Patients
Everything we have written on Patients, in one place.
Stimulants Help Most People Focus. That Isn’t an ADHD Test.
The single most common ADHD diagnostic story I hear in the room goes like this...
Jul 13, 2025
Anxiety, Explained
The public conversation about anxiety treatment and the clinical reality have drifted about as far apart as it's possible for two conversations on the…
Jul 7, 2025
IV Skin and Beauty
An IV skin-and-beauty drip is, almost without exception, a bag of saline with some combination of vitamin C, B vitamins, biotin, and (depending on the…
Jul 7, 2025
Ketamine Assisted Therapy
Ketamine-assisted therapy is what it sounds like.
Jul 6, 2025
PCP-psychiatrist handoff: when to switch
A lot of the psychiatric medication in this country is prescribed by primary care doctors, not psychiatrists.
Jun 30, 2025
Mental health records: background checks, gun ownership, licensure
This is one of the questions that comes up in the first appointment most often, particularly from guys who own firearms or work in jobs with security…
Jun 27, 2025
Off-label prescribing: what it means
A huge percentage of what psychiatrists prescribe is off-label, and most patients have no idea, which is its own problem.
Jun 25, 2025
Low T vs. Depression: What You Actually Need to Know
Guys come in convinced they have low T when they're actually depressed, and other guys come in convinced they're depressed when their testosterone is in…
Jun 25, 2025
Depression, Explained
Depression ≠ sadness. Sadness has a thing it's about. Depression doesn't, it just follows you around like a Dementor sucking the light out of the world.
Jun 19, 2025
Why some clinicians won’t take insurance
I take insurance. A lot of psychiatrists in private practice don't.
Jun 17, 2025
PHP vs IOP vs Outpatient
These three terms get used like everybody knows what they mean and most patients don't, so they end up in the wrong level of care.
Jun 14, 2025
Zoloft
Zoloft is the drug I prescribe more than anything else, and the one patients ask the most questions about before they're willing to swallow the first pill.
Jun 13, 2025