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Anniversary: Survivors Know It’s That Time

By Frank Ochberg M.D. on April 21, 2010

Biological clocks tick to celestial time. We needn’t be consciously aware of the calendar or of the setting sun to know in our bones that winter is a-comin’ in or that the day is done. Circadian rhythm refers to the daily changes in our bodily functions, including blood pressure and blood sugar, that fluctuate with some [...]

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Ochberg: A Primer on Perpetrators and Insanity Defenses

By Frank Ochberg M.D. on March 20, 2010

Editor’s Note: Frank Ochberg’s post, below, was written in the days after the shooting Feb. 12 at the University of Alabama at Huntsville, where three faculty members were killed and three others were injured. Amy Bishop, then a biology professor at the U of A, has been charged in the shooting and a preliminary hearing [...]

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