An interview by Dr. Brian Goldman for the CBC Radio program White Coat, Black Art about Damaged, the impact of childhood adversity and the power of relationships. May 2022.
Childhood adversity is a ‘cause of causes’ of adult illnesses and mental health problems
An article in The Conversation in February, 2022.
High rates of COVID-19 burnout could lead to shortage of health-care workers
An article in The Conversation in August, 2021.
Good storytellers get better health care — but childhood trauma confuses the narrative
An article in The Conversation in July, 2021.
Burnout: ICU Staff Unaware Despite Evidence
An article in Medscape (registration required and limited to healthcare professionals) for which Bob was interviewed.
Medium.com, posted May, 2021. A true story about the importance of relationship in medicine
An op-ed arguing for legally equating spanking with assault, Toronto Star Sept 7 2018
A lecture (45 min.) given at Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Jan 31, 2018.
Good writers teach us what it is like to be sick, Medium.com, posted Feb 1, 2018, first published (as On Pathography) in Ars Medica, 2006 (anthologized in Body & Soul, UT Press, 2012)
An essay about pathography – memoirs about being sick.
Isaac, the man who lost the story he needs to live, Medium.com, posted Jan 11, 2018.
An essay that illustrates how trauma interferes with constructing a story about oneself and one’s health, making is harder to get better.
How childhood trauma can have a life-long impact on health, CBC Radio One, The Current, June 8, 2017
Bob and emergency medicine doctor , Howard Ovens, are interviewed by Anna Maria Tremonti.
How childhood trauma can lead to chronic illness, The Walrus, May 31, 2017
An essay arguing that childhood trauma is creating a public health crisis and advocating prevention.
Knowing yourself helps you get the right health care, Toronto Star, Jan 18, 2016
An introduction to the ways in which relationship style is linked to health and health care.
Let’s remember who we’re trying to help, Toronto Star, Jan 4, 2016
An op-ed arguing that disputes over the cost of healthcare are distracting healthcare professionals from attending to the needs of patients, and urging constructive discussion to fix a broken healthcare system.
As Ebola scare continues, let’s have some compassion for people who fear illness, Toronto Star, Oct 28, 2014
A health column introducing hypochondria to the general public as a serious mental illness.