This article first appeared in Psychiatric Times on September 14, 2015
Douglas Berger Psychiatrist Tokyo, comments on “Separating the Wheat From the Chaff” by Allan Tasman, MD, September 14, 2015 issue of the Psychiatric Times.
The article Dr. Tasman reports on requires a nuanced examination.
The article reported on:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/magazine/tell-it-about-your-mother.html?_r=1 is a long, somewhat flashy and nostalgic, non-scientific description of the attempt to correlate
This article first appeared in Psychiatric Times on July 11, 2016
Douglas Berger Psychiatrist Tokyo, comments on “Borderline or Bipolar: Objective Data Support a Difference” by James Phelps, MD, July 11, 2016 issue of the Psychiatric Times:
Dr. Phelps is going too far too fast in concluding these results are valid or objective.
The study he references here
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25697732
Studied 20 subjects with Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and 20 with euthymic bipolar disorder
This article first appeared in Psychiatric Times on May 26th, 2016
Douglas Berger Psychiatrist Tokyo, comments on “The Interplay of Mood Disorders and Eating Disorders” by Blair Uniacke, MD and Allegra Broft, MD, May 26, 2016 issue of the Psychiatric Times:
The authors state that CBT is a “well established” evidence-based treatment” for mood disorders, however, there has never been a single-(=which is defined as patient blind) or double-blind, and thus no blind-placebo, controlled clinical trial
First published in Tokyo Families - Sept 7th 2013
By Douglas Berger, Psychiatrist Tokyo, Japan
Japan’s Health, Labour & Welfare Ministry’s latest statistics reveal a continuing decline in the number of divorce by international couples. While this may be a good thing, couples going through one may find themselves in emotionally charged situations. We asked Dr. Douglas Berger Psychiatrist Tokyo of Meguro Counseling Center what he can tell us about divorce for international couples from a counseling