Nicolas Badre, MD

Opinion

Mental health reporting laws: A false answer to gun violence

Author:: Nicolas Badre, MD

Publish date: February 27, 2018

Dr. Nicolas Badre and Dr. Yash Joshi point out the danger in unjustifiably alienating a vast number of patients.

Opinion

Our fascination with medication compliance

Author:: Nicolas Badre, MD

Publish date: January 17, 2018

Dr. Nicolas Badre urges psychiatrists to reeducate the public about the power – and limitations – of psychotropics.

Opinion

Personality disorders and the court system

Author:: Nicolas Badre, MD

Publish date: November 15, 2017

As forensic psychiatrists, one of our main roles is to apply the Dusky standard to assess competency. In this regard, multiple times a week, we see...

Opinion

Ethics in compulsory treatment of patients with severe mental illness

Author:: Nicolas Badre, MD

Publish date: September 11, 2017

“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” – Potter Stewart, U.S. Supreme Court JusticeAn unde...

Opinion

Debunking false claims about mental illness and violence

Author:: Nicolas Badre, MD

Publish date: July 14, 2017

Why would a woman kill her only child - a son with schizophrenia?

Article

French psychiatrist condemned for society’s deficiency

Author:: Nicolas Badre, MD

Publish date: January 3, 2017

Decisions on removing patients’ right to freedom can be informed by the mental health perspective but should be left to the courts. Society’s need ...