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Meaning, Medications, and Psychodynamic Psychopharmacology: Discussion with David Mintz
Exploring medication effects mediated symbolically
Nov 29 • 
Awais Aftab
The Clinical Craft of Psychiatric Medication Tapering: Q&A with Anders Sørensen
“Withdrawal teaches you, as the clinician, that you don’t control the process. Successful tapering is inherently patient-led, and there’s a kind of…
Nov 23 • 
Awais Aftab
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Dr Anders Sørensen
6 Suggestions for DSM-6
Making the next DSM look less like a house of mirrors
Nov 20 • 
Awais Aftab
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DSM Disorders Disappear in Statistical Clustering of Psychiatric Symptoms
Mar 9, 2024 • Awais Aftab
Confessions of an Ambivalent Psychiatrist
Feb 1 • Susan T. Mahler, MD
Schizophrenia Is the Price We Pay for Minds Poised Near the Edge of a Cliff
May 10 • Awais Aftab
How Antidepressants Work
Oct 19, 2024 • Awais Aftab
People Are Stumbling From One Misguided Narrative About the Medical Model to Another
Apr 28, 2024 • Awais Aftab
Rich Girl Rehab
Jul 5 • Sorbie
The Unsettled Work of Psychiatry in 2025
The ethical demand to honor complexity and pluralism
Nov 19 • 
Awais Aftab
In Search of the Unclassified Residuum: Q&A with Rachel Aviv
“There are stories that save us, and stories that trap us, and in the midst of an illness it can be very hard to know which is which.”
Nov 15 • 
Awais Aftab
Understanding Detransition(s) in Transgender Healthcare
A latent class analysis from the DARE study
Nov 9 • 
Kinnon Ross MacKinnon
Sikorav Against the World
A French psychiatrist’s efforts to do right by his patients brought him into conflict with the medical bureaucracy
Nov 7 • 
Awais Aftab
From Here to Humility
At every stage, a clinician must be willing to acknowledge that they do not have all the answers
Nov 5 • 
Stephanie Foster
You Aren't in the DSM
Five editions on, the DSM shoulders more responsibilities than it was ever intended for. How did we get here?
Published on Asterisk Magazine  • Oct 28
Psychiatric Diagnosis and the Endgame of Validity
From Validators to Utilitators
Oct 25 • 
Awais Aftab
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