A Mind on Fire
My latest book, A Mind on Fire: Questioning Madness, Medicine and Life, is now in ebook format on Amazon (soon to be additional sites)...
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DR. PATRICIA A. FARRELL
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Mar 7, 20191 min read
WORK STRESS EBOOK
A small book with big solutions to a common problem in today's workplace. Simple examples that will aid you in your self-help techniques...
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Feb 7, 20193 min read
Where's Your Heart?
Valentine's Day is fast approaching and visions of chocolates, satin hearts, Frederick's of Hollywood outfits and special trips or...
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Feb 4, 20193 min read
Pomodoro, Isaac Asimov or Just Repetition?
The blackboard was always a symbol of fear to me as a child in a Catholic grammar school. Boys who ventured with great trepidation to the...
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Feb 3, 20193 min read
Boredom's Positive Qualities
"I'm bored!" The cry goes out in a thousand homes, innumerable offices and even at social events. It is the bête noire of the 21st...
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Jan 30, 20192 min read
Hugs That Never Came and Meant Death
History will be unkind, deservedly so, to America and the Trump administration when it comes time to dissect the full details of the...
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Jan 28, 20196 min read
Turning a Blind Eye to Loneliness
Have you ever felt lonely? Do you recall why you felt that way and how you dealt with it? Was it a question of seeking out mental health...
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Jan 25, 20193 min read
The Crime of Charity
Religions, no matter which one anyone maintains an affiliation, promote, as one of their basic tenets, giving charity to those in need....
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Jan 24, 20193 min read
Racism Myths Films Still Love to "Dispel"
Film is something I learned to adore as a child rushing with my friends to the Saturday matinee for kids at one of the five local...
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Jan 23, 20194 min read
How to Raise a Bully
Bullies, we would suppose with confidence, are not what we want our children to be and yet we hear, too often, that bullies have...
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Jan 18, 20193 min read
Aging Is A Bad Thing
Cremes, fillers, injections of poisons, skin sanding, and collagen-enhancing machines are just a few of the things the multi-billion...
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Jan 9, 20193 min read
Sex Toys for Kids and Women
Education for kids, including a discussion of reproduction, is always a topic of interest to educators, parents, mental health...
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Dec 23, 20184 min read
A New Year of Living--Thanks to Trees
A new year is almost upon us and, once again, people will be making resolutions they won't keep more than a few weeks. The hopes are...
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Dec 8, 20185 min read
A JOHN LENNON MEMOIR- 1969
Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, aka The Beatles, have recorded a new hit song with a man who has been dead for 15...
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Dec 8, 20184 min read
Profiting on Your Patient Data
Privacy in all matters related to patients has been the watchword of healthcare. Laws to protect this information and your rights as a...
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Dec 3, 20184 min read
Hospitals Are Killing Us?
Hospitals are on a desperate run to improve their bottom lines as they compete with the ever-encroaching medical "shops" being opened by...
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Nov 18, 20184 min read
The Myth of Predicting Killers
Adam Lanza Mass killings with weapons meant for combat have raised our level of awareness, once again, that not only do we need to...
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Nov 7, 20183 min read
Age Does Not Equal Diminished Capacity
The assumptions that are made by too many people who, perhaps unwittingly, assume that advanced age means diminished mental capacity, is...
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Nov 3, 20185 min read
Silencing the Victims
States have certain requirements for maintaining professional licenses and the laws, similarly, have requirements about reporting either...
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