Opinion
The cult of the suicide risk assessment
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
- Jason Compton, MD
Publish date: September 7, 2023
The rising fascination with repeated suicide risk assessment is misguided in its current form.
Opinion
Will we ever outgrow the Goldwater rule?
- Author:
- Jason Compton, MD
- Nicolas Badre, MD
Publish date: March 30, 2022
Psychiatry staying silent on the matter of public figures leaves a void filled by other, arguably less qualified, individuals.
Opinion
Should psychiatry categorize
‘substance-induced paraphilia?’
- Author:
- Jason Compton, MD
- Nicolas Badre, MD
Publish date: January 7, 2022
The dopamine receptors of the brain get their fair share amid the didactics we receive in residency. From discussions of antipsychotics and...
Opinion
Britney Spears – Reflections on conservatorship
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
- Jason Compton, MD
Publish date: November 16, 2021
Regardless of whether psychiatry attempts to stay out of such affairs publicly, our field remains intimately involved in the process itself.
Opinion
Substance use or substance use disorder: A question of judgment
- Author:
- Nicolas Badre, MD
- Jason Compton, MD
Publish date: October 19, 2021
Should we discharge the intoxicated patient as soon as they are safe to walk out or make every effort possible to find long-term solutions?