient mental health settings” The word is “consensual,” from the base word “consent.” “stony brook cpep” There are a lot of queries about Stony Brook CPEP, located on Long Island. Apparently there is a serious problem … Continue reading
A Couple of Thoughts
1a. Most psychiatrists are idiots. If he is working for you then there is the possibility that he is not an idiot, however, if he is being paid by someone other than yourself, he is an idiot, e.g., if he is … Continue reading
Starting One Week Ago—Check It Out
The NYS Commission on Quality of Care and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities (CQC) has been supplanted by the NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs. http://www.justicecenter.ny.gov/ Governor Cuomo Announces Opening of the Justice Center for the Protection … Continue reading
God Sightings
My church, Isaiah’s Table, has a board where we put Post-Its noting the moments when we have seen God. Here are some of my Post-Its: On the Observation Unit at St. Joseph’s Hospital, I asked for and got a Holy … Continue reading
Greetings, Gentlefolk
I have spent the past twelve days in St. Joseph’s Hospital on inpatient psychiatry (Unit 3-6) with Dr. Roger Levine attending. I am now going to file complaints with the New York State Dept. of Health, NYS Office of Mental Health, … Continue reading
About that Integrity Thing
I promise you, everything you read here is true and not contaminated by any politics. Nobody controls or influences what I print. There was one attempt to compromise me by psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin and his wife and administrator, Ginger Breggin, … Continue reading
The Enduring Damage (Part II)
To my doctor’s partner: When I take medicine, the first thing that happens is major fatigue. I usually don’t notice the increase in fatigue; I am, after all, chronically tired and not a wimp. I keep pushing myself forward to … Continue reading
The Enduring Damage (Part I)
A letter to my doctor’s partner: Dear Doctor, I need you to understand. In 1974 my fiancé, a fighter pilot in the Marine Corps, died when his plane crashed and parachute didn’t open. Thereafter, during the perfectly normal depressive phase … Continue reading
Behind the Locked Doors of Inpatient Psychiatry 