Celebrity Rehab

For all of you Reality TV junkies, the latest season of Celebrity Rehab (Season 3), the brainchild of Dr. Drew Pinsky, MD, was no doubt a success.  It portrays and chronicles the addiction and early recovery process of several struggling celebrities with all the guilty-pleasure-sympathy-inducing drama that fans could hope for.  As a psychologist, one [...]

Texting, Talking and Driving…an accident waiting to happen

 
 
I know I have written about cell phones. I have talked about the social and emotional problems that arise from poor judgment and immature behaviors. But, now I want to ask how many of you have taken Oprah’s pledge? For those of you that are uninformed and have no idea what I am talking about, [...]

The Nuts and Bolts: Using Your Insurance for Mental Health Services

 

When new patients call me, one of their first questions is often “Can I use my insurance?” Thanks to the passage of the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act by Congress in 2008, many of us are able to use our health insurance to pay for psychological services.
But figuring [...]