by Dr. David H. Rosmarin | Jun 15, 2021 | Articles, Publications, Spirituality
By not making more of an effort to incorporate spirituality in treatment, we are doing a disservice to patients. These are not just interesting sociological trends—they are clinically significant. Spirituality has historically been dismissed by psychiatrists, but...
by Dr. David H. Rosmarin | Dec 7, 2020 | Articles, General, Publications
In an ordinary year, holiday angst is very real: Anxiety, depression and stress are all known to spike between Thanksgiving and the year’s end, as social engagements, travel and bills for holiday gifts simultaneously surge. Yet 2020 has been far from ordinary, so we...
by Dr. David H. Rosmarin | May 6, 2020 | Articles, General, Publications
Viktor Frankl, the psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor, taught that the human ability to make choices gives us a unique resilience, since our fate is not simply a function of fate or fortune. Frankl noted that even in the most devastating, inhumane conditions, finding...
by Dr. David H. Rosmarin | Mar 22, 2020 | Articles, General, Publications
In the span of just a few days our society has become completely unmoored, panic-stricken, and obsessed with fear. We check and recheck social media and news feeds that inundate and overwhelm us with information about COVID-19 (much of which is neither helpful nor...