November 27, 2015 Dr. Keith: 'Sex and the City' Has Real Life Themes The release of the "Sex and the City_ The Movie" has a Trekkie aspect to it -- something like the reverence with which fans of "Star Trek" greet each new installment. As many as 70 percent of women who say they will be seeing the movie will also be attending social gatherings inspired by the release, at which they can debate the series' best and worst moments, shake their heads at the brashness of the characters and don the fashions made famous by "City" designers, ie. Manolo Blahnik shoes. The fans will be, by and large, women who have never traveled the orbits of the characters -- the storied streets of Manhattan made that much more alluring by the bold sexuality of Carrie and Company.
November 27, 2015 The Price of Distraction A new report published in the online edition of Occupational and Environmental Medicineputs more data behind what we psychiatrists and psychologists have long known from listening to our patients: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is costing American businesses untold millions in lost productivity.
November 27, 2015 No Place Like Home The news is, ultimately, about people-individual life stories that make up the story of America.Nowhere is that fact more evident than in news of economic pressures that translate into personal stress and even psychological disorders.When those pressures include foreclosures, the stress can "hit home" especially hard, bringing insomnia, marital discord, major depression, even suicidal ideation.
November 27, 2015 Miley Cyrus' Offer From Playboy: Is the Age of Sexual Consent Being Challenged? In the wake of 15-year-old Miley Cyrus posing in makeup and not much else for Vanity Fair, Hugh Hefner has stated that he would like to see Miley pose naked for Playboy-when she turns 18. I believe Hefner's offer, albeit cloaked in the disclaimer that Miley has to be legal to strip for him, may herald a challenge to the current age of sexual consent-which is between 16 and 18 in almost all states, lower only in South Carolina (and only when the sexual partners are both young).
November 27, 2015 Postpartum Depression: It Happens to Dads, Too During my sixteen years practicing psychiatry I have treated dozens of men experiencing major depression after fathering a child. These men have come to my office with symptoms like low mood, tearfulness, decreased self-esteem, impaired sleep and decreased concentration. Some have even struggled with suicidal ideation. It was enough to make me suggest to my publisher a year or so ago that we consider my writing a book on male postpartum depression.
November 27, 2015 How Do You Move On? Understanding the Austrian Incest Case Dr. Keith Ablow talks about understanding the crimes of Josef Fritzl, the Austrian man who imprisoned his 18-year-old daughter and fathered her seven children. He poses this question_ Can the children from that union ever be healed?
November 27, 2015 7 strategies to completely defeat depression Dr. Keith discusses several ways depressed patients can feel better than everÂ
November 23, 2015 Sarcasm can 'trigger' creativity, study finds A study has found that sarcasm—which has gotten a bad rap—can actually boost creativity and cognitive functioning in both the user and receiver, Scientific American reports.
November 13, 2015 App helps employees do yoga at their desks Hunched over at your desk all day long at work? There is an app just for you.
November 8, 2015 Family of Justina Pelletier devastated after Mass. judge's ruling A Massachusetts juvenile court judge awarded "permanent" custody of a Connecticut teenager at the center of an interstate custody battle to the state of Massachusetts on Tuesday in a major setback for her family fighting for her return. Â