Articles, Columnists
A $10 billion metaphor for psychology
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
The only thing worse than struggling is discovering that you have been struggling with the wrong things. I found myself in this situation in early July when scientists at the...
Mystery of a hospital’s sacred place
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Not long ago a man I hardly knew and barely understood agreed to walk with me on the hospital grounds. I wanted to see if he was able to manage more privileges without getting...
‘Stand Your Ground’ case examined
By Edward Stern J.D.
On Feb. 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida, there was a confrontation between Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman. The result was the death of Trayvon Martin. With the exception of...
Stop the world, I want to get on
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
The small room where the treatment team meets was crowded with hospital staff and representatives from the community where George would be going after his discharge. George...
Looking for a reason to believe
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Everyone has to believe in something.” “What you believe and what you know are different things, and it’s important to keep them separated for your orientation.” These...
Privileged communications examined
By Edward Stern J.D.
Societies have provided in law a number of privileges. According to Black’s Law Dictionary, Fifth Edition, a privilege is “a particular and peculiar benefit or advantage...
A relapse prevention plan
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
When I caught myself humming the refrain of a Frank Sinatra song under my breath after morning rounds, I knew I was in for a rough day. That’s the beauty of relapse...
The birth of a new hospital
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
In the course of my career as a psychologist, I have witnessed the closing of many of the hospitals but I have never seen a new one open. That is about to change with the...
Traveling on winter’s broad plain
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
Words written in the first week of January meant to be read a month later stand on the threshold of the unknown, always a mystery, but more consciously so at the beginning of a...
Moving ahead with our lives
By Alan Bodnar Ph.D.
January reminds us that there is only one inexorable thing and that is the passage of time. The proactive response to this realization is the New Year’s resolution or what we...