Patrick Melrose' is a frantically accurate exploration of the addict mind tormented by trauma, magnificently brought to life by Benedict Cumberbatch. At its core, it is a story that has a timeless quality with echoes of Cervantes. — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
Childhood trauma is the rocket fuel for addictive pathology, and this fundamental truth is laid bare in 'Patrick Melrose.' — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
An Internet 'relationship' doesn't have to be catastrophically harmful to be inappropriate. Hurtful is bad enough. — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
Trauma super charges addiction and makes it really bad. It doesn't necessarily cause it, though it can trigger it. It's not necessarily the issue… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
The term 'doctor' has been so abused lately! I didn't live in a hospital for 10 years so that term could be bastardized. — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
Particularly women need to pay attention to what is unique to their own personal biology and emotional systems, and not deny it. — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
Every person is highly individualized so if a person is seriously concerned, then they first need to get a medical evaluation and make sure… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
All medicine is gradations and differences and nuances. And there's such a thing as natural recovery: people spontaneously get better. It happens. — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
Narcissism is not about self love. It's a clinical trait that belies a deep sense of emptiness, low self-esteem, emotional detachment, self-loathing, extreme problems… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
Millennials really don't perceive hierarchies. They either don't perceive them or don't like them. — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
You should hear all the people talking to me about Heath Ledger, and yet I'm the only person shooting his mouth off out there… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
