Mental Health

“… Culture writes on illness. That’s evident in the battle around a French documentary about autism entitled “Le Mur” or “The Wall.” Today, a court in the northern city Lille will decide whether the film, released online last year, should be censored at the request of psychoanalysts in the country, since it essentially charges that their […]

I never thought in a million years I would be able to work while my son was young.  An obvious need to replenish was held against a desire to not allow him to slip into feeling un-loved or not wanted – again, but here we are just one short year working alongside him to heal […]

PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL TRAUMA DISORDER FIELD TRIAL STUDY The Developmental Diagnosis Study is a critically important study that is being conducted to improve and expand trauma-related diagnoses for children. There are seven Field Trial sites across the country including our site in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. Each site will interview at least 100 children […]

I speak to many people about health issues, mainly because we always show up in the statistics (so many kids with asthma, autism, ADHD etc) and we have to watch B’s diet carefully to avoid multiple different reactions. Anyway, as I talk to people the conversation will often veer off course to vaccinations. Full disclosure, […]

I am confused often, and – not only because of my children. My son was diagnosed at 3 years and 3 months with autism. Certainly he had many of the behaviors associated with autism, and after an all day assessment both at home and at the care center, we left Columbia SC that day in […]