Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Pediatrician Arti Lal discusses her article, “Why ADHD in women is finally getting the attention it deserves.” She explores why new ADHD diagnoses nearly doubl…
Category: Psychiatry
How medicine repurposing enables value-based pain management and insomnia therapy
In today’s evolving health care environment, value-based care is reshaping the future of medicine. The push toward value-based care demands innovative, cost-effective, and patient-centered solutions. A promising yet underutilized strategy is medi…
Forced voicemail and diagnosis codes are endangering patient access to medications
I won’t be using CVS pharmacies anymore. Sure, I may still need to send prescriptions their way as a physician—but as a consumer, I’m done. Why? CVS has recently implemented a new phone system that forces callers to leave a voicemail instea…
Why the U.S. mental health care system is failing and how to fix it [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Internal medicine physician and author Robert C. Smith discusses his article, “Medicine’s mental health crisis: why the system is failing us.” He reveals…
Why psychotherapy works and why psychotherapy fails
What is psychotherapy? Psychotherapy is a talking process between a patient and a psychotherapist. Psychotherapy makes connections among feelings, thoughts, impulses, and behaviors to understand what works and what gets in the way of meeting life’…
How President Biden’s cognitive health shapes political and legal trust
In the realm of American politics, discussing the mental fitness of a sitting president – or the performance of a former one – is as delicate as it is critical. As a psychiatrist, I am profoundly aware of the ethical constraints outlined by…
What Elon Musk and Diddy reveal about the price of power
I remember those days well. Long before the era of Beyoncé and Jay-Z, another Hollywood “power couple” captivated the world: Jennifer Lopez and Sean “Diddy” Combs. J.Lo brought the glamour and Latin flair, while Diddy embodied t…
Understanding depression beyond biology: the power of therapy and meaning
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) defines mental health, including depression, in terms of pathology or a deviation from normal that is reliably exhibited in observable behaviors. It describes genetics and risk factors, di…
Why “do no harm” might be harming modern medicine
Recently, while reading The History of Medicine by William Bynum, I was struck by a line that quietly reframed a great deal of what we claim to believe about our profession. Reflecting on how medicine has evolved, Bynum writes: “When in doubt, re…
How I redesigned my life as a physician without abandoning medicine
It was 7:45 a.m., and I stood frozen in the middle of a sidewalk on campus, barely awake undergrads shuffling past me on their way to morning classes. My daily walk to work cut through a part of the university where the college of medicine sits beside …
