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by euthymiclabs 5y ago
I can't say enough good things about my induction cooktop. It's as responsive as gas, but puts out more power than a home gas stove. Plus, it's incredibly easy to clean. Love it.
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by euthymiclabs 5y ago
Which is how people think clinically. Schizophrenia spectrum disorders are the most common forms of lasting psychosis. Psychopathy isn't related.
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by euthymiclabs 5y ago
Correct, dehydration-related complications are possible during opioid withdrawal, and I agree that it's hard to put a number on cases. The other significant risk is suicidality, which is very common during opioid withdrawal. In general
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by euthymiclabs 5y ago
Psychiatrist here. This is true, and most people find recovery eventually without a formal program. Working with a doctor can make it much less comfortable in many cases--and in the case of opioids, can offer several options that can be lif
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by euthymiclabs 5y ago
Agreed. This paper https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMra1602872 (which isn't available open access, unfortunately) argues that the brain changes in substance use are more likely normal learning associated w
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by euthymiclabs 5y ago
Psychiatrist (and addiction psychiatrist in training) here. I agree that calling substance use disorders a disease is highly problematic. However, I think that while the majority of people who use substances don't have a problem, there
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by euthymiclabs 5y ago
More accurately, I might say it's a protestant Christian app, whereas Mormonism considers itself restoration Christianity and may not fit as well here.
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
Saw this on 3/31, and got really nervous for a moment that I'd have to pay to copy and paste. (I tend to only copy and paste syntax that I can't remember. Anything more complex tends to be risky.)
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
Modern psychology is heavily driven by both theory and empiric techniques. The theories themselves are rich and generally cohesive, but without empirical validation, they are essentially bare philosophy. Of course they aren't as water
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
Agreed. Blind trust is always a serious risk.
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
In psychiatry, we've thankfully replaced the term "Munchausen syndrome by proxy" with the much more accurate "medical child abuse." Parents hurting children by creating medical illness is an important problem to mon
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
Love this! I was just trying to search for studies on weight gain in a very uncommon medication. I'll have to pester my institution about this.
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
I'm really excited about this. United States policy has typically been more restrictive of addiction treatment than to much more dangerous medical practice. For example, on day one of residency, I was allowed to prescribe unlimited qua
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HHS Expands Access to Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder(hhs.gov)
3 points by euthymiclabs 6y ago|2 comments
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
Note that "antidepressant" is largely a marketing term. The drug in particular is fluvoxamine, a potent selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). This doesn't mean that other antidepressants will work (if fluvoxamine rea
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
Not surprising, unfortunately. Our "call room" in one hospital during residency was a utility closet. There are mandates of what to do, but hospitals routinely ignore them. Who will report problems? No resident wants to have their
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
This really isn't true. (Source: I'm a psychiatrist who treats some forms of chronic pain, while also treating people with opioid use disorder who started with prescription pills). Good psychotherapy for chronic pain explicitly ac
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The cardinal rule of mental health(feelbetterlater.com)
3 points by euthymiclabs 6y ago|0 comments
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
I love this. I run (a little), but have never enjoyed it. I've never once experienced a "runner's high"--even when I ran 5-6x per week for years. I still do it a couple times a week because it's a quick way to get m
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Tiny, Smooth, Critical Goals(feelbetterlater.com)
2 points by euthymiclabs 6y ago|0 comments
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
All EHRs are bad, some are just worse than others. With the right build, Epic is one of the least bad. But the wrong build can really be soul-destroying.
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by euthymiclabs 6y ago
Perhaps. The older generation has a lot of trouble with computerized systems in general. The younger generation of doctors (including me!) can handle them just fine but find them still to be an overwhelming waste of time. I'd love it i
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by euthymiclabs 8y ago
Very true. I can't tell you how many of my physician colleagues still think that sleep hygiene is a treatment. It's not ( https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17162987 ). Good CBT-I is different, but we still do
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by euthymiclabs 8y ago
Good point. The science has been around since the 60's and 70's, but the evidence base has only become overwhelmingly positive over the last 20 years. And from a guidelines perspective, the European Sleep Research Society started
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by euthymiclabs 8y ago
As many others have noted, the title is inaccurate; cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is a well established treatment. There are a few other minor inaccuracies in the article: chronic insomnia requires only 3 months of sleep disturb
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Sleep hygiene is not an effective treatment for insomnia(slumbercamp.co)
4 points by euthymiclabs 9y ago|1 comments
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Anatomy of an Android app launch: The CBT Keeper experience(euthymiclabs.com)
2 points by euthymiclabs 12y ago|0 comments