Psychiatry

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  • So I went a little overboard in my courting -- I'm not a crazy stalker!

    I got shot down by the queen of the hipsters and now I want revenge.
    By Cary Tennis March 7, 2007

  • The Gavin Newsom sex scandal: Why did his lover tell?

    Why did Ruby Rippey-Tourk confess her affair with the San Francisco mayor to her husband? What good would that do?
    By Cary Tennis February 9, 2007

  • My mother stopped her Paxil and appears to have gone crazy

    She went on Paxil eight years ago when my dad died, and now she's acting irrationally.
    By Cary Tennis February 8, 2007

  • The madness of it all

    At the mental health home where I work, patients are pushed to be as independent as possible. But it's just as vital for them to feel connected.
    By Fred Redekop May 7, 2006

  • Our crazy mental health system

    A crusading journalist with a bipolar son says jails have become warehouses for the mad -- and argues for forced commitment.
    By Marissa Kantor April 11, 2006

  • Getting over happiness

    Psychologist Steven Hayes says the American obsession with feeling good is preventing us from living good -- and that living life to the fullest means a lot of pain.
    By Rebecca Traister February 25, 2006

  • Scientology's war on psychiatry

    The controversial church, whose founder called shrinks "terrorists" and which labels mental illness a fraud, is closer than you think to implanting its extreme beliefs in the nation's laws and schools.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski July 1, 2005

  • Van Gogh on Prozac

    Treating depression doesn't quell our humanity and creativity but restores them, argues "Listening to Prozac" author Peter Kramer. So, please, let's stop making a virtue out of despair.
    By Laura Miller May 23, 2005

  • Is she the one for me?

    Contrary to what many adults might think, teenagers are capable of lasting romantic relationships -- and they can get tremendous benefits from sexual experimentation.
    By Dr. Lynn Ponton February 4, 2003

  • Through a glass, darkly

    Are our children destined to repeat the worst of us? Don't be so hard on yourselves, Dr. Ponton tells parents. And work toward change with your child.
    January 2, 2003

  • Future shock

    Dr. Lynn Ponton responds to a 17-year-old boy who despairs of a world threatened by war and run by adult hypocrites.
    By Dr. Lynn Ponton December 3, 2002

  • From Laramie to California

    The father of a cross-dressing teenage boy is terrified for the boy's safety. He's right to be worried, says Dr. Ponton. It's a scary world for these courageous teens.
    By Dr. Lynn Ponton November 11, 2002

  • Sex talk

    My 12-year-old daughter asked me about oral sex. How much does she need to know at her age? Dr. Lynn Ponton answers readers' questions.
    October 24, 2002

  • Running with the bad girls

    What's the solution when teens hang out with the wrong kind of kids? Don't despair, says Dr. Ponton. Parents have far more influence than they realize.
    By Dr. Lynn Ponton October 11, 2002

  • Magical mystery teens

    The bubbly charmer at 10 turns into a sullen cipher by 14. What's a parent to do? Keep talking, advises Dr. Lynn Ponton. Never stop trying to communicate.
    By Dr. Lynn Ponton September 27, 2002

  • It's all good

    As a parent and a psychiatrist, Dr. Lynn Ponton has daily encounters with the danger and exhilaration that accompany adolescence. Teenage risk is scary, she says, but it is also a developmental necessity.
    By Dr. Lynn Ponton September 17, 2002

  • The trauma to come

    A city reels -- and braces for the psychic fallout of its monstrous ordeal.
    By Lauren Sandler October 4, 2001

  • Letters of the week

    Readers call Jason D. Hill a eugenicist, provide testimonials on the joy of antidepressants and tell the parents of cyberbullies to rein in their kids.
    July 13, 2001

  • Psych meds for kids: Too much, too soon?

    Some psychiatric drugs do help children, but school and family are crucial, too.
    By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. March 10, 2000

  • Kids on drugs

    A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children.
    By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. March 9, 2000

  • Chains of love

    Always fall for losers? According to some evolutionary psychiatrists, the brain has little control over choices of the heart.
    By Annie Murphy Paul March 6, 2000

  • The chemical knife

    Will Tennessee be the next state to approve castration for sex offenders?
    By Kevin Giordano March 1, 2000

  • The worst diagnosis

    An intellectual couple facing Alzheimer's finds great love and tenderness.
    By Michael Castleman, Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, Ph.D., and Matthew Naythons, M.D. February 1, 2000

  • False memory syndrome

    As women bring lawsuits, therapists are having to pay for their mistakes.
    By Kevin Giordano December 22, 1999

  • Who will go nuts?

    Predicting mental illness is usually no better than gambling, but we keep trying.
    By Robert Burton, M.D. December 6, 1999
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