What if the cost of being a “good doctor” didn’t have to be your well-being? For many physicians—especially those drawn to lifestyle medicine and whole-person care—this question feels quietly radical. We’ve been conditioned to g…
Category: Psychiatry
How AI and genetics are revolutionizing psychiatric diagnosis and treatment [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Psychiatrist Muhamad Aly Rifai discusses his article, “The future of psychiatry: How AI and genetics are reshaping mental health care.” Muhamad explores how th…
Why real therapy isn’t just about crisis
Maybe you’ve struggled to put the shattered mirror of yourself back together, and you don’t want to unearth what you’ve been able to put to rest. Plenty of people decide that psychotherapy is not for them, and we are, as our own indiv…
How America became overmedicated—and what we can do about it
In a revealing snapshot of American mental health, the CDC recently reported that nearly 1 in 4 adults in the United States may be taking psychotropic medications. This staggering number should both draw attention and raise questions. Are we truly addr…
Medicine’s mental health crisis: Why the system is failing us
An excerpt from Has Medicine Lost Its Mind?: Why Our Mental Health System Is Failing Us and What Should Be Done to Cure It. One of society’s great issues is who decides what science does—the public or science. For example, the populace has taken …
Data accuracy failures in health care [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Internist and psychiatrist Muhamad Aly Rifai discusses his article, “How data accuracy failures are costing lives and money in health care.” He explores the co…
Why it’s OK to feel conflicted about motherhood [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Psychotherapist and author Margo Lowy discusses her article, “Maternal ambivalence: the side of motherhood no one talks about.” She explores the often unspoken…
Criminalizing care: How the system turned on physicians
Physicians are healers; they were not meant to be hunted. Yet in modern America, the very system that once revered physicians has turned against them, weaponizing regulations and laws into weapons and transforming healers into criminals. The Controlled…
Why systemic thinking can transform both therapy and medicine
In his book Cross Pollinations: The Marriage of Science and Poetry, Nabhan illustrates the interconnection between thinking across varied fields and how one specifically might inform the other. He is by no means the first or only thinker to harness loo…
Beyond resilience: Confronting physician burnout as a chronic condition
Practicing medicine is an incredible privilege. Our rigorous training allows us to combine science and compassion to heal and support patients through both challenging and healthy times. However, this privilege often comes with significant challenges, …
