IF PSYCHOLOGY AND MYSTERIES INTRIGUE YOU, YOU’LL LOVE READING THESE BOOKS! Click on cover to get CHASING BACKWARDS, a psychological murder-mystery. What if your life depends on getting into a place that may not even exist, your own unconscious?
Click on cover to get SKIN DANCE, A MYSTERY: Can an LA psychiatrist battle his own demons and save himself and his family from a psychotic killer? Find out in Skin Dance, a mystery
Click on cover to get THE MAN WITH A MICROPHONE IN HIS EAR. What’s it like to be a 1st year psychiatric resident on his 1st day of training, assigned to treat a dangerous paranoid man?
Category Archives: Psychiatry
MENTAL ILLNESS IS ALIVE AND THRIVING, by Art Smukler MD, author & psychiatrist
In the late sixties and early seventies, an amazing thing happened. It was like a warm, feel-good tsunami that spread across all 48 contiguous states. The eerie, ghost-filled state mental hospitals were all being shuttered and the patients were set … Continue reading
BUY ART SMUKLER; YOU’LL LOSE 15 LBS AND FALL IN LOVE, by Art Smukler MD, author & psychiatrist
Since I started my “book store” I thought a reprise was in order… All through college and part of med-school, I sold battery cables, ignition wire-sets and jumper cables. I loaded up the trunk of my car with hundreds of … Continue reading
Posted in CHASING BACKWARDS, a psychological murder mystery, Psychiatry, Self Examination, Skin Dance, a mystery, The Man with a Microphone in his Ear, Writing
Tagged a mystery, a psychological mystery, Chasing Backwards, Inside the mind of a psychiatrist, Inside the Mind of a Psychiatrist - mystery & Romance meet Psychology, My new bookstore, Skin Dance, The Man with a Microphone in his Ear
Leave a comment
LESSONS FROM THE CHAIN GANG, by Art Smukler, author & psychiatrist
Recently, I decided to clean up and reorganize our backyard. We have a number of 50-year-old Spanish clay pots that were left by the previous owners and were sitting in the wrong places. Some of the pots easily weighed a … Continue reading
DONALD TRUMP IS A LOSER, by Art Smukler, author & psychiatrist
DONALD TRUMP IS A LOSER Donald Trump is the president of the United States. These are his current accomplishments. Millions of women from all over the country and world find his attitude and style deplorable. Misogynism, sexism and bigotry are … Continue reading
Posted in Psychiatry
7 Comments
IS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES CRAZY, GREEDY OR JUST INEPT? Art Smukler, author & psychiatrist
I love reading and writing mysteries. I also love reading espionage novels. Fellow aficionados can attest to one overriding theme that all espionage writers seem to share. It is a full out war between the acronyms. CIA, FBI, DOD, NSA, Homeland … Continue reading
Posted in CHASING BACKWARDS, a psychological murder mystery, Politics, Psychiatry, Self Examination, Skin Dance, a mystery, The Man with a Microphone in his Ear, World events, a psychological view, Writing
Tagged China-one country? Donald Trump tax reports, did he release info to hurt Clinton? Espionage novels, Donald Trump and Russia, Hacking, hero? Iran nuclear deal, Inside the mind of a psychiatrist, James Comey, John McCain
2 Comments
FICTION IS THE ULTIMATE TRUTH, by Art Smukler, author & psychiatrist
Fiction is the ultimate truth. Characters that can show us who we really are, and help us get through the dark and lonely times, are truly our friends. A great writer does more than just tell a story. He creates … Continue reading
