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    Reflections and Opinions of a Mental Health Professional
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    Reflections and Opinions of a Mental Health Professional

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    "Reflection and opinion of a mental health professional is a collection of dynamic episodes that I have encountered during my 20 years working with the human mind. This literary work identified the impact of the devastation, which is inflicted to individuals suffering from mental illnesses and disorders. Sharing my insight, I have utilized poetry as the platform to discuss how mental illnesses can create havoc in every day life. My goal is to introduce the mental agony, suffering and distress in a less complex manner so people from different social backgrounds can relate. Poetry has a way of capturing ones interest, by deceitfully challenging their intellect to further examine the beauty of what was read. For the fearful that stray from reading about such dark, somber tales, I hope to enlighten them to reach within themselves and unveil any secrets that may be dormant or buried in the unconscious part of their mind. The Book is indeed about the product of my twenty years of practice as a Psychiatrist, including the three years I spent as a resident in the Howard University Hospital Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Twenty years that had an imprint and really marked me, as a human being and a physician, who has been blessed and honored by the privilege of working with the human mind.
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    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 15, 2013
    ISBN9781477278062
    Reflections and Opinions of a Mental Health Professional
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    Henry Claude Barbot

    Dr. Henry Claude Barbot is a graduate of the State University of Haiti. After obtaining his diploma in August of 1977, he proceeded to do a residency training in Internal Medicine at the State University Hospital, which he completed in September of 1980. Following after his father, Dr. Medrick P. Barbot, he later migrated to the United States in May of 1981 in order to further his medical education. After about 8 years in the United States, he was finally able to access the American world of medicine and completed his training in Psychiatry in June of 1993. Dr. Barbot is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology, the American Board of Addiction Medicine, and the American Board of Disability Analysts. He has been writing poetry in French, his native language, since his teenage years in the country of his birth, Haiti. However, he started writing about the human mind specifically when he initiated his residency training in Psychiatry.

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      Reflections and Opinions of a Mental Health Professional - Henry Claude Barbot

      © 2013 by Henry Claude Barbot, M.D. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 12/28/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-7808-6 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-7807-9 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-7806-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012918863

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Contents

      ACKNOWLEDGMENT

      PREFACE

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      CHAPTER 1: ANXIETY AND ANXIETY RELATED CONCEPTS

      HOME HOSTAGES AND PRISONERS

      INBORN WORRIERS

      THE NEVER FADING IMAGES

      CHAPTER 2: PERSONALITY AND PERSONALITY DEVELOPEMENT

      HAZARDS LINKED TO PSYCHOLOGICAL GROWTH

      VARIABILITY IN THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF HUMAN PERSONA

      TORMENTED SOULS

      ENTITLEMENT

      CHAPTER 3: UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS

      THE UNIVERSALITY OF DEATH

      THE FEAR OF DYING

      THE COURSE OF TIME

      CHAPTER 4: FORENSICS CONCEPTS

      VIOLENCE AND PSYCHIATRY

      MENTALLY DISTURBED PRONE SOCIETY

      CHAPTER 5: GERIATRIC CONCEPTS

      THE GOLDEN YEARS

      HEALTH AND OLD AGE

      COGNITIVE DECLINE

      CHAPTER 6: FOCUS ON SLEEP AND SLEEP RELATED CONDITIONS

      THE ANALYSIS OF SLEEP

      THE MYSTERIES OF SLEEP

      CHAPTER 7: CULTURAL MATTER

      HAITIAN VOODOO AN AFRICAN HERITAGE

      VOODOO CEREMONY

      CHAPTER 8: DEVELOPMENTAL MATTER

      DEFENSE MECHANISM AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES

      MAJOR STEPS OF THE LIFE CYCLE

      CHAPTER 9: MIND OVER MATTER

      THE POWER OF MIND

      CHAPTER 10: BIOLOGICAL CONCEPT

      THE NEUROTRANSMITTERS CONNECTION AND BEYOND

      BIOLOGICAL WONDERS, AT THE DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

      PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND NEURORECEPTORS

      NEUROLOGICAL PATHWAYS, PSYCHIATRIC BIOLOGY

      CHAPTER 11: HUMAN INTERACTION

      FEELINGS AND BEINGS

      DEMONS AND ANGELS

      CHAPTER 12: EMOTIONAL, SEXUAL ABUSE AND ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS

      DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS

      CHILDREN OF ABUSE

      CHAPTER 13: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC SUBTYPES

      PSYCHOTHERAPY OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM

      SUPPORTIVE/EXPRESSIVE/PSYCHODYNAMIC SPECTRUM

      CHAPTER 14: SEX AND SEXUAL DISORDERS

      SEX PHYSIOLOGY AND SEXUAL DISORDERS

      CHAPTER 15: PSYCHOSIS AND PSYCHOTIC CONCEPTS

      THE DEVASTATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

      THOUSAND FACES OF INSANITY

      INSANITY

      CHAPTER 16: PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL MATTER

      A TOUCH OF SUFFERING

      CHAPTER 17: MISCELLANEOUS

      A PIECE OF ART

      VISION

      REFERENCES

      SPECIAL THANKS TO:

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      ACKNOWLEDGMENT

      I would probably never have completed and published this book without the encouragement of my wife Joseline and my children Alina, Claudine, Henry Claude Jr., Henrika, and Joyce who all kept pushing me during the moments that I became reluctant and ambivalent about tackling this project. I also want to mention my colleague and brother-in-law Jean Joseph Lochard, M.D., who saw something valuable in my writings and kept emboldening me to move forward with it. I want to acknowledge my mother Anne Marie Blot and my late great aunt Alina Blot who both raised me. These women allowed me to become the person that I am today. Furthermore, I want to recognize my late father Medrick P. Barbot, M.D., who probably would have been proud of this accomplishment. He was the one who wanted me to follow in his footsteps. I am happy to thank all of you for believing in me and encouraging me to go on with the completion of this book. You all have brought out what could perhaps be the best of me.

      Henry Claude Barbot, M.D.

      PREFACE

      It is a great pleasure for me to introduce to the readers this fascinating book written by Dr. Henry Claude Barbot. As you are navigating through this book, you are right away captured by the diversity of the delightful subjects presented, which actually touch in some way the essence of life. Through these seventeen chapters, written with passion and a great knowledge of The Mental Health Field, we can easily recognize ourselves or relate to a family member, a friend, or a member of our community facing these psychiatric problems. That is indeed the beauty of this book. For too many of us, Psychiatry seems to be the part of the medical arena that frightens us the most. We consciously or unconsciously try to avoid it and refuse to make an effort to understand the dynamic of this specialty. Dr. Henry Claude Barbot definitely helps us to clearly understand in simple words the psychiatric events that may affect us every day, that we may not have fully comprehended before. Therefore, because we lack understanding, we are unable to play our part of helping to improve life for those experiencing mental problems. Furthermore, this book helps us realize that Psychiatrists should be much closer to us as our family’s friends, counselors, and advisors. We need to learn to consult them as soon as it becomes evident that their help is required, not when things are out of control and the situation becomes almost desperate. Let us consider all of the cases of suicides which could have been prevented if we were more attentive to the psychiatric aspects of so many problems that we are dealing with, either directly or indirectly. Some of the topics covered in this book include the following: personality development, the changes inherent to the major steps of the life cycle, the concept of aging and its impact on our health, domestic violence, child abuse, and even the peculiar subject of voodoo. In conclusion, I would like to commend Dr. Henry Claude Barbot for a job well done and invite you, the readers, to indulge in this book and get the best out of it.

      Enjoy!!!

      Jean Joseph Lochard, M.D.

      AUTHOR’S NOTE

      Reflections and Opinions of a Mental Health Professional

      Reflections and Opinions of a Mental Health Professional is a collection of dynamic episodes that I have encountered during my 20 years working with the human mind. This literary work identifies the impact of the devastation inflicted on individuals suffering from mental illnesses and disorders. Sharing my insight, I have utilized poetry as the platform to discuss how mental illnesses can create havoc in every day life. My goal is to introduce the mental agony, suffering and distress in a less complex manner so people from different social backgrounds can relate. Poetry has a way of capturing one’s interest, by deceitfully challenging their intellect to further examine the beauty of what was read. For the fearful that stray from reading about such dark, somber tales, I hope to enlighten them to reach within themselves and unveil any secrets that may be dormant or buried in the unconscious part of their mind. The book is indeed about the product of my twenty years of practice as a Psychiatrist, including the three years I spent as a resident in the Howard University Hospital Psychiatry Residency Training Program. Twenty years that had an imprint and really marked me, as a human being and a physician, who has been blessed and honored by the privilege of working with the human mind.

      The human mind, which seems so fragile and at the same time so resilient in its interaction with the inevitable stressors of our environment, the multiple stressors located everywhere in our world. Some of these stressors are necessary, in order to keep us on our toes and face our daily chores and challenges. Most of these stressors however, have been in place since the years before Christ. Since the origin of the world and throughout the years people have been facing disasters such as: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, inundations, hurricanes, tornadoes, wars and various type of losses; such as loss of important others, loss of jobs, loss of social status, loss of our mental acuity and maybe worst of all, the loss of our youth. Once it is gone, there is nothing that can be done about it. We all know that once time takes our youth in its frenzy course, it will become uncatchable, and before we know it, we will find ourselves at the dusk of our life. We will find ourselves looking frantically for a youth, which we will be unable to locate, since it will be in the custody of time. And once time takes our youth under its wing, it will be gone with it. It will disappear with it and will not give it back to us. It will take our youth on an irreversible trip! And the same way, time gone is lost forever; our youth will be lost forever. Since it will be intimately bonded with time, both will be lost forever. It is therefore useless to grieve for either one of them. Since nothing can be done to recapture them. Nothing can be done to even freeze them, keep them pending. Once unleashed, they both continue their course inexorably.

      Insensitive to our lamentations.

      Indifferent to our whining.

      Time will continue its chores; it will be engrossed in its callous task. Once it starts its

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