My latest writing on Substack. It describes the effects on our Army base in Iraq and on me when one of my patients killed himself there. If you find reading it worth while, please pass it along and subscribe!
#SuicidePrevention #Military #VeteransLivesMatter #war

Picking up

Steve Almond is a great writing teacher. I learned from him in a short-story workshop at the Post-Graduate Writers' Conference at Vermont College of Fine Arts. Can't wait to read his new book!
#writing #fiction

How To Write Egoless Prose, At Least For a Little While lithub.com/how-to-write-e… via Literary Hub

Important to understand the differences in sexes, not sure for precision medicine, but for better relating to each other.
#medicalresearch #relationships

Sex differences in sleep, circadian rhythms, and metabolism: Implicati... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

This is not surprising. Many in my area must go out of network for mental health care. We still need to recruit more into mental health. Pay them more!
#MentalHealthMatters

Access to In-Network Mental Health Care Still Lags Far Behind Other Medical Care: alert.psychnews.org/2024/04/access…

I traveled through northern Ohio into southern Michigan today. The poverty and struggles remain there that gets authoritarian figures elected.

I'm going through my bookshelf today, looking for something I should read but haven't. Settled on My Childhood by M. Gorky. Time to settle in for a downer of a Russian memoir. I must be in a masochistic mood.
#Russian #masochism #memoir

It's very concerning that ADHD might be linked to later dementia. The study doesn't address if treatment might reduce risk. Many fear ADHD treatment, but none is usually worse.
#MentalHealthMatters #dementia #ADHD

Psych News Alert: Adult ADHD Linked to Later Lewy Body Disease,

The study says more women suffered in silence during the pandemic than 'would be expected.' I would like a comparison with numbers now. The suffering continues because of extreme politics.
#WomenEmpowerment #LISTENNOW

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Chronic pain can erode you away. Yesterday, I laid around. Today, I'm fighting it. Why the change? Maybe it was the thunderstorm that just passed through, its awesome energy. Maybe I got angry enough at the pain to tell it to fuck off.
#ChronicPain #chronicillness

Can't wait to read Rushdie's new memoir on how he dealt with the stabbing. Trauma is often silencing. It's important to support and learn when someone is willing to open up about picking up the pieces.
#Trauma #memoir #MentalHealthMatters

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Latest edition of my newsletter, A Psychiatrist Returns from War. Learn about mental health care on the front lines. Better understand the feelings behind suicide to help prevent it. Subscribe. It's free!
#MentalHealthAwareness #SuicidePrevention

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This may come as a surprise to you (it was for me when I found out), but we can’t legally use FISA authorities to “wiretap” the Mexican drug cartel affiliates or the Chinese companies that make precursors for fentanyl. We are missing an enormous amount of information about supply

My home state. I'm glad they clarified that first cousins shouldn't marry. It's a proud moment.
#southerncharm

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Being in nature is important for mental health. Go camping or hiking!
#mentalhealth #outdoors #camping #hiking

Parks, Forests Boost Preschoolers' Mental Health healthday.com/health-news/ch…

It should surprise no one that Russia's police state tortures its own citizens. Reminiscent of Iraq's Saddam Hussein.
#RussiaIsATerroristState #dictator #UkraineRussiaWar

Russian Activist Who Helped Ukrainian Refugees Dies in Custody – Reports themoscowtimes.com/2024/04/08/rus…