Get Out: Invasion of the Brother Snatchers
June 14th 2017In Get Out, director/writer Justin Peele’s provocative debut, the bodies snatched are African American (mostly robust males); the cannibals of consciousness are white residents of an affluent Baltimore suburb, where the living is easy and the politics fashionably progressive.
From “Delete Your Account” to “Delete Yourself”: Legislated Suicide and the Role of Psychiatry
May 31st 2017Physician-assisted suicide is now legal in several states. But none of the state statues mandates a mental health evaluation by a psychiatrist or psychologist before the writing of a lethal prescription by an attending physician.
Metabolic Monitoring of Antipsychotic Medications: What Psychiatrists Need to Know
May 29th 2017Because patients who have psychiatric illnesses typically receive less frequent medical care, psychiatrists must aim to ensure appropriate monitoring of metabolic parameters when antipsychotic medications are used.
Medically and Psychiatrically Complicated Patients
May 26th 2017Helping patients who have significant medical illness as well as mental illness is a challenge, especially when the diagnosis is unclear. Hospital psychiatrists play a critical role in the management of these behaviorally compromised patients.