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Prescribing lifestyle changes: When medicine isn’t enough
In prescribing lifestyle changes, it is important to offer most of these changes as suggestions, not as things we insist on.
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As psychiatrists, do we offer hope or do we offer death?
If you’re in favor of legalization of clinician assistance in a patient’s death, the term is “medical assistance in dying.” If you’re opposed, the...
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The newest form of mommy shaming: The 'narcissistic mother'
While we have decided what parents owe our children, it is unclear what parents might ask in return.
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Prior authorizations: Time to rebel?
Physicians’ ability to help their patients remains compromised and administrative tasks consume valuable time.
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Stutz: The psychiatrist as movie star
“Stutz” is a movie about a larger-than-life psychiatrist, one whose warmth and inspiration are healing.
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Can ChatGPT replace me?
Dr. Dinah Miller tries to determine if artificial intelligence provides a threat to the job security of human psychiatrists.
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Forced hospitalization for mental illness not a permanent solution
We need to create supports, including infrastructure to facilitate housing, access to mental health, and addiction treatment, before we resort to...
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The trauma of sudden death
When we talk about grief and loss, we talk about “getting over it,” or “moving on.” But loss doesn’t work that way.
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The importance of connection and community
Being a psychiatrist can be a solitary career, and it can take a little effort to be a part of larger worlds, especially for those who find solace...
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Fitness trackers: Useful in sleep medicine?
“Sleep tracking devices are more than just toys but less than medical devices.”
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The hunt for N-acetylcysteine: Medicine or dietary supplement?
NAC has caught the attention of psychiatrists because of claims that it may be useful in treating OCD, trichotillomania, and excoriation skin...