psychiatry: the blending of art and science

just wanted to apologize to those of you who may have tried to post comments but were unable due to requests for username/password, etc….   You should now be able to post as this unfortunate problem has been corrected by my web consultants…..

Please read this article in the April, 15, 2008, Science Section of the New York Times, on the prozac generation…
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Learn about child psychiatrist/psychoanalyst Henri Parens’ views on the four types of aggression: here

read the latest on this increasingly recognized problem in the psychiatric community…

I plan on using my blog to highlight the ties between art and science and discuss items that I come across that are especially illuminating regarding psychology and emotions…..and maybe do some of my own art writing….here is an interesting dissection of a recently uncovered gauguin masterpiece:

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check out this interesting article that appeared in the LA Times in January, on the problems with trying to reduce the brain to its component parts….

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-lehrer20jan20,0,1700536.story

please read this recent article on cyberbullying and suicide in February issue of Clinical Psychiatry News….

http://www.clinicalpsychiatrynews.com/article/S0270-6644(08)70076-6/fulltext