Stirring in Attentionland: Dr. Don Goes Video
Howdy one and all; long time no blog! Once again, against my better judgment, I am going to subject myself to the harsh glare of the camera, this time to create a record of the work I am doing (and doing and doing and doing). As the environment for stimulant...
The Doctor is ‘In’! Psychiatric Stand-Up Jan. 29
As ever, mental health threads itself through the media landscape in one form or another. A few weeks ago New York Mayor DiBlasio announced a new mental health focus at Riker's Island prison, which is much needed as everyone knows we closed our asylums and moved these...
Peter Kramer in the N.Y. Times
The front page article in the Sunday review section of the Times today is by Peter Kramer, of "Listening to Prozac" fame, a fellow Brunonian, (the attention doctor was Class of ’76). He's one of us aging prescriber therapists; but I'd be surprised if you can use...
Regulatory Juggernaut Attacks Attentionland
Many readers of this material are current or former patients of mine, and as such they have already experienced the misery of rolling stimulant shortages, shifting co-pays, unresponsive byzantine insurers whose live employees know less than their automatons. They have...
October in Attentionland; Psychiatry, Our Practice, and The World
Good morning everyone; On this fine fall Sunday we at The Attention Doctor are busy preparing our next newsletter, the second in our renewed series. In August we threatened frequent outbursts, and some specific articles on ADD and depression. As usual, for me, and...
Shrinking Wisdom: Outbursts From the Attention Doctor
Hey there, ladies and gents. A warm welcome to those of you who are already familiar with my work; a special greeting to those of you encountering me for the first time. Today's post will be a brief shout-out about the range of exciting new material that is now (or...
The Return of the Attention Doctor: A New Talk and a New Group Program in New Jersey
Next Tuesday, May 7th, Dr. Kerson will be delivering a lecture at the National Association of Social Workers New Jersey State Convention in Atlantic City on "The Treatment of Adult ADHD." This talk is being given to 100 social workers and will be available on audio...
Stirrings In Attentionland: An E-book and a New Group Program
It's been a long 20 months since I've written here. As some of you may know, in 2009, I both published my book, Getting Unstuck, and ran six different 10-week groups based on the same material. Since that time a subgroup of participants have continued to meet...
What’s Up in Attentionland
It's been some time since we've reported on our programs and our progress here at Greenpoint Psych and theattentiondoctor.com. In September we began three new Mindfulness/Hypnotherapy groups, each of which met ten times and which ended in mid November. Throughout the...
Building the Hyperactive Meditators Sangha; New Mindfulness Hypnotherapy Groups Forming Now
It has been ten weeks since the untimely passing of our valued colleague Kris Romano. We at The Attention Doctor and Greenpopint Psychiatric are grateful to have known her and worked with her. We are also fortunate to be able to welcome Dr. Cynthia Donahue MSW PhD,...