Monthly Archives: October 2019

Episode 9: Diagnosing Public Figures from Afar, Part 2

October 28, 2019Uncategorizedaddiction, barbara alexander, Barbara Smaller, Brian Johnson, Ishani Dalal, Karen Mellow, lgbt, lgbtqi, Mark Smaller, Mark Willenbring, On Good Authority, pronouns, Rena Mcdaniel, schizophrenia, Shrinks Talk Shop, transgendershrinks-talk-shop

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Episode 9: Diagnosing Public Figures from Afar, Part 2

If we perceive a public figure as dangerous, is it immoral for therapists not to speak out? And do we have a duty to warn? Barbara and Mark continue their conversation about these ethical challenges.

© On Good Authority, Inc., 2019

SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.

Episode 8: Diagnosing Public Figures from Afar: The Goldwater Rule

October 21, 2019Uncategorizedaddiction, barbara alexander, Brian Johnson, Ishani Dalal, Karen Mellow, lgbt, lgbtqi, Mark Smaller, Mark Willenbring, On Good Authority, pronouns, Rena Mcdaniel, schizophrenia, Shrinks Talk Shop, transgendershrinks-talk-shop

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PODCAST #8 “Diagnosing Public Figures from Afar: The Goldwater Rule.”

The temptation to assign diagnostic labels to public figures is hard to resist, especially when the behavior of those public figures is particularly outlandish. But is it ethical to diagnose someone whom we have never met? These are not easy questions and frequent speaker Mark Smaller will address them.

© On Good Authority, Inc., 2019

SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.

Episode 7: The Schizophrenic Child becomes an Adult

October 13, 2019Uncategorizedaddiction, barbara alexander, Brian Johnson, Ishani Dalal, Karen Mellow, lgbt, lgbtqi, Mark Willenbring, On Good Authority, pronouns, Rena Mcdaniel, schizophrenia, Shrinks Talk Shop, transgendershrinks-talk-shop

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Episode :7 “The Schizophrenic Child becomes an Adult”

Retired Administrative Law Judge, Karen Mellow tells us, continuing her conversation with Barbara Alexander that when your schizophrenic child turns eighteen, “That’s a whole other catastrophe… On that day, he is an adult and if he chooses to live on the street and starve, that’s his business and there’s no way you can intervene.”

SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.

Episode 6: Living with a Schizophrenic Child

October 5, 2019Uncategorizedshrinks-talk-shop

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Episode #6 “Living with a Schizophrenic Child.”

Retired Administrative Law Judge, Karen Mellow describes to Barbara Alexander, with brutal frankness, what life with a schizophrenic child is like. Any parent and any therapist working with this population needs to hear this interview!

SHRINKS TALK SHOP

A NEW podcast hosted by Barbara Alexander as she interviews other mental health professionals about their work. Together they sort out some of the most important therapy issues of our times.