Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD has answered the following questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I have recently met a 4 ear old child who had ear infection hearing loss for over 2 years and is being given Adderall and Clonidine “to calm him down”. After 2 years of medication he is showing facial and hand twitching and is now being diagnosed as mildly retarded. I am so uncomfortable [...]
Q: If a 12 year-old child in the 6th grade is being bullied by a teacher, is it feasible that the child should be empowered to deal with the problem in a non-threatening, non-challenging way rather than the teacher being taken to task? This is the advice I have been given by both the school [...]
Q: Can one fully overcome panic disorder? It seems to be a mixed answer, with different statistics and prognosis at every website or psychiatrist or psychologist or self help person I talk to. Some statistics say 7/10 get cured, some say 1-4/10 get cured, some say all can be cured. It’s very hard for me, [...]
Q: I’ve been seeing a psychiatrist every few weeks for a couple of months now, but only to regulate my ADHD medication and not for any sort of therapy. I am extremely attracted to him, and I think he is too, but I know there are ethical issues with this. Is there any way I [...]
Q: I’d very much appreciate some feedback from you! I have a family member who is 60 and has always been in fairly good health and has never taken any medications. She is spiritual in nature and had recently completed reading Divine Guidance by Doreen Virtue and Neale Walsch’s books. For several months now, she [...]
Q: My Mom seems to be starved for male attention. From what I see, my Dad gives her a lot of attention. They have been married for 31 years. My Mom has flirted with many of my past boyfriends. She would sit on their laps. She has even flashed a past boyfriend — she was [...]
Q: This question is about a friend who is a guy… We met over the net, and he seems to have gone through a bad childhood where he was sexually assaulted. Since then, this incident has not cleared out of his mind and he gets sexually aggravated very often to the point that he resorts [...]
