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?
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ARE WRITERS CRAZY TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF HOURS WRITING? By Art Smukler, author & psychiatrist
Can a writer get money, fame, prestige, and power if his work is successful? Sure, but how many Conroys, Salingers, or Twains will actually emerge from today’s millions of hungry scribes, and can those few produce characters like Tom Wingo, … Continue reading
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Tagged Catcher in the Rye, Huck Finn, Inside the mind of a psychiatrist, mark Twain, Pat Conroy, Sophie's Choice and editing, The passion of writing, The psychology of writing, Tom Wingo
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WHY DO WOMEN ACCEPT SHARIA LAW? by Art Smukler, author & psychiatrist
To challenge centuries of religious teaching is very difficult. Since we have no substantiated alternative theory as to how life really began, all we have to go on is that there is a God and “he” started it all. Accepting … Continue reading
Posted in Psychiatry, Self Examination, The Man with a Microphone in his Ear, World events, a psychological view
Tagged A woman's right to be free, Inside the mind of a psychiatrist, questioning Sharia Law, Sharia law, The Man with a Microphone in his Ear, Why don't Muslims speak out more against extremists?
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PARANOID KILLERS AMONG US? by Art Smukler, author & psychiatrist
Back in the flush sixties, the federal government provided millions of dollars to support community mental health programs. The eerie, dark, cavernous hospitals for the insane were bulldozed or turned into condos, and the care of thousands of mentally ill … Continue reading
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Tagged Bipolar Disorders, Community mental health, Drexel University School of Medicine, Hahnemann School of Medicine, Inside the mind of a psychiatrist, Paranoid Disorders, schizophrenia, The closing of state hospitals, The Man with a Microphone in his Ear, Treating the mentally ill
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FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE? HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH THAT FANTASY? by Art Smukler, author & psychiatrist
He was dressed in a black tux and she wore a strapless white gown. Hesitantly, he raised her veil and gazed into her dark brown eyes. She gazed back and sighed deeply. The minister said with a smile, “You may … Continue reading
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Tagged Dealing wih marriage vows, Dealing with marital difficulties, For better of for worse, Inside the mind of a psychiatrist
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