Alzheimer's for Breakfast, Diagnosis Ain't Easy
posted over 5 years ago | 1 comment
Dr. Joe stood staring quizzically at the supposedly demented John Sterling, as he laid majestically in the hospital bed, his eyes afire with intelligence and his wit more clever my own. Simply put, this neuropsychologist, supposed brain expert sat...
Nothing's Wrong when Doc tells you all is fine
posted over 5 years ago | 2 comments
As a psychologist you sometimes get called in when all else has failed medically and they think you can find out what is really wrong with a patient. The MRI’s, blood tests and X-Rays have failed and now you get to tell them what the problem is si...
The Slam Dunks Sometimes Diagnosis is for the Old
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On April 26, 1989 Jeff Mercury retired from delivering mail, wearily collapsed in the faux leather Lazy Boy chair, and hadn't left this artificial womb except to piss, shit and occasionally bath for some seven years. He stopped fishing, hunting an...
preface to stories on being a therapist
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I am a therapist, a researcher, a teacher, an administrator and a human. All these roles interact to make my life pretty damn interesting. I have seen patients and fellow staff of all sorts for the past thirty plus years, and have run into many di...
on starting out
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It is the first of many I hope. Life has a ways to go, perhaps. I will focus on science, psychology and research which are my interests and areas of training.
If many years from now, I have grandchildren, a photo of them will be essential
If many years from now, I have grandchildren, a photo of them will be essential
