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Trauma
Intentional Acts of Kindness 

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on July 9, 2020

This is a story about young African emigrés, survivors who fled to France for asylum from their respective country’s tyranny and torture. It is also a story about kindness.

This is a story about young African emigrés, survivors who fled to France for asylum from their respective country’s tyranny and torture. It is also a story about kindness.

Resilience
What Do We Know About Resilience in the Wake of Disaster?

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on March 20, 2020

The coronavirus, and the COVID-19 disease it unleashes, are unprecedented. These are circumstances that beg for human resilience: a capacity built into our nature for survival.

The coronavirus, and the COVID-19 disease it unleashes, are unprecedented. These are circumstances that beg for human resilience: a capacity built into our nature for survival.

Beauty
When You Got Nothing, Do You Got Nothing to Lose?

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on November 18, 2019

'Parasite' brings us face-to-face with the ageless dilemma, almost imponderable except through art, whether we can ever escape the corrosive indignities of class.

'Parasite' brings us face-to-face with the ageless dilemma, almost imponderable except through art, whether we can ever escape the corrosive indignities of class.

Health
Natcon19 Film Festival

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on October 6, 2019

These films speak powerfully to all of us interested in mental health, addiction, families, and child development.

These films speak powerfully to all of us interested in mental health, addiction, families, and child development.

Health
Bedlam

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on September 24, 2019

One sad irony is that not only do patients with serious mental illness often deny their illness, so too do their families.

One sad irony is that not only do patients with serious mental illness often deny their illness, so too do their families.

Environment
Alternate Endings: Six New Ways to Die in America

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on August 12, 2019

This HBO documentary courageously and intimately takes us into the lives of six families who decide, ahead of time, to take control of the dying process.

This HBO documentary courageously and intimately takes us into the lives of six families who decide, ahead of time, to take control of the dying process.

Narcissism
Never Look Away

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on May 12, 2019

Echoing through the nightmarish catacombs of 20th century totalitarianism, we follow the Richter-inspired character, Kurt Barnert, as his life unfolds under the Nazi and Communists

Echoing through the nightmarish catacombs of 20th century totalitarianism, we follow the Richter-inspired character, Kurt Barnert, as his life unfolds under the Nazi and Communists

Career
"The Mule": A Film Review

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on April 17, 2019

Earl is out of work, homeless, cast aside by his family. But when presented with very worthy causes...what's a guy to do?

Earl is out of work, homeless, cast aside by his family. But when presented with very worthy causes...what's a guy to do?

Traumatic Brain Injury
They Shoot Horses, But Not People

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on April 7, 2019

Where we as viewers resonate with the story line is that few of us elude or escape critical decision points, forks on the road we are walking in life.

Where we as viewers resonate with the story line is that few of us elude or escape critical decision points, forks on the road we are walking in life.

The Kominsky Method
Aging
Men Growing Old

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on February 16, 2019

For all the tribulations of older age, there is one universal balm, the antidote to the diminishment and misery of aging: Humor.

For all the tribulations of older age, there is one universal balm, the antidote to the diminishment and misery of aging: Humor.

Bias
How I Felt When I Saw That Girl

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on February 10, 2019

This Bollywood film is different. It takes us deep into Indian culture, with its long-standing animus to gay people.

This Bollywood film is different. It takes us deep into Indian culture, with its long-standing animus to gay people.

Relationships
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: A Review

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on December 13, 2018

The deepest dives we take are into family and love – love lost, love discovered, love recovered, and love that may be around the corner.

The deepest dives we take are into family and love – love lost, love discovered, love recovered, and love that may be around the corner.

Trauma
Homecoming (Not): Season 1

Lloyd I Sederer M.D. on December 3, 2018

It is very hard to create a Manchurian Candidate, a person chemically or psychologically altered to forget trauma or obey the tyranny of others.

It is very hard to create a Manchurian Candidate, a person chemically or psychologically altered to forget trauma or obey the tyranny of others.

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The Perfectionism Trap

When we fall prey to perfectionism, we think we’re honorably aspiring to be our very best, but often we’re really just setting ourselves up for failure, as perfection is impossible and its pursuit inevitably backfires.

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