Recently it has become fashionable to criticize the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) as psychiatry is about to switch over from DSM-4 to DSM-5. Certainly the DSM has its limitations, but these are the limitations of…
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Bret was a San Diego County police officer, referred to me by the Sheriff’s Department for treatment of PTSD. He had shot and killed a bank robber at close range. When Bret arrived on the scene, he found the bank robber with a gun in his…
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While most people feel sad at times, these feelings usually go away in a few days. Sometimes the feelings persist and develop into “Major Depression,” when one remains depressed most of the day, nearly every day, for two weeks or more….
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