Approximately a million Puerto Ricans are expected to present with PTSD in the next 2 years and hundreds will die by suicide as a result of the hurricane writes Dr. Cesar Alfonso.
Only 2 percent to 3 percent of physicians nationwide are approved to prescribe buprenorphine, said Dr. Adam Bisaga. "We need to make this treatment available in every community”.
“Many people have theorized about gender identity," says Dr. Jack Drescher, but "in our current state of knowledge about how one forms a gender identity, the answer is that we don’t know.”
“It is well known that mood and anxiety problems — for example, major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder — frequently coexist with binge eating disorder,” says Dr. Allegra Broft.
"Psychiatrists often evaluate and treat people with a number of recognized risk factors for violence,” says Dr. Paul Appelbaum. "It makes sense that they would be at greatest risk.”
Dr. Carrie Barron says, "an impact on the environment, whether an imprint or a removal, lifts mood, provides concrete satisfaction and instills a sense of effectiveness."
Dr. Andrew Solomon discusses why some people are more resilient through depression than others. And he found that those who see value in their struggles fare better.
Dr. Arthur Williams suggests shifting patients who use benzodiazepines away from full-strength opioids to painkillers with a much lower risk of respiratory suppression and overdose.
“I think we downplay the mental aspect of how perimenopause affects us,” says Dr. Catherine Monk. “The more you can be at peace with it, the better that will serve you.”
