My Peers

Hello faithful blog readers,

I am not going to apologize for this lengthy absence because I have been having a wonderful and, in my opinion, well deserved vacation before starting medical school. However, I hope to write more in the upcoming months because I have a feeling that medical school will provide lots of fodder, both in terms of my own mental health management and exposure to mental health professionals and patients in the system.

First, Do No Harm

The New York Times broke a story yesterday asserting that “nearly one in seven elderly nursing home residents, nearly all of them with dementia, are given powerful antipsychotic drugs even though the medicines increase the risks of death and are not approved for such treatments”. A few other highlights from the article, and my thoughts, after the jump.