Articles & Updates
Glenn Miller, M.D. is a weekly contributor to the Santa Barbara News-Press. His column, Healthy Mind – Healthy Future, can be found every Saturday on page A2. The topics for the column are often initiated by personal questions from the readership audience.
Sleepy Kids – A National Epidemic
“Sleep is the golden chain that ties health and our bodies together.” --Thomas Dekker Each and every morning bleary-eyed teens are dragging themselves out of bed heading off to school half asleep. These groggy youngsters are often too tired to absorb much of what is being taught in their first classes of the day. A recent poll...
READ MOREFarewell To A Friend
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” ~Dylan Thomas I am terribly sad today. I recently lost an extremely close friend, after her long and valiant fight against cancer, and our world lost an incredible human being. Her name was Laura. I could not write of my loss, our loss, until...
READ MOREBaby Boomers
"I get all fired up about aging in America." – Willard Scott In recent years we have witnessed important celebrations marking the significant contributions from America’s Greatest Generation, those who grew up during the Depression and fought in World War II. While it is important for us to document their great successes, the next...
READ MOREWhy We Like Being Scared
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." – Franklin D. Roosevelt With Halloween just around the corner I was recently asked the question “Why do so many people like to be frightened?” Although I am definitely not an enthusiast of horror films, nor do I have a passion for being frightened, it is an interesting psychological...
READ MOREBorderline Personality Disorder
"Borderline individuals are the psychological equivalent of third-degree-burn patients. They simply have, so to speak, no emotional skin. Even the slightest touch or movement can create immense suffering." – Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness distinguished by...
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