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October 11, 2016
Unlocking the Secrets of Madness
The integration of psychiatry with neuroscience, biochemistry, and genetics
Mark Rubinstein, MD 
October 11, 2016
As a forensic psychiatrist, I have testified in courtrooms, at depositions, legal hearings, and inquests. I’ve been cross-examined by attorneys whose agenda was to discredit my testimony or demean psychiatry as a medical specialty. Two criticisms frequently leveled at psychiatry are: 1) Psychiatry has not changed significantly for the last sixty years and, 2) Psychiatry is the leas...
October 3, 2016
Dianne Harman Asked me to Say Why I wrote “Bedlam’s Door”
Several years ago I read a book by Mark Rubinstein, which I think was Mad Dog Justice, and 
was so taken by his writing that I believe I’ve since read every book written by him. Mark is a superb author, but what I find so interesting about him is that he has the ability to write brilliantly in a number of different genres.
His newest book, Bedlam’s Door, illustrates that ability perfectly. Mark is a psychiatrist and in this book be shares his psychologi...
October 2, 2016
‘The Nix,’ A Conversation with Nathan Hill
Nathan Hill’s stories have appeared in various literary journals and he has won or been nominated for many prestigious prizes. He is an Associate Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he has taught creative writing and liter
ature courses He has worked as a newspaper and magazine journalist, and holds a BA in English and Journalism from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
The Nix, his s...
September 30, 2016
Review of ‘Bedlam’s Door’ in The Providence Journal
“Bedlam’s Door”
Mark Rubinstein’s eye-opening “Bedlam’s Door” (Thunder Lake Press, $15.95, 280 pages) might not be fiction, but it certainly helps us better understand the methods and motivations of the psychologically damaged who populate both sides of the genre.
Rubinstein, who practiced psychiatry in the military and afterward, has framed his book around a series of case studies that, taken as a whole, strive to provide a keen and often scary grasp of what makes people do the inexplicabl...
September 27, 2016
‘Reckless Creed,’ A Conversation with Alex Kava
Alex Kava is the internationally bestselling author of fifteen thrillers which have been published in thirty-two countries. In 2015, she launched a new series featuring Ryder Creed, a former marine turned K-9 search-and-rescue dog trainer and Maggie O’Dell, a character from the previous series.
Reckless Creed, Alex Kava’s sixteenth thriller, finds Ryder Creed at the center of an ominous case. In Chicago, a young man jumps from his hotel room window; in Alabama, the body of a young woman is fo...
September 23, 2016
Book Review: Bedlam’s Door by Mark Rubinstein,M.D. B...
Today 1 in 5 Americans suffers from a mental illness. These diagnoses can be anything from anxiety, to depression, to psychosis or bi-polar disorder. Each illness varies in its effect and its degree of disability. Sadly these conditions remain suspect and misunderstood. The stigma surrounding mental health issues is so overwhelming that...
September 21, 2016
‘Santorini Caesars,’ A Conversation with Jeffrey Siger
Jeffrey Siger, a former Wall Street attorney, gave up his legal career to write mystery thrillers. Living on the Greek island of Mykonos, he has written his eighth novel in the Chief Inspector Andreas Kaldis series. His books have been nominated for the Left Coast Crime an
d Barry Awards.
Santorini Caesars begins with the assassination of a young demonstrator by trained killers in the heart of protest-charged Athens. Chief Inspector Kaldis, convinced the killing was far more than what it seeme...
September 13, 2016
‘Debt to Pay,” A Talk with Reed Farrel Coleman
Reed Farrel Coleman, a best selling author of 24 previous novels, has penned the popular Moe Prager series as well as other well-received books. He’s a three-time winner of the Shamus Award, and has won the Macavity and Barry Awards, among others.
Robert Parker, considered by many to have been the dean of American crime fiction, was the author of seventy books, including the series featuring Chief Jesse Stone.
After Parker’s death in 2010, Reed Farrel Coleman was chosen to keep this immensely...
September 9, 2016
“Bedlam’s Door” Interview
By Jeannette Ross on September 9, 2016 in Lead News, People ·
Mark Rubinstein’s new book is Bedlam’s Door, a collection of nonfiction stories from his career as a psychiatrist. — Jeannette Ross photo
Mark Rubinstein loves stories. It was a major factor in why he chose to specialize in psychiatry as he was working toward his medical degree.
General medicine was too uniform, he said — high blood pressure, gall bladders, heart ailments. “There are no stor...
September 6, 2016
‘Best. State. Ever. A Florida Man Defends His Homeland,’ A Talk with Dave Barry
Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times-bestselling author who lives in Florida. In Best. State. Ever. he offers a defense of his home state, countering the stereotypical image of Florida as “a subtropical festival of stupid.”
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You clearly feel Florida is everybody’s punching bag and have quoted an Internet site called Thrillist. Why do people have such a low opinion of the state?
We have done some stupid things. We’re still answering for the 200 presid...
