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George Drinka M.D.

About

George Drinka, M.D. is on the clinical faculty of the Oregon Health Sciences University and in private practice in Portland, Oregon. He has published book reviews in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He has also written for the New York Times Book Review.

Recent Posts
Is Donald Truly Delusional?
What can we tell about a powerful public person who makes so many startling and often preposterous statements and draws factually unsupportable conclusions?
Smoking, Sex, and Health Care, Part 2
We must accept on a certain level the strange new world in which we live: one in which young people spend more time planted in front of machines that deliver many, many ambiguous messages to them, instead of with friends and parents.
Smoking, Sex, and Health Care, Part 1
We talk a lot about the potential ill effects associated with youthful over-immersion in the media, but a storyline is emerging with an opposing viewpoint.
Bonfire of the Inanities

The dual subjects of gun control and media violence have been debated extensively and then mysteriously slipped from sight. We would do well to take a step back and review the basic facts about media violence and what professionals in the area of child medicine, psychiatry, and psychology have concluded.

The dual subjects of gun control and media violence have been debated extensively and then mysteriously slipped from sight. We would do well to take a step back and review the basic facts about media violence and what professionals in the area of child medicine, psychiatry, and psychology have concluded.

Asperger Nation: On Toddlers Becoming Consumers

An astonishing new phenomenon is now sweeping the nation: the turning of toddlers and preschoolers into consumers of media gadgets. Though many parents are major players in this social trend, there are good reasons for them to pause and contemplate what they are doing.

An astonishing new phenomenon is now sweeping the nation: the turning of toddlers and preschoolers into consumers of media gadgets. Though many parents are major players in this social trend, there are good reasons for them to pause and contemplate what they are doing.

The American Girl’s Dilemma

Young American females grow up in a kind of cultural vise. Immersion in the media is playing a crucial role in the childhood obesity epidemic. At the same time, the "ideal" body type thrown constantly before their eyes is that of the thin, almost gaunt female—an ideal hopelessly out of reach for most.

Young American females grow up in a kind of cultural vise. Immersion in the media is playing a crucial role in the childhood obesity epidemic. At the same time, the "ideal" body type thrown constantly before their eyes is that of the thin, almost gaunt female—an ideal hopelessly out of reach for most.

Self-Centered: The New Normal?

In a real sense, the zeitgeist in the early 21st century whispers to our kids to take care of themselves and ignore the community at large. We are living in changing times, an era of a poorly studied morality shift.

In a real sense, the zeitgeist in the early 21st century whispers to our kids to take care of themselves and ignore the community at large. We are living in changing times, an era of a poorly studied morality shift.

Taming the Holiday Beast

Modern sentiment regarding the holiday season still relies on the three virtues at the core of the ancient holiday spirit—giving, hope, and the innocent awe of the child—but moves them in troubling directions.

Modern sentiment regarding the holiday season still relies on the three virtues at the core of the ancient holiday spirit—giving, hope, and the innocent awe of the child—but moves them in troubling directions.

Violence, Inc. and the Advent of the Hero

Why does the problem of daily gun deaths in America seeming so acceptable? Is it the centrality that violence plays in the American identity? We tend to see violence as a solution to problems. In fact many of our greatest heroes wield guns with epic precision.

Why does the problem of daily gun deaths in America seeming so acceptable? Is it the centrality that violence plays in the American identity? We tend to see violence as a solution to problems. In fact many of our greatest heroes wield guns with epic precision.