Amy Bischoff, B.S., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Suicide by young people is a serious, widespread problem. It is the second ranked cause of death among people ages 15-24 and the third one between ages 10-24 years (1). Suicide is of greater concern in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB), or sexual minority youth (2). A 2015 […]
Diksha Mohanty, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Smoking tobacco is bad for health and causes millions of people to die prematurely. Conventional cigarettes reportedly cause more deaths than car accidents, murder, and drugs. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are one alternative product that can heat a nicotine-containing solution and might be less dangerous than smoking; however, that contention […]
Diksha Mohanty, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Physician burnout is an emerging problem. Burnout is described as work-related discontent of doctors, with emotional fatigue, skepticism, and hopelessness; it may be a product of prolonged professional stress. Recent research documented significant symptoms in half of all physicians surveyed. Lack of action in response to this problem may […]
Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. Nearly a year has elapsed since the University of Toronto established the world’s first anti-psychiatry scholarship in November 2016, and now that the dust has settled, the moment seems opportune to consider the merit of the fellowship and the state of antipsychiatry more generally. The fellowship itself, a grant of […]
Sohaib Khaleel Mohammed, M.D., Angeline Prabhu, M.D., Samreen Fathima, M.D., Bilal Abaid, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Misuse of prescription opioids is a public health issue. In the United States (US), over two million adults annually abuse such drugs (1). By 2008, approximately 14 million people aged 12 years or older used oxycodone in their […]
Jyothi Chitekela, M.D., Angeline Prabhu, M.D., Bilal Abaid, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. “Is my patient really sick?”; you might have asked yourself this question! Such a circumstance may occur while assessing patients who present with Munchausen’s Syndrome. This illness is often a difficult diagnosis and/or a vexing differential. The condition was identified during the 1700s, […]
Shivani Naik, M.D., Murali K.Kolikonda, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is well known by its cardinal motor symptoms of tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural or gait instability. Parkinsonism without tremor is frequently misdiagnosed. That PD can also induce a pain syndrome is less widely recognized. Parkinsonian pain is prevalent in 40-85% of PD […]
Angeline Prabhu, M.D., Bilal Abaid, M.D., Shivani Naik, M.D., Sohaib Khaleel Mohammed, M.D., Melanie Lippmann, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Opioid overdoses are an emerging crisis in the United States. There is a dramatic increase in the number of deaths due to narcotic overdoses recently. Overdoses can induce obtundation, impaired cognition, and difficulty in breathing. Opioids […]
Shanti Pittampalli, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Affective illness is a devastating cause of suffering, morbidity, disability, and mortality. Even though there are many different interventions available, a significant number of depressed people initially fail to respond well to conventional therapies. Despite much research, the precise mechanism which results in depression remains unknown. There is recent […]
Devina Singh, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. The legal and medicinal utilization of marijuana is rising. Similarly, there are efforts at expanding legal markets and a lot of social or recreational use (1). Currently, there is growing popularity at the inhalation of aerosolized marijuana from electronic devices, especially by younger people (2). This means of cannabis […]
