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.
Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Patients With Cancer
March 31st 2017Psychiatrists need to understand the patient’s cancer diagnosis, staging, treatments and their adverse effects, and prognosis to appreciate the challenges the patient is coping with throughout treatment as well as survivorship or end-of-life.