My oldest sister, 63, has claimed to know more than doctors for years and has dabbled in natural health remedies.
In the last few years, however, she has begun to seriously "diagnose" illnesses in others, usually less informed people who are needy, and some people are not taking prescribed medications, or are taking over the counter medication at a much higher dosage than recommended, at her instruction.
Why does she do this? Answered by:Eric Marcus
It is hard to know without talking to her, but some people do this as a way of handling their own fears of illness and the resulting powerlessness they fear.
Eric R. Marcus, M.D.
Director, Columbia Unviersity Center for Training and Research
Eric R. Marcus, MD is Director of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research and professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a training and supervising psychoanalyst.He is a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, and a fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and of the American College of Psychoanalysts. His teaching awards include the Columbia University President's Teaching Award, the Roeske teaching award of the American Psychiatric Association, the Shabshin teaching award o...
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