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.

Friendship Center

“We may not remember the past or be sure of the future, but we can cherish this bright and shining moment.” -Unknown As part of my ongoing efforts to bring the Healthy Mind – Healthy Future readers useful information about the many wonderful services available to our community. Today I will be discussing the superb programs and...

Suicide

“Ah’m tired of livin’ / An’skeered of dyin’” -Jerome Kern, ‘Ol’ Man River – from the musical “Showboat.” This past Tuesday I was honored once again to be asked by Mike Williams and Ted Adams to be a guest on their radio show, “Community Alert”, on KZSB 1290. This time to discuss the...

PANDAS

No, today’s column is not about those adorable bamboo-eating bears from China. PANDAS is an abbreviation for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections. The term is used to describe a set of children who often have a dramatic "overnight" onset of symptoms, including motor or vocal tics (such as...

Conversion Disorder (Hysterical Neurosis)

“Pain is real when you get other people to believe in it. If no one believes in it but you, your pain is madness or hysteria.” – Naomi Wolf Conversion disorder, in the past known as “hysteria”, is a condition in which individuals ‘convert’ psychological stress (a mental or emotional crisis) into physical symptoms. Although...

Hospice of Santa Barbara Part 1

“Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees. Time can break your heart, have you begging please, begging please. Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure. And I know there'll be no more tears in heaven.” ~Eric Clapton and Will Jennings I had a wonderfully enlightening, and at the same time beautifully peaceful, experience the...