Reflections on Psychiatry, Therapy, and Mental Health

In light of the pandemic and attitudes towards vaccines, I've been thinking a lot about conspiracy theories. As a child I remember being amused looking at instances of the 'National Enquirer' on the news rack as I trailed behind my mother in line to pay for our groceries. The front page seemed so innocent, a picture of a celebrity freshly returned from an alien spaceship, or, perhaps a celebrity hiding her two headed baby from the public, only to have her secret splashed on

We made a little 9 minute podcast on the phenomenon of presentism and a bit of the biology behind it. Let's hope this quirky image gets you curious.

Perhaps one of the worlds most famous guides. Tenzing Norgay, guide to Mt. Everest, pictured with client Sir Edmund Hillary, As a psychiatrist and therapist I'm used to treating patients, not guiding them. Ketamine has encouraged me to get more familiar with guiding. Ketamine has a fascinating biological action- see a recent post for elaboration , yet it is also described as an 'abreactive drug,' that is, a drug that evokes feelings. Under the influence of the drug a patie