View Raw Image"> View Raw Image' jQuery1218988950665="17">  Nature can be therapeutic. . . and it doesn't cost a dime to benefit. I have made a couple of entries previously about the process of transference and counter-transference. Freud made these two concepts popular in his practice of psychoanalysis. The subject may transfer emotions on to the therapist that are associated with past encounters with significant people. An example may entail the subject subconciously feeling contempt... Read Full Story

What's that light at the end of the tunnel?. . . It could be the daylight of peace and tranquility or it could be the proverbial freight train of more and worse to come, or maybe just another mirage to extend hope a little while longer. I arose this morning to learn that a favorite comedian Bernie Mac was dead at age 50 and Senator John Edwards had confessed to the rumors in The National Enquirer putting his political career in ruins, for the time being at least. These shocking realities... Read Full Story

View Raw Image"> View Raw Image' jQuery1217557849240="16">  August 8, 2008 will mark the 4th anniversary of Thoughts From The HEADoc-Quest 4 Sanity. . . How cool is that? The HEADoc has thought of this journal often as a cry from the wilderness. Such a metaphor tends to speak for itself in that it was known from the start that not every potential reader would hear the messages while still others would hear what they chose to hear. Some would interpret courage and insight yet others would... Read Full Story

   In this life we all experience times of challenge. . .Some of us carry in our DNA a propensity to develop episodes of major depression that is most often triggered by prolonged stressful events. Such individuals cannot always control how things happen to them but they must realize that they are in full control of the response to a situation. There are always things one can do to battle the stress response. It is possible to teach oneself a form of maintenance cognitive behavioral... Read Full Story

  Had a few days off for the 4th. . .It has been really hard getting back into the swing of things. Lots of bad news lately, but I try to find silver linings where they exist. It's a bit more difficult to make fun of myself lately in my posts I suppose out of fear how it could be perceived by some. There is another side of me that really doesn't care that much what negative people think of me. My involvement with most of the patients I see continues to be as strong and positive as ever. That... Read Full Story

  This has been one of the weirdest weeks in my life. . .as far as the thoughts and feelings I have experienced. The predominant feeling has probably been fear and I know that if there were no fear at this time I would truly be out of my mind. The thought has dawned upon me that it isn't too late to cut and run. I could just tell every patient that I prescribe a pain medication to that I can't treat them anymore. I would still maintain over 80% of my practice. I could walk in to my hearing on... Read Full Story

 I will drop the third person routine due to the seriousness of the current situation... I couldn't have made it through the last week if I didn't know there were people who supported and believed in me, so I must thank those of you who made the sympathizing comments on both sites. The situation is much like a death in that my reputation has been attacked and killed in an underhanded an unnecessary manner. When one knows they have done wrong and are caught is much different from when one... Read Full Story

 It troubles the HEADoc to make today's entry. . .but he must as a matter of principle. A reporter from the local paper was courteous enough to contact The HEADoc before printing information about a Consent Order from the NC Medical Board to run this weekend. Gossip usually doesn't bother The HEADoc for he knows that the truth always wins with enough time. There are always two sides to every story with the truth usually caught up somewhere in the middle. A consent order from a board is... Read Full Story

 Every now and then The HEADoc finds himself in an undesirable inescapable situation. . .Last week The HEADoc was trying to forge an alliance with the most delicate of cases; a teenager facing the difficult reality of the first psychotic break of Paranoid Schizophrenia. Failing to make a trusting bond with such a patient could adversely affect his future treatment outcome in many ways. This is the type of case that can truly test the psychiatrist's clinical abilities. As the patient made an... Read Full Story

   The HEADoc has made the decision to concede. . . from his 4 month one on one campaign of taming nature which he referred to as a challenging but enlightening experience that had therapeutic benefits in all 3 spheres of mental, spiritual, and physical health. The most devastating blow to the campaign surprisingly was not the 2 fires or the constant myalgia but turned out to be the escalating effects of the imminently approaching scorching summer sun in conjunction with multiple chigger... Read Full Story