There is growing recognition that the broken American health care system is taking a toll, not just on patients and their families,…
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During his 2004 stand up “Never Scared,” Chris Rock said, “I love rap music, but I am tired of defending it.” That…
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Why do we treat psychiatric illness different from other illness?
by Banu Symington MD February 25, 2018I recently had the opportunity to be the informal medical navigator for a friend with an acute psychiatric crisis. This previously “normal”…
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What #MeToo must learn from the science of sexual harassment
by Shaili Jain MD February 23, 2018As a psychiatrist, I’ve spent almost two decades caring for patients who have survived sexual trauma, be it childhood sexual abuse, rape…
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Across the United States at least forty people die each day from overdosing on opioids like Vicodin, codeine, heroin, and oxycontin. Seven…
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I did not need help. I could do it myself. I never asked, and anyone who worked with me quickly understood they…
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“I can’t do this anymore,” Mary* said to me after morning rounds. As third-year medical students, this could have been in reference…
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I am a physician in recovery and just celebrated my fifth-year anniversary on October 11, 2017. While in active addiction, my drugs…