Opinion
Fetal alcohol exposure overlooked again?
Ask pregnant women this question: “When did you realize you were pregnant and were you doing any social drinking before you knew?” Dr. Carl C....
Opinion
Were the voices really tied to voodoo?
Dr. Carl C. Bell describes the steps he took to end a patient’s psychotic symptoms.
Opinion
More empathy for women
Dr. Carl C. Bell says the antitestosterone hormones he is taking are changing his perspective.
Opinion
Make your evaluations and progress notes sing
Dr. Carl Bell says using language this is descriptive – and precise – can “turn the drudgery of charting into some fun.”
Opinion
Acute psychosis: Is it schizophrenia or bipolar disorder?
Dr. Carl C. Bell uses a psychosis NOS diagnosis until it’s possible to ascertain patients’ post psychotic functioning.
Opinion
Up-close view of climate change proves sobering
Dr. Carl Bell says he now better understands Dr. David Alan Pollack’s warnings about the mental health effects of climate change.
Opinion
Medical students and psychiatry
Psychosis can be caused by at least 40 different factors, according to Dr. Carl C. Bell.
Opinion
Data on perinatal choline, neurodevelopment sparking practice changes
Dr. Carl C. Bell says his proposed public health fix for ending “occult prenatal alcohol exposure” is not difficult at all.
Opinion
Why is loxapine overlooked, underprescribed for psychosis?
Dr. Carl C. Bell says Dr. William Glazer was right to suggest that loxapine might act as an atypical antipsychotic agent – without the side...
Opinion
Did psychiatry take a wrong turn?
Dr. Carl C. Bell marvels at what sometimes looks like the seamlessness between childhood psychiatric diagnoses and those that show up in adults....
Opinion
The human mind: Wasted or cultivated?
Dr. Carl C. Bell says he is curious about how psychiatrists direct their mental activities.
News
Is the pay-to-publish movement a good thing?
Is it me, or is anyone else worried about the online, pay-to-publish movement sweeping science?
Opinion
Is the suicide story fake – or just misleading?
Dr. Carl C. Bell questions whether the way suicide data are being interpreted is correct.
Opinion
Words do matter – especially in psychiatry
Dr. Carl C. Bell urges psychiatrists to use language that is more precise.
Opinion
Fetal alcohol syndrome: Context matters
Dr. Carl C. Bell says he’s glad that a study raised awareness about FASD but wonders why the community he serves doesn’t get more attention.