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Strategic Initiatives: Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology
by David Mintz, MDAs a psychiatric Fellow in the late 1990s, I found myself torn. I had come to Riggs to learn a psychodynamic perspective on treatment that focused on meaning making, on the value of...
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Strategic Initiatives: Human Development – Discovering Your Baby
By Claudia Gold, MDWhen comedian Michael Junior reviewed the videotape of his daughter’s birth he discovered something remarkable. Just minutes after emerging into the world, her father’s gentle voice...
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Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder: Putting the Person First
By Elizabeth Weinberg, MDThe utility of the diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is that they reliably and fairly accurately identify a group of people that have some...
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Riggs Fellowship: A Systems Approach in a Therapeutic Community
Heather Forouhar Graff, MD, talks about some of the things she appreciates most about being a psychiatry Fellow at the Austen Riggs Center. Read more about the Austen Riggs Center Adult Psychoanalytic...
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Austen Riggs Center Receives Major Grant to Support Human Development...
Stockbridge, MA – April 6, 2017– The Austen Riggs Center, through the Erikson Institute for Education and Research, has received a major grant from the John Leopold Weil and Geraldine Rickard Weil...
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Riggs Fellowship: Learning a Unique Approach to Prescribing for Psychiatrists
Psychiatry Fellow Dr. Heather Forouhar Graff speaks about the unique approach to prescribing Fellows learn – psychodynamic psychopharmacology – during their training at Riggs.Read more about the Austen...
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Community Gathers in Support of Parent-Infant Connection
By Claudia M. Gold, MD“Do they realize we don’t know what we’re doing?” Riggs Research Psychologist Dr. Katie Lewis asked her husband on the ride home from the hospital, after being educated and...
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The Birth of a Mother – Reflections on a Recent New York Times Article
By Donna Elmendorf, PhD, and Claudia Gold, MDAccording to Dr. Donna Elmendorf, "The recent New York Times article ‘The Birth of a Mother,’ by Dr. Alexandra Sacks paints an evocative and desperately...
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What’s Therapeutic About the Therapeutic Community?
By Director of Patient Care Margaret Parish, PhDCommunities are inherently therapeutic – at least potentially. Social networks support longer, healthier, happier lives. Many research studies suggest...
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The Role of the Outsider
By M. Gerard Fromm, PhD, ABPP, Distinguished Faculty in the Erikson Institute for Education and Research He went his way...
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Does Our Treatment Work?
Does Our Treatment Work?Scientific evidence supports the comprehensive treatment for complex psychiatric problems available at the Austen Riggs Center. Read moreRSS
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The Open Setting
The Open SettingEntering the open setting here at Riggs produces a kind of culture shock—this holds for patients, for their families, and for new staff. As a psychiatric hospital, Riggs is unique, and...
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The Mind-Brain Connection: An Interview with Andrew J. Gerber, MD, PhD,...
The Mind-Brain Connection: An Interview with Andrew J. Gerber, MD, PhD, Medical Director/CEO, Part 1January 10, 2018We sat down with Dr. Gerber recently to hear his perspective on the mind-brain...
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The Mind-Brain Connection: An Interview with Andrew J. Gerber, MD, PhD,...
The Mind-Brain Connection: An Interview with Andrew J. Gerber, MD, PhD, Medical Director/CEO, Part 1January 10, 2018We sat down with Dr. Gerber recently to hear his perspective on the mind-brain...
View ArticleDirector of Admissions Dr. Samar Habl Talks About the Admission Process at Riggs
Director of Admissions Dr. Samar Habl Talks About the Admission Process at RiggsApril 25, 2018Samar Habl, MD, director of admissions at the Austen Riggs Center, talks about who should consider...
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What Nursing Means at Riggs - Part 1
What Nursing Means at Riggs - Part 1May 9, 2018Original publication date: January 12, 2016Austen Riggs held a blog competition among staff members where we asked them to write about what nursing means...
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Making Room for Uncertainty
Making Room for UncertaintyMay 23, 2018By Claudia Gold, MDWhen world-renowned child development researcher Dr. Ed Tronick spoke in April 2018 for a mixed audience of Austen Riggs staff and community...
View ArticleHow is PTSD Diagnosed?
How is PTSD Diagnosed?June 6, 2018Originally published September 2, 2014“He would remember feeling how impossible it was. He would remember the heat, the voltage in his arms and wrists. Why? He...
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How the Austen Riggs Center Treats PTSD
How the Austen Riggs Center Treats PTSDJune 6, 2018Originally published September 9, 2014To put it simply, we treat the individual. “I think it is most important that a patient find the treatment and...
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Separation as Existential Trauma
Separation as Existential TraumaJuly 11, 2018Claudia Gold, MDThe face of a two-year-old Honduran girl, dwarfed by the adults who only appear as legs in the photo, communicates undeniable anguish. Used...
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