Self Disclosures
& Unknown Passions
My Psychoanalytic Journey Through Musical Theater Cary Friedman, MD The following piece was originally printed in the Spring/Summer 2017 edition of the BPSI Bulletin, which can be read here. When I was four years old, I am told, I performed the song “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?” from the Broadway musical My Fair Lady for family and friends with a perfect cockney accent. As I grew older, however, and shyness set in (or neurotic conflicts emerged), my love of performing and musical theater abated (or was repressed). But 30 years later, this passion...
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Dealing with American Psychiatry’s Gag Rule
The following piece, written by BPSI member Dr. Leonard Glass, was originally published by the Boston Globe on July 28th, 2017. We’d like extend our gratitude to Marjorie Pritchard, deputy managing editor of the Opinion section, for allowing us to re-post the article here in its entirety. Leonard Glass, MD Not long ago the Goldwater Rule was an answer in a trivia game, and one almost exclusively played by psychiatrists. Recently it has come under intense public scrutiny, and just last week its foundation appeared to be...
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The following piece was adapted from remarks initially delivered on February 21st, 2017 following a screening of the documentary “I Am Not Your Negro” at the Coolidge Corner Theatre. It was first printed in the Spring/Summer 2017 edition of the BPSI Bulletin, which can be read here. The “Off the Couch” series will resume Thursday, September 19th. © Ronald Wimberly, 2015 Michele Baker, MD I was sympathetic to the Black Lives Matter movement. Of course I was. I’m a liberal. But I wasn’t…afraid. I have two...
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