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Lessons Learned From My Hiatus

The Motivated MD

For physicians, however, type A, motivated, educated, and hard-working individuals, I do fully believe that anyone can reach financial independence and achieve all their financial goals with a relatively small educational investment. If I feel like someone has said it better than I could, I will reference that article.

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Workplace and History Shape Stigma Toward the SED-Harmed

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Stigmatisation of survivors of political persecution in the GDR: attitudes of healthcare professionals,” published in the June 2025 issue of Frontiers in Psychiatry by Schott et al. A total of N=1357 practitioners from the German healthcare system participated.

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RCT of Palliative Care for Heart Failure and Lung Disease: David Bekelman and Lyndsay DeGroot

GeriPal

The article we discuss today, also published in JAMA , addresses these two gaps. I’d be operating at the top of what I’m capable of doing, to provide really tailored and individualized care for my patients and their care partners, where they are. I know we’re talking about primary palliative care interventions.

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

BMJ

1 The purpose of this article is not to denigrate youth (or their parents) for whom these medications are truly needed for medical reasons. The health risks may even be higher when these prescription medications are laced with other substances to increase their bulk weight or alter their psychoactive effects.

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Palliative Care for Mental Illness: A Podcast with Dani Chammas and Brent Kious

GeriPal

We invited Dani Chammas , a palliative care physician and psychiatrist at UCSF (and a frequent guest to the GeriPal podcast), as well as Brent Kious , a psychiatrist at the Huntsman Mental Health Institute, focusing on the management of severe persistent mental illnesses. Eric 00:51 And Alex, who do we have with us today?

Illness 101
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Psychedelics – reasons for caution: Stacy Fischer, Brian Anderson, Theora Cimino

GeriPal

It’s broader than just psychedelic assisted psychotherapy because there’s non-psychotherapists often involved, and it’s different from what we do in conventional mental health. There was an article in New York Times last week about rampant prescribing of psychedelics. Eric: Yeah. Eric: Yeah.

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Substance Use Disorder in Aging and Serious Illness: A Podcast with Katie Fitzgerald Jones, Jessica Merlin, Devon Check

GeriPal

We start off the conversation by talking about whether patients with cancer and cancer pain are really that different, and their paper that was just published on January 11 th in JAMA Oncology showing that substance use disorder is not uncommon in individuals with cancer. Eric: Which brings us to an article. Jessie: Exactly.

Illness 136