When I saw sixteen-year-old Jimmy for the first time he entered my office with trepidation. Once again he would have to launch into an evaluation for his poor performance in school. He had been through this several times before. Some assessments yielded no other diagnosis than “he just is not motivated to do well”. […]
Read More →“Everything was going fine, Doctor, until three weeks ago. The school started sending home notes about Billy disrupting the class and not completing his assignments,” Mrs. Lucas said. “Is that right, Bill?” queried the boy’s pediatrician. “I dunno,” he mumbled while avoiding eye contact. “Well, Bill, you’re the only one who does […]
Read More →Recently a grandmother accompanied her daughter and grandchild in to see me. She was positive that the problem her five-year-old Susie was enduring was a case of worms. The child had been waking up in the middle of the night, thrashing and crying. She was difficult to calm down. And this had been going […]
Read More →Dear Dr. Samson, My entire family received flu shots before last winter. In the subsequent two months we have had the stomach flu a couple of times and the flu with sore throats and headaches at least once. What good are the flu shots if they don’t protect us? “Flu” is the most […]
Read More →Joe Smith had been a successful high school student with a GPA of 3.6. He had performed well on the varsity wrestling team and participated eagerly in student government. Lastly, he scored well on the SAT’s and was accepted into a well known eastern university. He had accomplished all this even though he had […]
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