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Our team has contributed to a variety of esteemed medical journals, clinical handbooks, and health magazines on topics pertaining to all aspects of mental health.
News Articles
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The Cycle of Narcissistic Abuse
Interview with Dr. Tom Franklin
The cycle of narcissistic abuse is a pattern of harmful behaviors used by one person to manipulate and exploit another. It usually consists of a four-stage pattern: idealization, devaluation, discard, and hoover. Psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr. Thomas Franklin, MD shares his expertise on this topic.
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What Happened to Adolescence?
Psychology Today article by Tom Franklin
I recently attended a dinner party of well-heeled middle-aged couples. Over dinner, one engaged, well-regarded Mom, a PTA president, suggested she didn’t want her 13-year-old son to answer the door because it was dangerous. Suddenly, the table got quiet, and a quick look around showed nodding heads and sympathetic looks. When I suggested that the risk to our teens of not being able to competently answer the door was greater than the minuscule risk of opening it to a dangerous stranger it fell on surprisingly deaf ears.
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When Outpatient Psychiatric Care Is Not Enough
Written by Eric M. Plakun, MD Thomas Franklin, MD The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry
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Sheppard Mullin's Nota Bene Podcast
Nota Bene Episode 166: Mental Health in Great Organizations with Dr. Thomas Franklin and Dr. Marina Nikhinson of the Mindwork Group
In this episode, Dr. Thomas Franklin and Dr. Marina Nikhinson of the Mindwork Group join host Scott Maberry to explore what the best companies in the world are doing to promote the mental health and well-being of their people.
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Psychbytes Post, You Never Leave Home
Written by Dr. Marina Nikhinson
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Can You Measure Anxiety With a Blood Test?
Zac Cordner, quoted
“I do think that it will be important to see whether this technology produces similar results in different clinical settings. And that is just yet to be determined,” Cordner told Verywell.
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Here’s What Really Matters in Preventing Dementia. It’s Not All Brain Teasers and Crosswords.
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How antidepressants can help you manage depression and find relief from persistent sadness
Dr. Zac Cordner, quoted
“Unfortunately, we don’t have the ability to know which patients will respond best to which specific [antidepressant] treatment,” says Zachary Cordner, MD, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins Medicine. “With persistence and sometimes trial and error, depression is almost always treatable.”
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'Careful medication selection' key when treating depression, anxiety, sleep issues
Q&A with Dr. Zac Cordner
Zachary A. Cordner, MD, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, spoke with Healio about the relationship between sleep and depression and anxiety.
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When I Suddenly Stopped Taking Antidepressants, I Was Panicked and Ashamed
Dr. Zac Cordner, quoted
“Running out of meds is really quite common, and people should try not to blame themselves,” Zachary Cordner, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, tells me. “There are really complicated situations that involve a lot of different factors.”
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Psychodelics, Psilocybin Grand Rounds, Hopkins
Dr. Zac Cordner, Recorded talk on YouTube
Let us lend our expertise
Thomas Franklin, M.D.
Dr. Franklin has been featured in notable publications such as Shape Magazine, Women’s Health Magazine, Baltimore Style Magazine, Psychodynamic Psychiatry, Psychiatric Advocacy Handbook, Psychiatric Clinics of North America and Psych News. His speaking engagements include presenting at the Sheppard Pratt Health System, the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and the American Psychoanalytic Association National Meeting.
Marina Nikhinson, M.D.
Dr. Nikhinson has written book reviews for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders: A Clinical Handbook, is a recipient of the Clarence G. Schulz Award for Best Psychotherapy Paper and often presents at the American Psychoanalytic Association Annual Meeting. She also is a frequent speaker at a number of prestigious medical universities and facilities including the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, George Washington University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Zac Cordner, M.D.
Dr. Cordner has extensive expertise in leadership, mentorship, education, and program building as well as over 15 years of research experience that has been supported by major grants from the National Institutes of Health and private foundations and resulted in over 40 scientific publications. He has been recognized by the American Psychological Association as a Fellow.
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