Catching Up with the Blog
I’m back on the blog after a 2-month hiatus. Things got a little crazy there, but I’ve finally had a chance to catch my breath. Since my last post, I’ve had a wonderful trip to Europe, where I...
View ArticleShould We Drop “Dementia” from the DSM-5?
I was recently asked if I would be willing to write a blog post about the American Psychiatric Association’s plans to drop the word “dementia” from the 5th edition of their Diagnosis and...
View ArticleMore Trouble for Antipsychotics
Amid the roar over off-label use of antipsychotics in nursing homes, a new study from the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry raises some new questions. This study looked at the four most commonly-used...
View ArticlePrivate Heaven, or Personal Hell?
“The neighborhood is so immaculate that it resembles a set from Leave It to Beaver, but Wally and the Beaver are nowhere to be seen. There are no bicycles or baseball mitts littering the yards; no...
View ArticleAn Orchestral Conductor Breaking the Stigma of Mental Illness
Today’s BBC News profiled conductor Ronald Braunstein, who rose quickly to prominence at Juilliard and held an internship with the Berlin Philharmonic after winning an international award. Braunstein...
View ArticleSee This Film
When Emi Kiyota and I attended our Bellagio residency last spring, one of the other residents in our group was Dr. Loree Sutton, a psychiatrist and retired Brigadier General of the US Army. Loree works...
View ArticlePsychotropic Drugs in the News
A few news reports on psychotropic drugs have come across my desk recently and, although completely unrelated, they share a common thread. Each case documents either widespread overuse or gross abuse...
View ArticlePacing the Brain
The news outlets were abuzz this week with a new line of research going on in Toronto and several US centers. This research uses deep brain stimulation (DBS) to help improve the cognitive function of...
View ArticleDon’t Hold Person-Directed Care to a Higher Standard
Recently, I have been thinking a lot about the “lack of empirical evidence” label that hounds culture change enthusiasts. Here are two examples: 1) I just read an article from The Gerontologist,...
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What’s Good For the Heart is Good For the Brain
I generally avoid posting news about the latest food, vitamin, supplement, or lifestyle factor that may or may not affect your risk of dementia, for better or worse. Most of the time, it’s a one-off...
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