Opinion
Is psychiatry coddling the American mind?
Does the endless pursuit of nonjudgment and validation corrupts the doctor-patient interaction? Dr. David Lehman and Dr. Nicolas Badre ask.
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Are aging physicians a burden?
In our practice, the most common reason for those minor mistakes during our clinical evaluation is anxiety, said Dr. Nicolas Badre and Dr. Alan A...
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COVID-19: An opportunity to rehumanize psychiatry
We should also promote as much humanity as society and public health safety will permit, said Dr. Nicolas Badre.
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Burnout: A concept that rebrands mental illness for professionals
The concept of burnout may actually hinder physicians from seeking necessary and appropriate professional care, said Dr. Nicolas Badre.
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Sequential intercept model is really a ‘no-intercept model’
“I have not yet been asked by anyone if the amount of care a patient is obtaining is too fragmented,” Dr. Nicolas Badre writes.
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Conflicting psychiatric agendas in our polarized world
Dr. David Lehman and Dr. Nicolas Badre call on psychiatry to make decisions informed in biopsychosocial constructs that best suit the patient in...
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Criminals in the psychiatric ED
The ability of psychiatric hospitals to solve nonpsychiatric problems is limited, write Dr. Nicolas Badre and Dr. David Lehman.
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Why we need another article on suicide contracts
Promises of zero suicides are well-meaning but possibly misleading to families and patients, according Dr. Nicolas Badre and Dr. Sanjay S. Rao.
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Should we defend the unrestrained availability of patented psychotropics?
Dr. David Lehman and Dr. Nicolas Badre take the field of psychiatry to task for making “unfounded claims.”
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Depression: a changing concept in the age of ketamine
If a patient’s depression is alleviated in an hour, was it really clinical depression? Is it truly in remission? ask Dr. Nicolas Badre and Dr....
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A prescription for ‘deprescribing’: A case report
Deprescibing can be performed safely and effectively, according to Dr. Nicolas Badre.
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Focus on symptoms over stories is detrimental to separated families
Dr. Nicolas Badre and Dr. Francesca Lehman say “complex PTSD” as defined by the updated ICD-11 will better capture the scope of patients’ trauma...
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Homelessness: A need for better care
Dr. Nicolas Badre and Dr. Mari Janowsky wonder whether current constructs of mental health narrow the reach of psychiatry.
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Mental health reporting laws: A false answer to gun violence
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
Dr. Nicolas Badre urges psychiatrists to reeducate the public about the power – and limitations – of psychotropics.