A young woman named SungEun Grace Lee is dying of a brain tumor on Long Island. Ordinarily this tragedy would have unfolded quietly, but when 28-year-old Ms. Lee decided to withdraw life-sustaining ventilator support, her parents went to court to stop her. Since then, several layers of the legal system have confirmed that Ms. Lee Read more
Mental Health
Editor’s Note: On Saturday, May 5, 2012 Alyson Moadel, Ph.D. participated in the 15th Annual EIF Revlon Run/Walk For Women in Times Square. Find out more about the walk and Alyson’s participation at the end of this blog. When I was seven, my mother, Nancy Selden, was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was 31 years old. I was Read more
Whether bereavement should be considered a type of depression is at the heart of a medical controversy. The dispute springs from the potential classification of grief as a form of depression by psychiatrists updating the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (D.S.M.), the guiding force in diagnosing mental illness. The D.S.M. is undergoing its first Read more
