Every decade (or so) I find myself re-reading "Crime & Punishment."  The first time, I was 19.  I was an English major and it was required reading.  I was reading Read more

Recently I wrote on how mental health professionals jump to psychosis when a patient claims to have experienced auditory, visual, gustatory, olfactory, or tactile hallucinations.   Since "everyone" knows these Read more

With Apologies to Ferenczi, who wondered whether it was the psychologist or the paiient.  After lo, these many a year, I no long wonder. I have always been curious about the Read more

My mother and father married and moved into a one-bedroom in Flatbush.  Eight years, two children, and a job in NJ later, they moved into a four-bedroom quarter acre split Read more

Earlier in this blog section I mentioned that ever since my first therapy encounter (usually with psychologists, but two with social workers), I would at some point be called, "arrogant Read more

     No one tells you about the black walls or the lingering aftersmell of a fire.  Just thinking about it:  I can't breathe.  In mid October, 1978, the Friday Read more

­Déjà vu all over again? By:  Sharon R. Kahn, Ph.D,   NYCPsych             His administrative staff’s life span is more fleeting than that of the sheep-liver fluke. Read more

Malevolent transformations, post-ambiguous loss. Sharon R. Kahn, Ph.D [I wrote this three years ago.  The only thing that has changed is my mother is now in a rehab facility in NJ].     Read more