Gerald P. Perman, MD

Explore Jacques Lacan's revolutionary psychoanalytic theories, including the Imaginary, Symbolic, and Real registers, reshaping our understanding of identity and desire.

To be successful, telehealth visits must come as close as possible to in-person appointments. One psychiatrist shares his best practices.

While still practiced, psychoanalysis has become an infrequent treatment modality because of its cost, limited insurance reimbursement, and the desire of patients to find quicker and less burdensome treatment methods.

Lacan’s teachings have continued to generate interest and controversy since his death in 1981. Here’s why.

Does psychiatry’s future lean towards online practice?

Let’s take another look at telepsychiatry.

One psychiatrist considers the advantages of virtual psychiatric treatment for both patients and clinicians.

Drs differ on the advisability of reading a certain famous French psychoanalyst.

Lacan has a devoted following throughout much of the non-English-speaking world (where he is the best-known psychoanalyst) but he is mostly unknown to the English-speaking psychiatric community (where he is the least-known psychoanalyst).

Over the years, I have found a number of metaphors, adages, and even a parable to be helpful in letting my patients know that they have been heard and to provide them with psychological comfort and support.