A Psychiatrist Tackles Retirement.

And sometimes forgets his helmet.

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  • Personal Ancient History

    The essay below is a blog post I wrote way back in 2010. I was a mid-career consultation-liaison psychiatrist in a university hospital. And I’d always been a writer by inclination. It was one of my first posts and after that, blogging was something I never really pulled away from.…

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  • Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

    Giving Credit Where Credit is Due

    Here’s another vintage post from around a decade ago after my former Psychiatry Dept chairperson, Dr. Robert G. Robinson and I published our book, Psychosomatic…

  • Blast from the Past Blog

    Blast from the Past Blog

    I thought I’d re-post something from my previous blog, The Practical Psychosomaticist, which I cancelled several years ago. The title is “Face Time versus Facebook.”…

  • Take a Hike, You Diphthong!

    Take a Hike, You Diphthong!

    Yesterday we were listening to the Mike Waters morning radio program on one of Iowa’s great radio stations, KOKZ. It’s called the Waters Wake-Up Call.…

  • Factitious Disorder and Civil Commitment

    Factitious Disorder and Civil Commitment

    Similar to my previous post on the role of civil commitment and catatonia, I’d like to share my thoughts on what little is known about…

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