For the past half-century, Harvard trained psychiatrists who learned their art and skill from a genius have quoted his observations about life in their work with patients and in teaching others the practice of psychotherapy.
Here is the unique and heralded collection of remarks by this extraordinary teacher, Dr. Elvin Semrad, originally recorded by Susan Rako and Harvey Mazer during residency-training at Harvard's Massachusetts Mental Health Center in the 1960's. "The book brings the reader a sense of closeness to the personal, informal aspects of this man who combined knowledge,...
For the past half-century, Harvard trained psychiatrists who learned their art and skill from a genius have quoted his observations about life in thei...
'Dr. Rako discusses a growing body of information that deflates the notion that menstrual suppression is a viable option for women." -"The New York Times"
Encouraging healthy menstruating women and even teenage girls to do away with their normal menstrual cycles by dosing themselves more or less nonstop with hormones (a multi-billion-dollar-per-year industry) is, in a word, reckless. What every woman and her doctor MUST know about the actual benefits of the normal menstrual cycle-naturally lowered blood pressure, reduced risk of heart attacks and strokes, healthy bones, rhythmic...
'Dr. Rako discusses a growing body of information that deflates the notion that menstrual suppression is a viable option for women." -"The New Yor...
