Diagnosis Missing: The FBI Should Monitor Its Agents’ Mental Health

The Washington Post – Outlook Section
March 11, 2001
By Alen J. Salerian, MD
In the mid-1990s, the FBI sent me to a Southern city to do a psychological evaluation of one of its undercover agents. The reason: The agent was having an affair with a member of the criminal organization he was investigating.
I spent about a week [...]

Hoarding – OCD, Psychotherapy and Medication

By Gregory H. Salerian, MCSW
Hoarding as a result of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a psychobiological symptom that is treatable.
A few months ago I was talking with a friend who was concerned about her aunt who was about to be evicted from her apartment due to “hazardous conditions” deemed by the Fire Department. Her aunt, [...]

Washington Friends Mystified by Astronaut

Washington Friends Mystified by Astronaut
WUSA9.com
February 8, 2007
Alen J. Salerian, MD quoted
By Bruce Leshan
(WUSA) — Local friends of the astronaut accused in that strange love triangle attack are still struggling to understand how she could do it. The coat over her head may be the perfect analogy for mystery of Lisa Nowak. How could a mother [...]

Addicted: Obsessed With Killing?

Addicted: Obsessed With Killing?
CBS News
October 18, 2002
Alen J. Salerian, MD quoted