Dr. Adams, Author at Christine B. L. Adams M.D.

Joint Custody: Children Going Back and Forth Between Parents–Sane or Insane?

by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing, POSTS

Self-understanding is necessary to be a good parent. Without knowing yourself, why you behave in certain ways and your motivations, you will have no idea what you are imparting to your children.Joint custody, with shared parenting where children go back and forth...

How Narcissists Create Confusion for Everyone

by Dr. Adams | Relationships

Self-centered, narcissistic people create confusion and chaos for others around them. This is true whether in the family, at work, or in any group they belong to. Since narcissists only believe in the vertical pronoun “I,” they are only self-interested and...

Does Psychiatry Worsen Mental Illness Stigma?

by Dr. Adams | Emotional Illness

Here is an article of mine that was published on http://www.kevinmd.com: Does psychiatry worsen mental illness stigma? When a person gets depressed over their divorce, they are said to have a mental illness. When a person becomes psychotic from a manic episode due to...

Desiring Emotional Regulation: Good Idea or Bad?

by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing, How To Understand Yourself

Currently in vogue is a type of therapy geared toward emotional regulation. Such treatment aims for management of human emotions. It has come about because of the idea that people suffer with emotional dyscontrol. Children are instructed to hit a pillow when angry or...

Are We Emotionally Trained and Conditioned Like Our Dogs?

by Dr. Adams | Children/Child Rearing, History of Emotional Conditioning

We train our dogs to sit, fetch, catch Frisbees and do other tricks. Any pet dog we raise understands our voice and hand gestures. When we head to the fridge or our dog’s food bin at a certain time of day, our dog is conditioned to anticipate being fed. His behavior...