Opinion
Prescribing lifestyle changes: When medicine isn’t enough
In prescribing lifestyle changes, it is important to offer most of these changes as suggestions, not as things we insist on.
Opinion
As psychiatrists, do we offer hope or do we offer death?
If you’re in favor of legalization of clinician assistance in a patient’s death, the term is “medical assistance in dying.” If you’re opposed, the...
Opinion
The newest form of mommy shaming: The 'narcissistic mother'
While we have decided what parents owe our children, it is unclear what parents might ask in return.
Opinion
Prior authorizations: Time to rebel?
Physicians’ ability to help their patients remains compromised and administrative tasks consume valuable time.
Opinion
Stutz: The psychiatrist as movie star
“Stutz” is a movie about a larger-than-life psychiatrist, one whose warmth and inspiration are healing.
Opinion
Can ChatGPT replace me?
Dr. Dinah Miller tries to determine if artificial intelligence provides a threat to the job security of human psychiatrists.
Opinion
Forced hospitalization for mental illness not a permanent solution
We need to create supports, including infrastructure to facilitate housing, access to mental health, and addiction treatment, before we resort to...
Opinion
The trauma of sudden death
When we talk about grief and loss, we talk about “getting over it,” or “moving on.” But loss doesn’t work that way.
Opinion
The importance of connection and community
Being a psychiatrist can be a solitary career, and it can take a little effort to be a part of larger worlds, especially for those who find solace...
Opinion
Fitness trackers: Useful in sleep medicine?
“Sleep tracking devices are more than just toys but less than medical devices.”
Opinion
The hunt for N-acetylcysteine: Medicine or dietary supplement?
NAC has caught the attention of psychiatrists because of claims that it may be useful in treating OCD, trichotillomania, and excoriation skin...
Opinion
Is corporate telepsychiatry the solution to access to care problems?
Something has to account for the fact that care is more affordable through startups than through traditional psychiatric practices, says Dr. Dinah...
Opinion
Religious fundamentalism and later-life anxiety
It’s an illuminating journey, often sad and disturbing, sometimes funny and endearing, and ultimately uplifting.
Opinion
When suffering defies diagnosis
Some people are uncomfortable in ways that our lexicon does not capture, and sometimes medication helps with this discomfort.
News
Don’t equate mass shootings with mental illness
There is no psychiatric diagnosis that includes the symptom of shooting strangers, or shooting children.