by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Sep 12, 2011 | Mental Health
Do me a favor, please. I know you’re frustrated if your spouse or child or mother-in-law has one of those “labels” like ADHD or Dyslexia, or maybe a physical disability. It’s difficult, trying, exasperating. I know. I’ve been there. In fact, I am there. Look At The...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 22, 2006 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish News Look,” I said to Lawrence a week after he decided to quit drugs for good, “this is going to be really, really hard because eventually, you’re going to be in pain and you won’t wanna stay there. That’s when you...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Dec 1, 2006 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the FLorida Jewish News Eight pairs of eyes were starring at me, their expressions serious. “So, Miss Hirschhorn,” they continued their interrogation, “what would you say are your strong points?” I was being interviewed for graduate...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Oct 20, 2006 | Mental Health
Mental illness and criminality are evaluated by different sorts of professionals doing very different things. Here are some of the points of distinction: Mental Health Evaluation In the State of Florida, all the five major classes of psychotherapist—Marriage and...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Sep 8, 2006 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish Journal The chapel at the funeral house was large enough; even so, it was packed to overflowing with standing room only. I came because I knew one or two members of the family a short time. I was impressed with the...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Jul 26, 2006 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish News There was a spate of books some time ago about women who had been severely emotionally abused and sexually molested as children and grew up with “split personalities.” The Three Faces of Eve was even made into a...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Nov 18, 2005 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from The Florida Jewish News, p. 13 [edited with title change] If we take a position that some aspects of ADD/ADHD are desirable, then the question of whether or not to use medication becomes a question of whether, or when, to blot out those...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Nov 18, 2005 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish News, p. 16 [edited with title change] The first line of treatment for ADD/ADHD is usually behavioral for children and adults. Although there are no shyness pills, one can go to Toasmasters. Although there are no anger...
by DrDeb Hirschhorn | Oct 7, 2005 | Mental Health
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION from the Florida Jewish News, p. 18. [edited with title change] As a therapist, I find the diagnostic definition of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) really discouraging. It’s all about whatever the ADD person does that’s wrong....
