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ibaldwin.bsky.social
MD. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at Vanderbilt. Neurodevelopment, catatonia, spirituality, philosophy and ethics in psychiatry. Opinions my own.
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What a piece. This manages to both review a book and paint a picture of the type of psychiatry I think is worth practicing— one that asks deep questions about agency and iatrogenic harm while remaining committed to understanding that patients’ positive experiences with medications are not illusory.

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🧵 It’s certainly not typical to find an article about anti NMDA receptor encephalitis or #catatonia in People magazine, but I was pleasantly surprised to find this important read raising awareness of both topics. people.com/man-29-ends-...

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

"More people died from homelessness than homicide in Nashville this year.” A friend shared this photo from yesterday's memorial at Riverfront Park.

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"When I identify my suffering as illness-like, I wish to lay claim to a caring interpersonal relationship, instead of one which negates my experience and my deliberations on my experience by telling me that I have misunderstood the nature of my suffering." @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social's paper/

submitted 79 days ago • 2 comments

An incredible, devastating piece of journalism. How could anyone rebuild trust in health care after a family or community experiences something like this?

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

A little hope for your day: In group therapy with teens these past few weeks, I noticed the kids are consistently rejecting stigma against mental illness. It feels really different than even a decade ago.

submitted 82 days ago • 1 comment

Who has written a good history of the medical assistance in dying as a medical-legal phenomenon?

submitted 89 days ago • 4 comments

The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Delusion edited by @emas-b.bsky.social w/ chapters by @lisabortolotti.bsky.social @rritunnano.bsky.social @matthewbroome.bsky.social @philcorlett.bsky.social and one by me on Delusions and Conspiracy Theories is out now! www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

#psychsky Any recommendations for primers on the history of diagnostic classification systems in psychiatry? I am working on creating a short lecture series on the history and philosophy of psychiatry for psych residents and fellows. Will be asking for advice as things develop!

submitted 93 days ago • 11 comments

Let’s get a starter pack going for academic psychiatry!

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

My cat is completely convinced that whether she gets her dinner early, on time, or late is determined by the strength of her campaigning, when in reality it is determined by economic factors far beyond her comprehension. In this way we are not so different.

submitted 95 days ago • 3 comments

The Medical Model of Psychopathology “[The term] “medical model” has become a slogan for use in public debate than a term of precision for furthering intellectual discussion or scientific discovery.” Gerald Klerman, 1977 *new post* www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-medica...

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

Day 1 on this app! Looking forward to connecting with familiar faces in a new space.

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