Opinion

A prescription for de-diagnosing
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
- David Lehman, MD
Similarly to polypharmacy, “polydiagnosing” has negative effects.
Opinion

Will we ever outgrow the Goldwater rule?
- Author:
- Jason Compton, MD
- Nicolas Badre, MD
Psychiatry staying silent on the matter of public figures leaves a void filled by other, arguably less qualified, individuals.
Opinion

Should psychiatry categorize
‘substance-induced paraphilia?’
- Author:
- Jason Compton, MD
- Nicolas Badre, MD
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
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
- Jason Compton, MD
Regardless of whether psychiatry attempts to stay out of such affairs publicly, our field remains intimately involved in the process itself.
Opinion

Substance use or substance use disorder: A question of judgment
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
- Jason Compton, MD
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?
Opinion

Is empathy the limit to sociopathy?
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
- Benjamin Amendolara, MD
- Jackie Ngo, MD
Criteria used to diagnose antisocial personality disorder are ripe for subjectivity by experienced or biased forensic psychiatry evaluators.
Opinion

Heroes: Nurses’ sacrifice in the age of COVID-19
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
“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...
Opinion

Polydoctoring: The case against fragmented psychiatric care
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
My main concern with the fragmentation of modern psychiatry stems from my belief that the most important facet of our work is our relationship...
Opinion

Excited delirium: Is it time to change the status quo?
- Author:
- Benjamin Amendolara, MD
- Sahana Malik, MD
- Alan A. Abrams, MD, JD
- Nicolas Badre, MD
The term comes at a cost, and there is concern of its disproportionate application to Black people, several psychiatrists contend.
Opinion

Is psychiatry coddling the American mind?
- Author:
- David Lehman, MD
- Nicolas Badre, MD
Does the endless pursuit of nonjudgment and validation corrupts the doctor-patient interaction? Dr. David Lehman and Dr. Nicolas Badre ask.
Opinion

Are aging physicians a burden?
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
- Alan A. Abrams, MD, JD
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...
Opinion

COVID-19: An opportunity to rehumanize psychiatry
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
We should also promote as much humanity as society and public health safety will permit, said Dr. Nicolas Badre.
Opinion

Burnout: A concept that rebrands mental illness for professionals
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
The concept of burnout may actually hinder physicians from seeking necessary and appropriate professional care, said Dr. Nicolas Badre.
Opinion

Sequential intercept model is really a ‘no-intercept model’
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
“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
- Author:
- David Lehman, MD, MPH
- Nicolas Badre, MD
Dr. David Lehman and Dr. Nicolas Badre call on psychiatry to make decisions informed in biopsychosocial constructs that best suit the patient in...