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...fees reach $1,000 an hour. At the American Psychoanalytic Association's annual meeting last month, nervous newcomers quizzed established coaches on everything from confidentiality to marketing. "Much of it goes against our training, having to focus on group dynamics instead of the individual," says Kerry Sulkowicz, a psychiatrist. Another presenter, Kathleen Pogue White, says a constant challenge is patients who show up only because the boss orders it. In one case, she had to figure out how to nudge a manager to improve his sales numbers after his supervisor, another client, confided that the manager would be axed otherwise...
...shortage of investigators and by patients who didn?t know how to properly fill out claims, or simply refused to. Critics say corruption also plays a part. ?A few years ago a Mexican official shut down about 20 of these clinics,? says Quackwatch.org chairman Dr. Stephen Barrett. A retired psychiatrist, Barrett has no faith in Baja?s clinics. ?After the shut down, the government changed and the clinics re-opened.? Barrett now turns his frustration to the U.S. government. ?I no longer just ask why the Mexican government isn?t trying to do something about this problem,? says Barrett...
...subtle semantic change in the official diagnosis of this form of mutism that helped change doctors' perceptions, says Dr. Bruce Black, a psychiatrist in Wellesley, Mass., who conducted some of the first empirical studies on SM in the early 1990s. Until about 15 years ago, children were routinely considered to have "elective mutism," which suggests the silence is willful and controlling. "It was seen as a power struggle that manifested as a refusal to speak," says Black. "Now it is characterized as a failure to speak...
...rubbed and soothed and blood flow is increased in aching areas, help lower blood pressure, boost circulation and alleviate arthritis pain, says Dr. Gisele Wolf-Klein, chief of geriatrics at the North Shore--Long Island Jewish Health System in New Hyde Park, N.Y. Her colleague Dr. Laura Herman, a psychiatrist, adds that calm surroundings and relaxing treatments help release to the brain more endorphins, which are chemicals that promote an overall feeling of well-being and happiness. As boomers begin turning 60 this year, they increasingly have the resources to afford that kind of upscale pampering. The average price...
EPITAFIOS HBO SIGNATURE, WEDNESDAYS, 9 P.M. E.T. A psychiatrist compliments a killer who arranges elaborate tableaus at his murder sites: "He created a symbolic space full of metaphors." True of this serial killer, and true of this killer serial. Dark, operatic and visually rich, this Argentine drama derives its suspense from its willingness to do anything--including killing off cops who are central to the story. The indispensable star of a crime show, Epitafios understands, is the criminal...