Our Naples-based Dottoré pays a non-religious, albeit emotional tribute to the late pontiff.
Tag: psychiatry
Small doses of psychedelic drugs are said to make parents more engaged and even childlike in their enthusiasm. Is this reckless nonsense, or a parenting breakthrough?
Small doses of psychedelic drugs are said to make parents more engaged and even childlike in their enthusiasm. Is this reckless nonsense, or a parenting breakthrough?
Our Naples-based psychiatrist suggests replacing wishing-well prayers with something slightly more tangible — and edible.
The Netherlands allows medically assisted euthanasia for extreme mental suffering. Some doctors question the guardrails.
Motivate them or leave them alone? Be honest or say nothing? It is not easy to deal well with depressed people. But psychology professionals say that those closest can often help even more than trained experts. That doesn’t mean it’s easy. Here’s how to help…
For Neapolitans, electoral success isn’t just a win — it’s a step up.
Our Naples-based psychiatrist reassures one patients who is feeling guilty over wishing ill on a thief.
Our Naples-based psychiatrist talks one of her patients through the possible source of his wife’s discontent.
Argentines readily discuss their moods and states of mind — and that’s a good thing, as long as we don’t pretend to actually diagnose each other, writes a psychologist.
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Airing Dirty Laundry On The Couch
A patient suggests that our Neapolitan psychiatrist stick to what she knows best.
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Polish Paranoia In Naples
Our Naples-based psychiatrist tries to relieve a patient of his anxiety over a very specific delusion of persecution.
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One Painting, Many Women
One patient tells our Naples-based Dottoré about trauma and aptly-named victims.
Our Naples-based psychiatrist offers a short-and-sweet exchange with a patient, on what it means to feel “different”.
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When A Psychiatrist Is Provoked
Our Neapolitan psychiatrist recounts a chance meeting with an old patient, and the benefits of taking the bait.
Our Naples-based psychiatrist looks back on the abuse some of her female patients were subjected to — at the hands of those who should understand most of all.
A patient has an extra-conjugal/religious question for our Naples-based psychiatrist.
Our Neapolitan Dottoré considers the danger she and her colleagues face when criminals are placed under their supervision.
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Of Earthquakes And Men
“Oh, to sleep as soundly as a man,” marvels our Naples-based psychiatrist.
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No Smoking When The Dottoré Is In
Our Naples-based Dottoré puts out an argument with patients during a night shift at a psychiatric ward.
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Beautiful Game, Sweet Dreams
Sometimes, a soccer win is all that a troubled mind needs.
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Take It As A Neapolitan Compliment
One woman’s Neapolitan insult is another woman’s compliment.
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They Grow Up So Fast
Our Neapolitan psychiatrist on Italy’s eternal “mammoni” …
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All Insurance Scam Roads Lead To Turin
Of financial hardship, staged accidents — and calcio rivalry.
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The Problem With Easter
Not all holidays are celebrated equal. Why’s that? wonders our Neapolitan psychiatrist.
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The Sea Beyond, The Sea Within
“Everything has a cost, and even rights have to be paid for — and I’m tired of that.”
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Don’t Look Back In Depression
“I did it all because basically, I’m an idiot.”
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A Woman’s Work Is Never Done
… unless she’s a famous influencer?
It has long been assumed that psychotherapy can do no harm at worst. But new research makes clear that for some people, it can have very serious, even life-threatening, consequences.
“There is no Napoli on common sense?”
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The Way To A Doctor’s Heart
Our Neapolitan psychiatrist ponders the meaning of professional recognition, and lasagna.
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Facing The Shame, Sharing The Blame
Our Neapolitan psychiatrist is faced with the inadequacy of the Italian health system, and a mother’s helplessness.
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A Newborn Dies, A Mother’s Blame
Our Neapolitan psychiatrist reacts to the public blame directed at an exhausted Italian mother, after she fell asleep while breastfeeding her newborn son at a Rome hospital .
Two patients walk with our Naples-based psychiatrist on that fine line between freedom and insanity.
“And then they say that there’s no crisis?”
Sensationalist TV coverage and even experts still often link mental health struggles and violent crimes, even though people with mental health difficulties commit fewer crimes comparatively. It’s time to end the stigma.
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On The Couch And On The Lam
Our Dottoré looks back on an entertaining session with a witty runaway convict.
Trasite!
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No Kindness Under The Christmas Tree
T’is the season for depression …
“It’s just that all the hardships he has faced have made him more appreciative of the simple things — he’s happier than us.”