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The Mind Boggles

Tales from a psychiatrist's notebook

Health
The SHPOS

Anne Skomorowsky M.D. on November 11, 2014

The "criminally insane," the murderer, the arsonist, the child molester, the convicted rapist: all easy to hate. But noncriminal patients in general hospitals can be despicable too.

The "criminally insane," the murderer, the arsonist, the child molester, the convicted rapist: all easy to hate. But noncriminal patients in general hospitals can be despicable too.

Fear
When the Doctor Is Sick

Anne Skomorowsky M.D. on October 27, 2014

The U.S. doctor who developed Ebola after returning from Guinea has been second-guessed and shunned--including by this author. Why?

The U.S. doctor who developed Ebola after returning from Guinea has been second-guessed and shunned--including by this author. Why?

Freudian Psychology
The Primal Scene: 100 Years of FOMO

Anne Skomorowsky M.D. on October 21, 2014

The primal scene is 100 years old. What does Freud's "Wolf Man" case have to teach us about 21st Century FOMO?

The primal scene is 100 years old. What does Freud's "Wolf Man" case have to teach us about 21st Century FOMO?