This won’t do much to shine up psychiatry’s reputation, which has been tarnished and scratched enough lately. But something like this was virtually inevitable once the APA perversely decided to make the process of revising the DSM closed and secretive.
Monthly Archives: June 2009
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Oliver Sacks meets Jon Stewart
by David Dobbs •
I had the pleasure to spend some time with Sacks while working on a couple stories, and he once gave me a book about Alexander Agassiz because he liked my book about Agassiz — and I’m happy to see him exert his usual charm and humor here in this Stewart segment.
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Swine flu count in US hits 1 million; can’t wait till flu season!
by David Dobbs •
The US now has had over 1 million flu cases this spring — despite the end of regular flu season. 90 days till flu season resumes. Anyone paying attention?
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Do ADHD drugs give caretakers a placebo effect?
by David Dobbs •
This is not at all hard to imagine, as ADHD meds are generally prescribed because parents and teachers believe they’ll solve behavioral problems — and have a strong desire to see them work.
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Alarming climate change chart of the day
by David Dobbs •
Paul Krugman tunes out the noise.
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Round-up: Dinos on display, soldiers at play, stereotypes at work, pharma ghosts, Iraqi snakes
by David Dobbs •
Much much much ado on the web this week, on the too-many fronts I try to visit. From my list of notables:
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George Will v Public Plan, refereed by Nate Silver. Will loses.
by David Dobbs •
Will’s argument is apparently this: The government does not need to make a profit and … therefore it will deliver the same service for less money. That’s unfair! Is this really the best argument they can mount against the public option?
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Cougar takes a dip (really)
by David Dobbs •
You don’t see this every day.
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Ezra Klein makes his call on how health care reform will play out
by David Dobbs •
“The result will probably be a historic win when compared to the status quo, but I doubt it’s going to feel like that for supporters of the initiative”
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Splendid sea photos by Nick Cobbing
by David Dobbs •
Perhaps because I so enjoyed the time I spent at sea learning about fish, I particularly enjoyed this collection of Nick Cobbing’s photos of ice, sea, and people who work them — scientists, fishermen, adventurers
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