Patients
Everything we have written on Patients, in one place.
Sexual Health
Men's sexual health is one of those topics where the medicine is mostly straightforward and the conversation is mostly impossible.
Apr 4, 2025
Celexa (citalopram)
Celexa is the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, the standard first-line antidepressant class that boosts serotonin without much else going on)…
Apr 2, 2025
Effexor (venlafaxine)
Effexor is the SNRI (serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, the antidepressant class that hits both serotonin and norepinephrine instead of just…
Mar 31, 2025
Why your psychiatrist is rushed (the 15-min visit)
The 15-minute psychiatric follow-up is the unit of care in most outpatient psychiatry now, and most patients hate it and most psychiatrists hate it too. The reason it…
Mar 28, 2025
Provider type field guide: PA, NP, MD, PhD, LMFT, LCSW
The alphabet soup of mental health providers is genuinely confusing and there's no good reason for the patient to have to figure it out on their own,…
Mar 26, 2025
Two Quotes That Changed How Clients Think
“If the problem can be solved, why worry?
Mar 26, 2025
Trazodone
Trazodone is the most prescribed sleep medication in the United States that was never actually approved as a sleep medication.
Mar 25, 2025
Why Your Brain Won’t Shut Up at Night
It's 2 AM. You have to be up in five hours.
Mar 25, 2025
Why Asking for Help Feels Like Weakness
For most of the guys who land in a psych office, the hardest thing they did in years wasn't the appointment. It was the phone call to book it.
Mar 24, 2025
What HIPAA actually protects (and what it doesn’t)
Most of what people think HIPAA covers, it doesn’t. And most of what people actually worry about when they think about HIPAA isn’t even a HIPAA question. The…
Mar 20, 2025
AI Therapy Isn’t Therapy
The thing guys are calling AI therapy now is usually not Woebot, Wysa, or some mental health startup with a cute mascot and a CBT worksheet engine.
Mar 15, 2025
TRT clinic boom: Hone, Vault, Marek, what’s legit
Half the guys in their forties walking into a psychiatry appointment now have already done a finger-prick testosterone test through some clinic they saw on Instagram, and a…
Mar 12, 2025