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Episode 262: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 18 – Remedying Health Inequities Driven by the Carceral System

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Incarceration negatively affects the physical and mental health of people who are incarcerated as well as their family members and loved ones, and limits access to healthcare before, during, and after incarceration. All healthcare professionals will have patients who are directly or indirectly impacted by the carceral system.

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Episode 392: Antiracism in Medicine – Episode 27 – Racial and Gender Health Disparities in Youth Suicide: Part 2

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Simon is a pediatric addiction medicine psychiatrist at Boston Children’s Hospital; an assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; a recent Commonwealth Fund fellow in health policy at Harvard University; and the medical director of Wayside Youth & Family Support Network.  2019-1187 9. References 1.

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AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use: A Podcast with Todd Semla and Mike Steinman

GeriPal

Summary Transcript Summary Hot off the press is a brand spanking new updated 2023 AGS Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults. The Beers Criteria is one of the most frequently cited reference tools in geriatrics, detailing potentially inappropriate medications to prescribe to older people.

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Medical use and misuse of psychoactive prescription medications among US youth and young adults: An Introduction

BMJ

7 The same degree of focus has not been paid to misuse of other prescription medications which also have high abuse potential among youth, including medications such as prescription stimulants, tranquilizers, and sedatives. misuse of prescription medications). 2 Opioids contribute a large share of this overdose crisis.

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250,000 Preventable Deaths Every Year: Why Climate and Health Must Be Funded Together

My Green Doctor

We must transform healthcare into a frontline responder for climate resilience. This means: Direct influence: Training healthcare professionals to understand and manage the growing connections between environment and illness. Because sustainable healthcare isn’t optional—it’s essential. Working on a Warmer Planet (2019).

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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

In our prior podcast with Ira Byock on psychedelics in 2019 we talked primarily about the potential of psychedelics. Brian: For the use of substances like psilocybin and LSD in medical care, or at least in investigational treatments, I like to call it psychedelic therapy. Or is that your medications causing that? Or does it?

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The Future of Geriatrics: A Podcast with Jerry Gurwitz, Ryan Chippendale, and Mike Harper

GeriPal

Alex: Today we’re delighted to welcome Jerry Gurwitz, who is a geriatrician and professor of medicine at the UMass Chan Medical School. I talked about lack of prestige and respect, and I talked about how healthcare system leaders and medical school deans don’t always seem to value the field of geriatrics.