Postpartum Psychosis (PPP) is a life-threatening mental health issue that affects a small percentage of mothers. Causing delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia, PPP is a mental health emergency that puts babies’ and mothers’... Read more »
The Lindsay Clancy case recently ended in a mistrial where 11 jurors believed that she should be acquitted due to insanity based on the defense of postpartum psychosis. Therefore, with the jury... Read more »
This is Part 3 of a series on the controversial Lindsay Clancy case. Read Part 2 here. The crucial question of whether Lindsay Clancy was or was not psychotic at the time... Read more »
The Lindsay Clancy murder trial has captured national attention. When a mother in suburban Duxbury, Massachusetts, seemingly picture-perfect with three young children, strangles her three children (ages 8 months, 3, and 5),... Read more »
In my way of defining emotional recovery, I emphasize three components: trusting yourself, believing in yourself, and wanting to be you. Of course, these three components can be broken down into many... Read more »
My personal relationship with the word “crazy” has been intense. I thought nothing of the term and used it in jest until my psychotic breaks. But after my first break, I did... Read more »
Exploring the hidden mental pathways that turn early family experiences into adult psychological challenges. Imagine a child growing up in a home where the rules change every hour or where a parent’s... Read more »
Imagine a blueprint that dictates the shape of your adult world. For many, that blueprint is drawn during childhood by their primary caregivers. The way parents interact with their children, the subtle... Read more »
Can a chatbot make someone lose touch with reality? That’s the question I posed to psychiatrist John Luo of the University of California, Irvine, on a recent episode of my podcast “Relating... Read more »
John Kline is a good friend of mine, who I met through the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Connection Support Group program. We’ve been facilitating a local NAMI support group together... Read more »