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The Dying Man

April 12, 2018May 15, 2018 Janie Cao 1 Comment Death, Dying, humanism, Meaning of Life, Mortality, Palliative Care, Spirituality/Religion, Values

The Dying Man Written by Janie Cao Edited by Mary Abramczuk A few years ago, I spent half my day with

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Book Review: Loose Girl by Kerry Cohen

April 5, 2018April 3, 2018 Janie Cao 0 Comments addiction psychology, adolescent sexual health, memoir, Public Health, sexuality

Hi MSPress Blog Readers! …… We didn’t have a blog post scheduled for this week, so here’s a book review

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Well, Well, Well: Products and services compete for shelf space in trendy wellness market, but are they worth your money?

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 Jordan Metsky 0 Comments experience, feeling, Gratitude, Healthcare, Mindfulness, Psychiatry, wellness

When a friend recently asked me to join them for a class at Inscape, a New York-based meditation studio that

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Nodding Along

January 11, 2018January 3, 2018 Mohammad Aref 0 Comments Attitude, Community, disability, doctor, Elderly, emotion, Goals, Health, Healthcare, listening, patient, Responsibility, society

My grandmother was a strong and compassionate Egyptian woman, a mother of three, and a pathologist. On a glass slide,

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Immigrant’s Suitcase: Ordinary people with the will to do extraordinary things

July 20, 2017July 18, 2017 Mohammad Aref 0 Comments empathy, medical student, patient, society

A mother separated from her missing husband flees a war-torn country, her homeland, to provide a brighter future for her

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Take a Stand against Domestic Violence

November 10, 2016November 16, 2016 Ashley Franklin 0 Comments Domestic violence, Donald Trump, NISVS, Women

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is particularly relevant at the moment, because on October 7th the Washington Post

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Reassessing Resilience

October 20, 2016October 19, 2016 Jordan Metsky 0 Comments Chronic Disease, psychology, Resilience

Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a young female patient whose healthcare history could rival that of an

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The Case Against Global Mental Health

October 13, 2016October 13, 2016 Gunjan Sharma 0 Comments global health, Psychiatry, psychology

‘We have become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different

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Applying Humanistic Psychology to Medical Practice

September 22, 2016September 20, 2016 Gunjan Sharma 0 Comments

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t