Insurance companies, government agencies, and the pharmaceutical industry all push for mental health care that is brief, intermittent, and focused on quick fixes, despite the fact that many people struggle with emotional difficulties that can only be addressed over time… — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
When it comes to health care policy, we keep failing to take seriously the value of human relationships. The cost of this oversight is staggering. — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
Most of what we know about human life we know from asking people to remember the past, and as we know, hindsight is anything… — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
Poor parenting may be reflected in poor sibling relationships. — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
People who are more isolated than they want to be from others find that they are less happy, their health declines earlier in midlife,… — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
Putting labels on entire groups of people makes things much simpler. If all New Yorkers are pushy, or all politicians are dishonest, we don't… — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
The fact remains that many of the most creative and innovative hypotheses that are eventually verified by empirical research are born in the consulting… — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
An essential question regarding treatment is whether psychodynamic therapy is effective for specific disorders. — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
Sibling relationships have been underemphasised in learning about child development. — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
A troubled marriage can be as hazardous to physical health as cigarette smoking. — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
As we grow up, we're constantly defining ourselves. In my case: Caucasian, male, born in Iowa, live in Boston, Zen Buddhist, good at learning… — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
In medicine, we spend billions each year on doing and a fraction of that amount on listening and reflecting. — Robert J. Waldinger Copy Share Image
