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My Comments About the Deprescribing Issues
I just had a few comments to share related Dr. George Dawson’s post I highlighted yesterday. This whole discussion about deprescribing is complicated and naturally leads to further thought about how to approach the complicated clinical relationship issues involved. There was a relevant article in Psychiatric Times which addressed some of the factors involved in…
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Looking Back in My 6th Year of Retirement from Psychiatry: A Reblog and More
This is partly a reblog of my post in 2022, “Overdiagnosis of Psychiatric Disorders Still Happens” and partly a shout-out to my colleague and friend, Dr. George Dawson, MD on his recent post “The Politics of Deprescribing: Deconstructing the HHS Mental Health Agenda.” I’m also looking back on another one of my posts with a…
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Reblog of Post “Maybe I Should Be More Optimistic About Humans”
This is a reblog regarding my thoughts on July 13, 2023 about humans and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Marvin the Paranoid Android had a brain the size of a planet. I have a brain the size of a chickpea. I point out this comparison in the post. I still have doubts about how smart AI really…
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Big Shoes Blues Show with Ed English
Well, “Hello” to the Big Shoes Blues Show hosted by Ed English on his inaugural Friday night on KCCK radio 88.3 in Iowa! Bobby D hung out with Ed for a short while at the start of the show. Ed flew just fine solo the rest of the evening. He’s got a great radio voice.…
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Blast from the Past Reblog of “Hoofing It Around the Hospital”
I thought it would be interesting to reblog this post “Hoofing It Around the Hospital,” originally posted on July 10, 2019. It’s a landmark of my path to retirement, which was a 3-year phased pathway. I was not on duty all the time in the hospital as a consultation-liaison psychiatrist, so it was sometimes a…
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Remarks about “James Alan McPherson:On Becoming An American Writer: Essays & Nonfiction”
I couldn’t think of a less complicated title for this post about the book “James Alan McPherson: On Becoming An American Writer: Essays & Nonfiction.” It’s a collection of James Alan McPherson’s essays, but this humble blog post is not intended to be a review, nothing as grandiose as that. Nobody should think I have…
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The Day the Firefighter Retired Reblog
Today is the day I retired back in 2020. That feels like such a long time ago. It was the end of a phased retirement pathway to giving up my role as a consulting psychiatrist for the University of Iowa Heath Care. We were in the process of moving to an older house. And we…
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Svengoolie Show Movie: “The Time of Their Lives”
Svengoolie Intro: “Calling all stations! Clear the air lanes! Clear all air lanes for the big broadcast!” Just in time for the July 4th celebration of the 250th birthday of the founding of America, Svengoolie showed the 1946 film, “The Time of Their Lives.” I had to work hard to keep up with the rather…
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New Top Ten YouTubes Reblog!
Reblog Time! It’s been a while since I published my Top Ten blog posts in 2019, so here’s the new list. I’ve relisted the top ten from the most views to less views with highest being number 1. Pseudobulbar Affect Top Ten is still the most popular and I think I got the wrong number…
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New Talking Statue of Iowa City Historian Irving Weber!
Here’s a short news item about Iowa City historian Irving Weber, whose statue is on Iowa Avenue in downtown Iowa City. You can also find the notice about the talking Irving Weber statue at this link. This has a couple of connections to point out. Irving Weber worked in the dairy industry for man years…
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