Benjamin Amendolara, MD

Opinion

Is empathy the limit to sociopathy?

Author:

Benjamin Amendolara, MD

Publish date: May 12, 2021

Criteria used to diagnose antisocial personality disorder are ripe for subjectivity by experienced or biased forensic psychiatry evaluators.

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Opinion

Excited delirium: Is it time to change the status quo?

Author:

Benjamin Amendolara, MD

Publish date: November 24, 2020

The term comes at a cost, and there is concern of its disproportionate application to Black people, several psychiatrists contend.

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Opinion

‘Defund the police’: An important moment for society and psychiatry

Author:

Benjamin Amendolara, MD

Publish date: July 20, 2020

Psychiatry can and should be much more than what it once was, according to Dr. Sahana Malik, Dr. Benjamin Amendolara, and Dr. Nicolas Badre.

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