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Monday, April 03, 2017

Roy on the Pros and Cons of Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland two years ago, and this summer we will be getting our first dispensaries.  Psychiatrists are ...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Guest Poster Dr. Maher on Dealing with Changes in Psychiatry Through the Years (But Especially Now)

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Obviously, psychiatry has changed over time. We've gone from a field where treatment was mostly psychotherapy-- I'll purposely om...
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Friday, March 24, 2017

Committed has a Website

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http://www.committedbook.com/ You are cordially invited to visit CommittedBook.com to read about our book on involuntary psychiatric ...
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Wednesday, March 08, 2017

Really? Can't we be nicer? Objecting to sending those in mental health crisis directly to jail.

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Hi, it's been a while.  I have been ranting in other venues, and caught up a bit in the All-Trump-All-The-Time phenomena.   So my l...
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Sunday, February 12, 2017

Still More on Guns and Mental Illness

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The issue with mental illness and guns is so hard to explain to people. While there have been mass shooters with mental illness, in ...
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Friday, February 10, 2017

Assorted Frustrations, Plus a Book and TV Series Review

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I've been finding the world to be a frustrating place, and when I'm frustrated, I write.  It could be worse.  I've written a ...
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Thursday, February 02, 2017

Breaking Heroin's Grip: a documentary by Maryland's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

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Breaking Heroin’s Grip:  Road to Recovery Airing Saturday, February 11 at 7pm Breaking Heroin's Grip:  Road to Recovery is...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

What's In Committed? So Glad You Asked....

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It's Sunday night, so I'm hopeful that our new president is watching TV and not signing any new executive orders that re-shape ou...
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Sunday, January 22, 2017

The Answer to the Problem of Violence & What I learned at #WomensMarchinWashington

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Yesterday, I was among the 1% or more the US population to show up at one of the Women's Marches. These weren't just in the US, but...
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Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Another Mass Murder Spurs Many Responses

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Almost two weeks ago, it happened again: a man with a history of psychiatric symptoms opened fire and killed people in the Fort Lauderda...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Join Us at APA!

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This May, the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting will be in San Diego.  I'm thinking ahead here, but people often m...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Honoring Carrie Fisher

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10. On not being defined by your mental illness: ...
Monday, December 26, 2016

Helping Doctors Get Help

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Every year, roughly 400 doctors and medical students die from suicide.  To put this in perspective, there are roughly 100 medical student...
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Sunday, December 18, 2016

Home Inspection and Double Billing: Two Kindle Novels for Free, and Happy Holidays to Our Shrink Rap Readers

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Happy Holidays! At this time of year, I like to set up free downloads to two of my novels. You can get these books for free on your K...
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

It Happened! Link to Yesterday's NPR Diane Rehm Show on Involuntary Psychiatric Care

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The third time scheduled was a charm and we had a wonderful time going in to Washington to be on Diane Rehm's talk show.  Okay, so th...
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