bill dubin
* Director of the Adult Clinic and Diagnostic Center in New York City
* Chief of Service of the Intensive Care Unit at Manhattan Psychiatric Center
* Director of Clinical Services of the Brown Schools, Ranch Treatment Center in Austin, TX
* Currently in private practice in Austin, TX
Blogs by this Author
The Perverse Consequences of Self‑Restraint
- By bill dubin
- Published 06/8/2009
The intention to suppress a response has the paradoxical effect of strengthening it. In the "Tell‑Tale Heart," Edgar Allan Poe described the Imp of the Perverse. An example:
Try not to scra...
Dependence and Will
- By bill dubin
- Published 02/26/2009
Because intoxication provides an immediate payoff, it is corruptive. The desire for pleasure or relief from suffering causes some individuals to trade what is truly precious [health, wealth, or rela...
