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Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization: Tell Me Your Stories of How it Helped You 24 Aug 2013 | 11:01 pm
A while back, I asked readers to tell me their stories of how they felt injured by being hospitalized against their will. Now I want to ask for stories from those who felt like being hospitalized was...
Facebook No More (At Least for Now) 23 Aug 2013 | 06:42 am
It hasn't been the easiest of summers for me. As I've mentioned before, my brother died unexpectedly. And then last week, a neighbor's house burned down in the most dramatic of ways. Watch those can...
Why Are Inmates Dying? 20 Aug 2013 | 03:57 pm
In yesterday's New York Times there was a story by Erin Banco called Suicides Worry Experts at Big Jail in Capital. The story talks about four deaths at the DC jail this year and the general worrying ...
EMR's : Good or Bad 20 Aug 2013 | 07:55 am
Over on GregSmithMD, Dr. Smith talks about the downside of Electronic Medical Records: Thing one: they distract the doctor, Thing Two: They take a lot of time and decrease free/casual/down/recharging ...
Is the Government Getting in the Way of Treating Those With Severe Mental Illness? 16 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
So Twitter led me to Pete Earley's blog this morning, and that led me to The National Review for an article by E. Fuller Torrey and D. J. Jaffe -- see : After Newtown; The existing federal mental-heal...
Are Too Many Anti-Depressants Being Prescribed? 15 Aug 2013 | 08:47 am
Look, our friend Dr. Mojtabai and his study on the use of antidepressants is on the Well Blog in the New York Times! See a Glut of Antidepressants by Roni Caryn Rabin. Oh, and do read all 405 commen...
Back from Vacation: Roundup of Psychiatry in the New York Times 11 Aug 2013 | 06:10 am
It's August, and I've been away. Now I'm back. While I was gone, there were a number of articles in the New York Times that were Shrink Rap material. Here is a list, with thanks to Jesse for keepi...
Guest Blogger Simple Citizen on The Suicidal Patient's Right to Have Advance Directives Honored 27 Jul 2013 | 05:27 am
Simple Citizen is a psychiatrist reader with his own blog (see our sidebar). This started as a comment, but I asked to use it as a stand-alone post. Dr. Citizen writes: We have the right to die, .....
The Right To Die. Maybe. Sometimes. If You Don't Change Your Mind. Today. 23 Jul 2013 | 06:37 am
Great article in the New York Times Magazine, called A Life-or-Death Decision, by Robin Maranz Henig, about an ethicist Peggy Battin, who teaches and writes on the right to self-determination and end ...
WSJ: Paul McHugh Derides DSM5 for Failure to Progress 18 Jul 2013 | 11:48 am
Paul McHugh, MD, esteemed past Chair of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins, writes in the criticism from Tom Insel from NIMH. Paul eloquently explained his point, which makes a lot of sense. Wall Street Jou...
