by MBPdoctor | Oct 21, 2024 | Health
Happiness made simple: The 10 basic building blocks of happiness for most everyone Dog on lap. Fresh brewed coffee in hand. Sunlight streaming through open window. Good book waiting on side table. At such times happiness seems so achingly simple. Yet most of the...
by MBPdoctor | Apr 16, 2024 | Health
LH Pastor, MD, April 2024 Good for you, clicking on the intriguing title of this month’s blog post! After all, Curiosity is a quintessential resiliency strength! Curiosity leads us to discover new and often remarkable things! Notwithstanding, I hope you weren’t...
by MBPdoctor | Aug 25, 2023 | Health
Presented at the 2017 Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Services Continuing Education ConferenceAlexandria, Virginiaby Larry H. Pastor, M.D. Intro When we look at crisis intervention for the suicidal patient, what do we think of?Hospitalize, crisis care, discharge to...
by MBPdoctor | Jul 18, 2023 | Health
Larry H. Pastor, MD Et in Arcadia Ego by Nicolas Poussin Sober Anticipation of Death (SAD): psychiatrist George Vaillant identified “anticipation” as a key defense mechanism of high-functioning individuals.[1] SAD, short for “sober anticipation of death”, is a...
by MBPdoctor | May 20, 2023 | Health
A brief description of the Resiliency Strengths found in books, movies, & stories Larry H. Pastor A resiliency strength is a strength, attitude, belief, habit, or behavior that we rely on when going through rough times, in order to help deal with bad...
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