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Tag Archives: psychiatry
Things That Sometimes Work If You Have Anxiety
Anxiety disorders are the most common class of psychiatric disorders. Their US prevalence is about 20%. They’re also among the least recognized and least treated. We have sort of finally beaten into people’s thick skulls that depression isn’t just being … Continue reading
The Case Of The Famous Physicist
I. Old news, but I only just heard about it: Long Island woman says psych ward doctors believed she was delusional for insisting Obama follows her on Twitter. The story: a woman was brought in for psychiatric evaluation. During the … Continue reading
Reflections From The Halfway Point
I. A while back one of my patients was having a foot problem, so I consulted the hospital podiatrist. He met me in my workroom, and I explained exactly what I needed from him, but over the course of the … Continue reading
Prescriptions, Paradoxes, and Perversities
[WARNING: I am not a pharmacologist. I am not a researcher. I am not a statistician. This is not medical advice. This is really weird and you should not take it too seriously until it has been confirmed] I. I’ve … Continue reading
Nefarious Nefazodone And Flashy Rare Side Effects
[Epistemic status: I am still in training. I am not an expert on drugs. This is poorly-informed speculation about drugs and it should not be taken seriously without further research. Nothing in this post is medical advice.] I. Which is … Continue reading
Polemical Imbalance
Today is an exciting day for me. I got argued against on Mad In America. This one is going straight to my resume. Mad In America apparently doesn’t like being called an anti-psychiatry blog, so let’s call it a blog…that … Continue reading
Chemical Imbalance
[content note: mental illness. I am still in training and do not understand these issues even as well as a fully-trained psychiatrist, let alone a researcher, so take all the biology and studies in here with a grain of salt … Continue reading
Highlights From My Notes From Another Psychiatry Conference
I took a break from my busy schedule at Our Lady Of An Undisclosed Location to attend another local Psychiatry Conference. This conference consisted of a series of talks about all the most important issues of the day, like ‘The … Continue reading
Early Intervention: You *Might* Get What You Pay For
I find myself caught between the genetics community – which takes it as a given that childhood experiences and education have a very limited role in shaping life outcomes – and the psychiatric community, which takes it as a given … Continue reading
Pharma Virumque
Going around the psychiatry blogosphere recently: this segment by John Oliver about doctors who take pharmaceutical company money: I will resist the urge to geek out about its minor medical errors1 in favor of clarifying something more important. The impression … Continue reading