Dr. Strangedrug (or How I Learned to Spot Medication Effects)
One problem that keeps coming up like Bugs Bunny emerging from a hole away from Albuquerque, feeling perplexed. It's the problem of...
What Is The Radiation Risk From So Many CT Scans Being Performed In Such Short Time Frames?
This blog post will be short. It comes on the heels of three of my patients who have participated in more than one Computed Tomography...
True Professionalism: Fortify Your Insight and Self-Awareness
With everything that has come up because of the #MeToo movement, a problem I see with the male identity is a reluctance or resistance in...
Suicidal Thoughts as Purposeless Perceptions in Consciousness
A patient posed the following question to me in a moment of distress, asking "What is there to live for?" I know that the patient asked...
Need to Watch Word Choice When Crisis Counseling
What kind of training is given to the average suicide hotline counselor? I'll be the first to admit, I don't know. But I am almost...
Franklin from "Peanuts" and "Good Enough" Parenting: An Observation
The weather at the beach turned out to be beautiful. This was a month ago, and the beach was partially filled with people because of a...
The Need for Better Disclosure of Medication Risks
As with the vast majority of suicides that become known to us, in the days after the initial news was broadcast, the preventable tragedy...
What Have You Done Through Half of Your Summer Vacation Teachers?
The summer. The subject of such great songs as "Summer" by Calvin Harris, or "Summer of 69'" by Bryan Adams and, of course, "Summertime"...
When in a Big City in Mexico, Watch Out for This
This post is not for the obvious "watch out for drug cartels" which is a statement high on the "duh" continuum. It is about the taxi...
In This Way, Be Like An Ant (and not Ant-Man)
Have you ever watched a line of ants going about their business. They walk in one line, directly to their goal, trekking along over...
