Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: August 21, 2023
Lack of family support is both a predictor and a consequence of perinatal depression.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: April 11, 2023
We must think systemically about interpersonal dynamics. This is our lane. This should not be controversial.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: September 20, 2022
Even though households with children reported more conflict during the pandemic than before it began, they also reported more cohesion.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: July 5, 2022
Whatever type of parenting a woman chooses, you can be sure that she, not the father, will be held accountable.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: March 16, 2022
The science of empathy and social behaviors shows us that our need for interpersonal connection is hardwired.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: January 19, 2022
A family systems orientation is distinguished by its view of the family as a transactional system.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: October 8, 2021
Every village must contend with finding the balance between traditional medical knowledge and the discoveries of science, said Dr. Alison M. Heru.<...
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: July 21, 2021
The method has been empirically vetted and expanded to countries beyond, including the United States, said Dr. Alison M. Heru.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: April 13, 2021
“There is a real change happening,” said Dr. Margaret G. Klitzke. “But the place where it becomes really magical is in working with the families.”<...
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: January 14, 2021
Frame issues around race as ones that couples are able to solve in family therapy, says Dr. Alison M. Heru.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: December 14, 2020
Dr. Brendan Kelly and Dr. Muiris Houston have given us this rich profile of one of her lifelong heroes, said Dr. Alison M. Heru.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: September 2, 2020
Dr. Alison M. Heru offers guidance aimed at helping psychiatrists deescalate conflict tied to racism within families.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: July 13, 2020
Several questions can help psychiatrists elicit internalized racism in patients of color, according to Dr. Alison M. Heru.
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: March 20, 2020
Predictive processing moves psychiatry away from psychodynamic explanations of behavior to explanations that are brain based, said Dr. Alison M. He...
Opinion
- Author:
- Alison M. Heru, MD
Publish date: January 2, 2020
When thinking about relationships, predictive processing makes clinical sense, says Dr. Alison M. Heru.
