Opinion
A prescription for de-diagnosing
Similarly to polypharmacy, “polydiagnosing” has negative effects.
Opinion
Will we ever outgrow the Goldwater rule?
Psychiatry staying silent on the matter of public figures leaves a void filled by other, arguably less qualified, individuals.
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Should psychiatry categorize
‘substance-induced paraphilia?’
The dopamine receptors of the brain get their fair share amid the didactics we receive in residency. From discussions of antipsychotics and...
Opinion
Britney Spears – Reflections on conservatorship
Regardless of whether psychiatry attempts to stay out of such affairs publicly, our field remains intimately involved in the process itself.
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Substance use or substance use disorder: A question of judgment
Should we discharge the intoxicated patient as soon as they are safe to walk out or make every effort possible to find long-term solutions?
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Is empathy the limit to sociopathy?
Criteria used to diagnose antisocial personality disorder are ripe for subjectivity by experienced or biased forensic psychiatry evaluators.
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Heroes: Nurses’ sacrifice in the age of COVID-19
“Imagine spending an entire year laboring through the heavy task of lifting patients to prone them in a position that may save their lives,” said...
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Polydoctoring: The case against fragmented psychiatric care
My main concern with the fragmentation of modern psychiatry stems from my belief that the most important facet of our work is our relationship...
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Excited delirium: Is it time to change the status quo?
The term comes at a cost, and there is concern of its disproportionate application to Black people, several psychiatrists contend.
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Is psychiatry coddling the American mind?
Does the endless pursuit of nonjudgment and validation corrupts the doctor-patient interaction? Dr. David Lehman and Dr. Nicolas Badre ask.
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Are aging physicians a burden?
In our practice, the most common reason for those minor mistakes during our clinical evaluation is anxiety, said Dr. Nicolas Badre and Dr. Alan A...
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COVID-19: An opportunity to rehumanize psychiatry
We should also promote as much humanity as society and public health safety will permit, said Dr. Nicolas Badre.
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Burnout: A concept that rebrands mental illness for professionals
The concept of burnout may actually hinder physicians from seeking necessary and appropriate professional care, said Dr. Nicolas Badre.
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Sequential intercept model is really a ‘no-intercept model’
“I have not yet been asked by anyone if the amount of care a patient is obtaining is too fragmented,” Dr. Nicolas Badre writes.
Opinion
Conflicting psychiatric agendas in our polarized world
Dr. David Lehman and Dr. Nicolas Badre call on psychiatry to make decisions informed in biopsychosocial constructs that best suit the patient in...