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Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain
Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain tells the moving story of an English professor studying neurology in order to understand and come to terms with her father's death from Alzheimer's. In this blog post, Professor Cindy...
Searching for Health: The Smart Way to Find Information Online and Put It to Use
It took one day to make a four year writing journey worthwhile. When Anna and I began on Searching for Health four years ago, we thought that it was a good idea, but more than once we had to convince ourselves that people would find the effort useful. After...
The Eye Book
In an age where you can search for anything on the Internet, you may wonder why you need The Eye Book. Why would I even bother taking the time to update the first edition published over twenty years ago? Well, twenty years ago when the Johns Hopkins Press...
Behind the Mirror – The Story of Autism Treatment Pioneer Jeanne Simons
I met Jeanne Simons, the founder of the Linwood Children's Center for Autistic Children in Ellicott City in 1983, when I was entrusted with the job to help tease out and describe the different elements of the methods she had developed to successfully educate...
The Benefits of “Searching for Health”
Over the span of just two weeks, there were three troubling health symptoms that caught people in my close circle completely off guard. The first friend started suffering from severe headaches every afternoon and evening, seemingly out of the blue. Another one...
Take Control of Your Drinking
I am a clinical psychologist who has worked with individuals who struggle with alcohol for over 35 years. Over the years, I discovered that how I was originally trained to work with people who suffer from alcohol use, while valid and useful for many, was not...
For the Caregivers of Someone with Depression
Mood disorders are considered a family illness for many reasons. Dealing with depression or bipolar disorder in a family – which is the focus of my new book, Helping Others with Depression – can be difficult and taxing to all members, often causing both...
Preparing for a Better End – Q&A with authors Dan Morhaim, MD and Shelley Morhaim
Why did you write Preparing for a Better End: Expert Lessons on Death and Dying for You and Your Loved Ones? People need a simple, yet comprehensive guide to managing advance care planning, and this need has been heightened by the impact of the pandemic...