Psychiatry Perspective

• It Feels Like COVID Is Closing In A psychiatrist discusses her mental struggle with COVID and offers up lessons from her own experience on how to cope.
  Medscape Psychiatry, December 03, 2021
• The Connection Between Psoriasis and Depression: What You Need To Know   Dr Richard Fried discusses psoriasis, its relationship with depression, and how to address symptoms to improve patients’ quality of life.
  Medscape Dermatology, December 02, 2021
• Last Month in Neurology Research: Some Ups, Some Downs   Dr Christoph Diener highlights five recently published studies, most of which failed to show a benefit to various interventions.
  Medscape Neurology, December 01, 2021
• We Physicians Must Pull Together as a Knowledge Community A new commentary is calling for clinicians to come together ― and notes that "kindness and respect for patients starts with kindness and respect for one another as colleagues."
  Medscape Psychiatry, November 30, 2021
• Question the 'Lab Leak' Theory. But Don't Call It a Conspiracy. If there's one thing the pandemic has taught us, labels get in the way of facts and make the truth that much harder to find.
  Knowable Magazine, November 29, 2021
• Grit and Gratitude: Pandemic Thanksgiving Reflections A young doctor reflects on what she is most grateful for this Thanksgiving: her grit.
  Medscape Blogs, November 29, 2021
• 25 Great Winter Vacations for Doctors: 2021 We've selected terrific locations where you can have fun, restore your spirits, and make the most of your winter vacation.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 24, 2021
• 20 Best Holiday Gift Ideas for Doctors For many people, gift-giving can be a time-consuming ordeal. Here are 20 gifts sure to please your favorite physician.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 24, 2021
• Obesity or Psoriasis: What Comes First? Many psoriasis patients present with associated comorbidities such as obesity, and while the former is not currently deemed a risk factor for COVID-19, adiposity is.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, November 24, 2021
• I Forget Names All the Time: Could This Be Alzheimer's Disease? An experienced nurse (and aging baby boomer) discusses the rising impact of Alzheimer's disease on society and healthcare.
  Medscape Blogs, November 24, 2021
• The Gender Pay Gap, Care Economy, and Mental Health How the gender pay gap is affecting women's mental health.
  Medscape Blogs, November 24, 2021
• 5 Things: What the Pandemic Has Made Me Most Thankful For As the year draws to a close, family medicine physician Sophia Tolliver reflects on what she's most grateful for.
  Medscape, November 22, 2021
• HCV Screening in Pregnancy: Casualties in the Quest for Elimination A hepatologist and an obstetrician debate the value of new recommendations to expand HCV screening to all pregnant women.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 22, 2021
• Medscape Malpractice Report 2021 Read about physicians' malpractice experiences and the latest lawsuit trends discovered in our 2021 survey.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 19, 2021
• Healthcare Disparities in Migraine   Drs Hope L. O'Brien and Larry Charleston IV discuss the effects of healthcare disparities in migraine and the importance of promoting equity.
  American Headache Society and Medscape, November 19, 2021
• I Haven't Rounded in 17 Months, and I Don't Miss It at All The COVID-19 pandemic claimed neurologist Allan Block's inpatient career, and he's fine with that.
  Medscape Neurology, November 18, 2021
• When Should Psychiatrists Retire? Finding the right time to retire requires some serious consideration of what you want out of your post-work life.
  Medscape Psychiatry, November 17, 2021
• My New Patient Was Taking 43 Prescription Drugs She came to our facility with a laundry list of medications and a belief that if 1 pill was good, 2 must be better.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 17, 2021
• Are SSRIs a New Weapon in the COVID Fight?   Is there a class effect of SSRIs on mortality in COVID? F. Perry Wilson comments on a new study.
  Medscape, November 16, 2021
• Are You a Good Conversationalist? Probably Not "How are you? I'm good … not really." How close-ended questions are keeping you from the conversation.
  Medscape Blogs, November 12, 2021