by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Day 19 October 4 (Saturday) At breakfast at the Hilton Barbara ordered a couple of scrambled eggs—“but not too runny.” The waitress showed up with two plates of scrambled eggs and two orders of sausages that went with them, and placed them all before Barbara. Really? It would have taken Shaq […]
by Siegfried Othmer, PhD T he 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Biofeedback Society of California was an upbeat and rollicking affair. It got underway with a look back at the work of the Menninger group and the Life Sciences Institute by Patricia Norris. Ostensibly the key research objective there had been to study the dimensions […]
by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Day 18 October 3 (Friday) In the morning the three of us—Barbara, Sue, and I—headed for the Delhi airport to retrace our steps back to LA. We would be flying premium coach on our return, which is quite adequate for retaining one’s dignity since our flights were during the daytime. Here […]
by Judy L. Van Raalte, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology Springfield College Effective Treatment for Epilepsy Without Side Effects O ur son’s epilepsy began just before he started kindergarten. We were shocked when he had his first tonic-clonic seizure and was rushed to the emergency room. The doctors started him immediately on anticonvulsant medication and we […]
by Siegfried Othmer, PhD Day 17 October 2 (Thursday) The day of our departure was a holiday. The birthday of Mahatma Ghandi was being celebrated. This was also the day on which the Dalai Lama’s Nobel Peace Price was to be commemorated at the monastery, the culmination of the five-day celebration. [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”19″ gal_title=”Day 17″]
Veteran’s Day 2014
by Siegfried Othmer, PhD W hy is it that our nation has not made more progress in dealing with PTSD and TBI over all these years? Admittedly, the whole concept of PTSD only dates back to about 1980, which is rather astounding. But matters are even worse with regard to TBI. We’ve been living with […]