Psychiatrist + Brooklyn Hasidim
January 29, 2020 7:06 AM Subscribe
Help me find this article online!
A couple of years ago I read a first person account by a doctor in New York who'd been hired by a Brooklyn rabbi to treat Hasidim with serious psychiatric illnesses. I recall he had office hours one day a week in a shabby room with little privacy. Members of the community, both male and female, came for help with their various problems - OCD, delusions, hallucinations.
I recall looking up the doctor online. He was Jewish but I don't believe he was orthodox. He definitely was not Hasidic. He may not have been a psychiatrist, but a general MD with training in psychotherapy.
I may have found the article via The Browser. I can't find it there or in my own browser history. For some reason this has been eating away at me for awhile. It was a moving piece and I'd like to find it again. Maybe someone here can send me in the right direction?
A couple of years ago I read a first person account by a doctor in New York who'd been hired by a Brooklyn rabbi to treat Hasidim with serious psychiatric illnesses. I recall he had office hours one day a week in a shabby room with little privacy. Members of the community, both male and female, came for help with their various problems - OCD, delusions, hallucinations.
I recall looking up the doctor online. He was Jewish but I don't believe he was orthodox. He definitely was not Hasidic. He may not have been a psychiatrist, but a general MD with training in psychotherapy.
I may have found the article via The Browser. I can't find it there or in my own browser history. For some reason this has been eating away at me for awhile. It was a moving piece and I'd like to find it again. Maybe someone here can send me in the right direction?
Response by poster: That's it!! Thank you dlugoczaj!!
posted by 6thsense at 10:43 AM on January 29, 2020
posted by 6thsense at 10:43 AM on January 29, 2020
That was a FASCINATING read, thank you both so much for asking/answering this question!!
posted by mccxxiii at 1:32 PM on January 29, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by mccxxiii at 1:32 PM on January 29, 2020 [1 favorite]
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posted by dlugoczaj at 7:16 AM on January 29, 2020 [8 favorites]