In Hines’ sight: suicide prevention
It was his tenth wedding anniversary, but Kevin Hines insisted on making just one more stop before heading home to San Francisco to celebrate with his wife. “We’ve got to keep working to get the messages of suicide prevention out there,” he said Oct....
Commissioning Maj. Thurstone
Today, Dr. Thurstone picked up another title: U.S. Army Major. He was commissioned to serve as an officer in the Army Reserves’ 807th Medical Command — specifically in a unit focused on “combat stress reduction.” Dr. Thurstone is the only...
A case study: Medical marijuana use and suicidality
I hope you’ll read this paper I co-authored with Dr. Abraham Nussbaum and Dr. Ingrid Binswanger in The American Journal of Psychiatry. We explain the case of a 29-year-old woman who presented with marijuana addiction, a history of depression and a history of...Read the book
Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have a substance problem and, if so, how to begin to address it. This book includes the voices and insight of experts in substance abuse counseling, young people in recovery, and parents who have lived the nightmare of adolescent addiction.