American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Clinician Humility
I was musing while driving this week about how my attitude and approach to patients had changed throughout my clinical [...]
Assess the Situation Rather Than Yourself
Reflecting on my many years of working with depressed patients, I’m struck by how many of them felt a great [...]
Advice for a 78-Year-Old Psychiatrist
Request for Advice “Jack, I’m writing because I ran across one of your LifeBriefs from some time back. In it [...]
Managing Patients’ Horizons of Concern
Sorry for the obscure title of this essay. Once I explain, I hope you’ll agree that what I’m referring to [...]
Worry. Why it is So Compelling and So Harmful
We have evolved to survive. One survival strategy that has been selected is based on our capacity to anticipate the [...]
Not Too Late for New Year’s Resolutions
This is the last full week of January. As such, I think it’s not too late to consider and resolve [...]