Sunday, November 15, 2015

APA Misses On The Opioid Crisis - Several Times

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The above infographic is courtesy of the CDC (see attribution for the direct link).  To those of us involved in treating addictions t...
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Saturday, November 14, 2015

Reductionism Is Not A Dirty Word...

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A recent opinion piece in the New York Times, by George Makari, MD has me shaking my head.  The thesis was that a recent headline grabbi...
Saturday, November 7, 2015

The Myth of "Rescue" Medications

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First off a clarification.  I am talking about the specific case where a short acting medication is added to a long acting form of the same ...
Monday, November 2, 2015

Minnesota's Mental Health Crisis - The Logical Conclusion of 30 years of Rationing

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It is clear to me that Minnesota doesn't want to hear from any psychiatrists.  Psychiatrists in this state have been complaini...
Saturday, October 31, 2015

UW 3rd Annual Update - Treatment Resistant Depression

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There were two presentations relevant to depression that were given at the UW conference this year.  The first ...
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Should Science, Engineering and Math Majors Go In To Psychiatry?

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I got an e-mail from a young electrical engineer the other day who was interested in psychiatry and asked me about ...
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Sunday, October 25, 2015

University of Wisconsin 3rd Annual Update

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I just finished the 3rd Annual Update and Advances in Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin in ...