Posts Tagged ‘Psychiatry’
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH AND PSYCHOPATHS
In 1943, when she was 22 years old, Patricia Highsmith — self-aware — asked her diary, “Am I a psychopath? In a Psychology Today article at this link, I examine why Highsmith was so expert at creating vivid, disturbing, and believable characters. I’m interested to learn what you have to say, so please let…
Read MoreBOOK REVIEW: THE BELIEVER
For my interview with Ralph Blumenthal about The Believer, go here. *** Ralph Blumenthal’s The Believer – a lively read – draws a poignant profile of the highly accomplished if controversial Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John E. Mack. Mack had already published very well-regarded books in the field of psychiatry by the time he was made Head of…
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