My first book will come out in April 2021! What, exactly, is psychiatry? How do psychiatrists diagnose a patient’s mental disorders? The mental status exam…
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Originally published on Scientific American’s Blog on April 28, 2017. Neuroskeptic has launched the “mother of all blog posts” against my article, published earlier this…
Originally published on Scientific American’s Blog on April 25, 2017. In April, JAMA Psychiatry published a groundbreaking addition to its lineup: an educational review intended to educate…
Originally published in Scientific American MIND on March 1, 2017. Before this, article was originally published with the title “A Painful Descent into Addiction.” It…
Originally published on Scientific American’s Guest Blog on February 28, 2017. On January 2, 1979, Dr. Rafael Osheroff was admitted to Chestnut Lodge, an inpatient…
Originally published on Scientific American’s MIND blog on December 16, 2016. As a third year medical student I rotated through a sleep clinic. My job…
A close brush with jury duty led me to ponder what happens when the legal concept of guilt runs up against scientific notions of responsibility and free will (Originally…
