Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Doctors and Nurses Addicted to Opioids Are Often Barred from the Most Effective Treatment
Kudos to Emma Yasinski for this piece about depriving healthcare workers of the most effective treatment for opioid dependence.
Do You Have An Addictive Personality? 3 Signs & When To Worry
Kudos to Jenni Gritters for this piece about addiction. One of the upshots is that if some drug, activity, or person causes you to jeopardize important elements of your life (such as employment or housing) then you just might be … Continue reading
The Latest Mass Shooting on Fox News
I’ve been watching the coverage of the El Paso mass shooting on Fox News for the last hour. To a person, everyone who spoke, including Texas’ Republican governor and Fox News hosts, showed real horror about what happened. It is … Continue reading
US Needs to Stop Torturing Children–Kudos to USA Today
Good for USA Today for this editorial–I was very surprised and gratified to see they’d quoted me about the lasting harmful effects of what our country is doing to children.
Child detention is creating a mental health crisis
Truly astonishing that our government is actively taking steps to make conditions as horrid as possible for immigrants who are fleeing death in their home countries. For the record, I have seen numerous individuals who only fled their home countries … Continue reading
Insurance Companies Will Make Money and You and Your Family are the Ones Paying the Price
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/having-health-insurance-doesn-t-mean-mental-health-care-access-ncna1026181
Why MDs Who Need Psychiatric Care Often are Told to Go to Kansas (Spoiler Alert: It’s About Money!)
Why are physicians referred to Kansas for psychological assessments, even when excellent facilities exist in their home states? Read here from Psychology Today to find out!
Investigative Journalism Story about Physician Health Programs (PHPs)
PHPs are rife with conflicts of interest. They often operate with very little scrutiny or oversight, and the only folks who complain about their practices are often physicians who’ve been referred to them (because most don’t know how they operate, … Continue reading
We Ought to Legalize ALL Drugs and Authorize/Mandate Treatment for Abusers
Not sure if I posted this when it came out, but throwing folks in jail for drug use ITSELF ought to be a crime. They need and deserve our help and treatment.
Blaming Others: What’s Really Behind the Talk about the Wall
Kudos to Amina Rahimi, a first year Harvard Medical Student. She and I co-authored this piece on immigration in Psychology Today. As the subtitle states: “Our greatest threat is not immigrants. It is ourselves.” Interesting that some of the early … Continue reading