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The New Psychiatry

How my profession has come unhinged—and how to fix it.

ADHD
Mind Over Meds

Daniel Carlat M.D. on April 27, 2010

One day several years ago, I was reaching the end of my first visit with a patient, J.J., who had come to see me for anxiety and insomnia. He was a salesman for a struggling telecommunications company, and he was having trouble managing the strain on his finances and his family.

One day several years ago, I was reaching the end of my first visit with a patient, J.J., who had come to see me for anxiety and insomnia. He was a salesman for a struggling telecommunications company, and he was having trouble managing the strain on his finances and his family.

Psychiatry
What Is the New Psychiatry?

Daniel Carlat M.D. on March 11, 2010

I am a practicing psychiatrist and I am proud and committed to my profession. But I think it's time that my colleagues and I smarten up and realize that the field of psychiatry is changing, and that we need to change with it. We have entered an era of the New Psychiatry.

I am a practicing psychiatrist and I am proud and committed to my profession. But I think it's time that my colleagues and I smarten up and realize that the field of psychiatry is changing, and that we need to change with it. We have entered an era of the New Psychiatry.