Strife's Rich Pageant

Psychiatry

The "Mick Jagger of Psychiatry"?

Matt W. Wolff on October 17, 2021

What do you get when you cross a famous psychiatrist and pop music? "Life Before Death."

What do you get when you cross a famous psychiatrist and pop music? "Life Before Death."

Health

So, My Grandma Went to High School With Ernest Hemingway

Matt W. Wolff on April 5, 2021

Filmmaker Ken Burns takes another look at Ernest Hemingway—a life marked by hard drinking and major periods of depression.

Filmmaker Ken Burns takes another look at Ernest Hemingway—a life marked by hard drinking and major periods of depression.

Imposter Syndrome

What Type of Impostorism Is It? Syndromic or Phenomenal?

Matt W. Wolff on December 20, 2020

Strife's Rich Pageant provides clarity (?) on a commonly (mis)used psychological term.

Strife's Rich Pageant provides clarity (?) on a commonly (mis)used psychological term.

Trauma

John Lennon: 40 Here, 40 Gone

Matt W. Wolff on December 6, 2020

John Lennon died at age 40, 40 years ago. A decade before his death, he became one of many thousands to experience a radical new type of therapy, and then made a record about it.

John Lennon died at age 40, 40 years ago. A decade before his death, he became one of many thousands to experience a radical new type of therapy, and then made a record about it.

Ethics and Morality

"Durrrr Bob Hartley" Orders More Goo to Go

Matt W. Wolff on November 26, 2020

Bob Newhart's classic Thanksgiving episode from 1975 remembered. A psychologist does his best to care for of his patients, 2 of his friends, and himself on a melancholy holiday.

Bob Newhart's classic Thanksgiving episode from 1975 remembered. A psychologist does his best to care for of his patients, 2 of his friends, and himself on a melancholy holiday.

Neuroticism

"Best Thanksgiving Episode Ever" or Ethical Minefield?

Matt W. Wolff on November 21, 2020

A famed Thanksgiving episode of a '70s sitcom about a funny psychologist is still enjoyable decades after it first aired. But it may not present the profession in the best light.

A famed Thanksgiving episode of a '70s sitcom about a funny psychologist is still enjoyable decades after it first aired. But it may not present the profession in the best light.

Health

Assisted Outpatient Treatment: A First-Hand Perspective

Matt W. Wolff on November 14, 2020

Part 3: The conversation with mental health policy advocate Eric Smith concludes.

Part 3: The conversation with mental health policy advocate Eric Smith concludes.

Gender

Assisted Outpatient Treatment: A First-Hand Perspective

Matt W. Wolff on November 13, 2020

Part 2: A conversation with policy advocate Eric Smith, continued.

Part 2: A conversation with policy advocate Eric Smith, continued.

Gratitude

Assisted Outpatient Treatment: A First-Hand Perspective

Matt W. Wolff on November 7, 2020

Assisted outpatient treatment helped save the life of a promising young man. He's becoming one of its most articulate champions.

Assisted outpatient treatment helped save the life of a promising young man. He's becoming one of its most articulate champions.

Health

Mad Magazine Would've Dubbed Netflix's 'Ratched' 'Wretched'

Matt W. Wolff on September 27, 2020

Netflix tries to reimagine the origin of a legendary literary and screen villainess, with mixed results.

Netflix tries to reimagine the origin of a legendary literary and screen villainess, with mixed results.

Friends

Podcasts Can Help Us Feel Connected in a Cut Off World

Matt W. Wolff on September 7, 2020

We are said to live in a "Golden Age" of podcasting. This comes at just the right time for the sometimes very lonely world in which we are living.

We are said to live in a "Golden Age" of podcasting. This comes at just the right time for the sometimes very lonely world in which we are living.

Health

Another Look at Mental Health on the Prairie

Matt W. Wolff on August 24, 2020

Music and mental health as sung about in a classic Michael Martin Murphey tune.

Music and mental health as sung about in a classic Michael Martin Murphey tune.

Health

(Too) Little House on the (Verge of) Prairie (“Madness”)

Matt W. Wolff on August 16, 2020

"Prairie Madness" was the term once used to explain the psychological toll on the men, and more frequently, women who settled the American west.

"Prairie Madness" was the term once used to explain the psychological toll on the men, and more frequently, women who settled the American west.

Depression

What Laura Ingalls Wilder Can Tell Us About Lockdown Life

Matt W. Wolff on August 2, 2020

Can burrowing into nostalgic favorites like "Little House on the Prairie" provide insight? Laura Ingalls Wilder's tales provide readers (and viewers) with more than simple escapism.

Can burrowing into nostalgic favorites like "Little House on the Prairie" provide insight? Laura Ingalls Wilder's tales provide readers (and viewers) with more than simple escapism.

Online Therapy

I’m Not Ready for My Closeup!

Matt W. Wolff on July 6, 2020

Telehealth from the other side of the lens.

Telehealth from the other side of the lens.