designer brains for all!
So let me say up front that this is a Rant, one inspired by the fifth young go-getter this week to walk across my threshold demanding I diagnose him with AD(H)D and prescribe him Adderall to get him...
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“Doctor, I’m afraid I might have ruined my brain.” Mr D’s wide brown eyes bore a pleading expression. He was a young law student with a cherubic dimple set in his left cheek. He had had no history of...
View Articleto be or not to be?
The young woman who sat before me seemed childlike in her baggy sweatshirt, her gaze inscrutable beneath long lashes. Her story was a common one, though, like all human stories, unique in its details....
View Articlebeauty and age
The patient before me is seventy years old. She wears enormous starlet sunglasses and a sleek pageboy wig. Her mouth is pursed, plaintive. As we talk she touches her wig every few minutes and...
View Articlefor want of the words
Throughout my medical training, my most enduringly useful skill has had nothing to do with accurate diagnosis, wise treatment, or calming bedside manner. Instead, it has been a rather pedestrian skill...
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