“The Beginning Of The End Of Residential Drug and Alcohol Treatment?”

In my specialty as an addiction psychiatrist, I have often advocated for residential treatment when unremitting drug and alcohol problems persist because other, less intensive, services have failed. That may soon change.

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“Doctors Conflicting Interests Can Cost Money and Lives, and Hinder Medical Discoveries”

In recent months, the print media have once again outed another group of physicians who benefit from undisclosed financial renumeration from pharmaceutical companies, accompanied by serious conflicts of interest.

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“Physicians: Prescribing Less May Improve Outcomes”

With a few exceptions, when physicians talk, they recommend. Take this. Try that. They satisfy the expectation that automatically comes with a patient's visit or phone call. The physician is compelled to make a recommendation -- a pill, a device or a procedure.

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“Need For Effective Impairment Interventions And Mandated Treatments Extends To Attorneys, Too”

Regarding: "Corrective medical education" (Article, Jan. 24): After I finished reading this article, I was reminded that attorneys are involved in many of the situations...

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