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Book Review: Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? by Dr. Robert C. Smith

Common Sense Family Doctor

The COVID-19 pandemic and the isolation caused by public health measures to slow its spread exacerbated a mismatch between the need for mental health care and the number of professionals trained to provide that care. The first few chapters discuss the problems with mental health care in the U.S.

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Episode 209: Antiracism in Medicine Series – Episode 12 – Our Land is Our Health: Addressing Anti-Indigenous Racism in Medicine

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Together, these two phenomenal guests help us understand the structural and individual challenges of Indigenous peoples in academic medicine, public health, and beyond. We must recognize these struggles were born out of settler colonialism and learn this history while actively working to undo present harms.

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CONTINUED AGAIN: DEA Announces A Second Extension of its “Temporary Rule” Addressing Telemedicine Flexibilities After the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency

FDA Law Blog

HPM’s Presentation Deck and recording of the presentation are here, and here (passcode Bv3*o^i5). DEA next hosted Telemedicine Listening Sessions on September 12 and 13, 2023, for which it receive over 180 requests to present. DEA received a whopping 38,000 (!) comments on the two proposed rules.

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Agitation Podcast Series Episode 1: Differentiating organic versus psychiatric causes of agitation and altered mental status

PEMBlog

Most children who present to Pediatric Emergency Departments these days with mental health concerns – including agitation – have a known psychiatric problem or diagnosis. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award (U07MC37471) totaling $3M with 0 percent financed with nongovernmental sources.

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Approaches for Quelling Stigma related to COVID-19

BMJ

Many Chinese expressed their disapproval of the many untrusted sources of information online while demonstrating a high level of trust towards the central government. 新冠肺炎疫情报道中的信息呈现与媒体表现 [Information presentation and media performance during the COVID-19 outbreak]. National involvement is also needed to facilitate these efforts.

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How frustrating work environment affects empathy in resident doctors?

Tiny Physician

Nevertheless, PG doctors have to work 80 to 100 hours a week without any holidays and this tiring schedule does affect their physical and mental health. Incompetent government The doctor-patient ratio of India is one of the worst in the world; we have 1 doctor for 1456 people against the WHO recommendation of 1:1000 [5].

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Episode 120: Antiracism in Medicine Series Episode 1 – Racism, Police Violence, and Health

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Pearls Defining Structural Racism Structural racism is a term that acknowledges that racism is perpetuated beyond individual interactions and interpersonal racism, but is present in the systems and policies that govern our everyday lives. Stolen Breaths. N Engl J Med 2020; 383:197-199. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31130-9.