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Low-dose lithium treats suicidal ideation safely
4+ hour, 46+ min ago (268+ words) A patient in his 20s recently came to see me in a state of severe distress. He described feeling consumed by his thoughts, constantly anxious, unable to function, and deeply exhausted. His sleep had collapsed. His sense of identity felt lost....
The truth about psychiatric supplements and mental health
3+ week, 4+ day ago (130+ words) Depression is where the strongest evidence lives. Anxiety has fewer winners than the internet claims. Sleep is where people overspend and underthink. Schizophrenia is where false hope does real damage. What should patients and clinicians do now We need a…...
How naming grief can restore meaning in medical practice
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (592+ words) Almost every day, a physician says to me some version of the same sentence. It may sound like frustration about metrics. Or exhaustion. Or administrative opacity. But beneath it is something more elemental: "I am grieving what I hoped medicine…...