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My brother is brilliant -- and wildly inappropriate!: At 38, he slurps his cereal, dresses bizarrely and throws childish temper tantrums.; By Cary Tennis Oct 17, 2008
I've got "restless life syndrome": I can't sit still. I can't stick with anything. I can't keep relationships.; By Cary Tennis Sep 15, 2008
I'm secretly addicted to porn: My girlfriend thinks I just play computer games a lot!; By Cary Tennis Jun 13, 2008
When panic attacks!: America is the most anxious country on the planet. So will I ever learn to live with my fear, racing heart and disaster scenarios?; By Meredith Maran Jun 12, 2008
My husband doesn't want to have sex with me: He's being treated for depression, and it's making me crazy.; By Cary Tennis May 7, 2008
Don't be happy, worry: Awash in antidepressants, America is manipulated by Big Pharma and numbed out to basic, and inevitable, human pain -- or so argue critics of our serotonin nation.; By Jerome Weeks Jan 29, 2008
My sister triggers my rage: I know we had a difficult childhood, and I'm over most of it, but when I see my sister I start to get a little crazy!; By Cary Tennis Oct 15, 2007
I'm mentally ill but I'm no mass killer: Will people with schizoaffective disorder be lumped in with psychotic murderers?; By Cary Tennis Apr 23, 2007
My dad threatened to shoot us all and chop us into pieces: I'm not sure how much filial devotion I owe my father, now that he's talking about buying a rifle.; By Cary Tennis Apr 4, 2007
So I went a little overboard in my courting -- I'm not a crazy stalker!: I got shot down by the queen of the hipsters and now I want revenge.; By Cary Tennis Mar 7, 2007
The Gavin Newsom sex scandal: Why did his lover tell?: Why did Ruby Rippey-Tourk confess her affair with the San Francisco mayor to her husband? What good would that do?; By Cary Tennis Feb 9, 2007
My mother stopped her Paxil and appears to have gone crazy: She went on Paxil eight years ago when my dad died, and now she's acting irrationally.; By Cary Tennis Feb 8, 2007
The madness of it all: At the mental health home where I work, patients are pushed to be as independent as possible. But it's just as vital for them to feel connected.; By Fred Redekop May 7, 2006
Our crazy mental health system: A crusading journalist with a bipolar son says jails have become warehouses for the mad -- and argues for forced commitment.; By Marissa Kantor Apr 11, 2006
Getting over happiness: Psychologist Steven Hayes says the American obsession with feeling good is preventing us from living good -- and that living life to the fullest means a lot of pain.; By Rebecca Traister Feb 25, 2006
Scientology's war on psychiatry: The controversial church, whose founder called shrinks "terrorists" and which labels mental illness a fraud, is closer than you think to implanting its extreme beliefs in the nation's laws and schools.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Jul 1, 2005
Van Gogh on Prozac: Treating depression doesn't quell our humanity and creativity but restores them, argues "Listening to Prozac" author Peter Kramer. So, please, let's stop making a virtue out of despair.; By Laura Miller May 23, 2005
Is she the one for me?: Contrary to what many adults might think, teenagers are capable of lasting romantic relationships -- and they can get tremendous benefits from sexual experimentation.; By Dr. Lynn Ponton Feb 4, 2003
Through a glass, darkly: Are our children destined to repeat the worst of us? Don't be so hard on yourselves, Dr. Ponton tells parents. And work toward change with your child.; Jan 2, 2003
Future shock: Dr. Lynn Ponton responds to a 17-year-old boy who despairs of a world threatened by war and run by adult hypocrites.; By Dr. Lynn Ponton Dec 3, 2002
From Laramie to California: The father of a cross-dressing teenage boy is terrified for the boy's safety. He's right to be worried, says Dr. Ponton. It's a scary world for these courageous teens.; By Dr. Lynn Ponton Nov 11, 2002
Sex talk: My 12-year-old daughter asked me about oral sex. How much does she need to know at her age? Dr. Lynn Ponton answers readers' questions.; Oct 24, 2002
Running with the bad girls: What's the solution when teens hang out with the wrong kind of kids? Don't despair, says Dr. Ponton. Parents have far more influence than they realize.; By Dr. Lynn Ponton Oct 11, 2002
Magical mystery teens: The bubbly charmer at 10 turns into a sullen cipher by 14. What's a parent to do? Keep talking, advises Dr. Lynn Ponton. Never stop trying to communicate.; By Dr. Lynn Ponton Sep 27, 2002
It's all good: As a parent and a psychiatrist, Dr. Lynn Ponton has daily encounters with the danger and exhilaration that accompany adolescence. Teenage risk is scary, she says, but it is also a developmental necessity.; By Dr. Lynn Ponton Sep 17, 2002

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