AEI.Org: Scholar: Sally Satel

The Case for Paying Organ Donors

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

We must enable more patients in wealthy countries to obtain transplants at home by empowering their governments, under strict regulation, to offer incentives to prospective donors.

Clinical Trials, Wrapped in Red Tape

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

For grant-winners whose studies will involve human volunteers, another big hurdle remains: federal ethics regulations.

Organs for Sale?

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

As long as an organ shortage persists there will be black markets; the only remedy is more organs.

About That New Jersey Organ Scandal

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Congress must permit donors to accept third-party benefits for saving the life of a stranger, otherwise desperate patients and donors will continue to be reluctant co-conspirators in crime.

Body and Sold

Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Did Steve Jobs' wealth buy him a faster liver transplant? It certainly helped--and the Apple CEO's odyssey showcases some of the problems with organ donations in America.

Steve Jobs' Liver

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

It is time for a state to challenge the 1984 National Organ Transplant Act and offer funeral benefits or some other reward to the estate of those who will give their organs at death.

The National Kidney Foundation's Bizarre Logic

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The public is receptive to the idea of rewarding organ donors. It's time to leverage that receptivity.

To Fight Stigmas, Start with Treatment

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Altering public attitudes toward the mentally ill depends largely on whether they receive treatment that works.

Reward Organ Donors

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Singapore's new law is a positive step toward making the transplant market more transparent.

How Marion Barry Could Help the Organ Shortage

Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

To help remedy the organ shortage, the District of Columbia should pass a law enabling donors to receive benefits for their sacrifice.

Kidney for Sale: Let's Legally Reward the Donor

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +0100

We should offer well-informed individuals a reward if they are willing to save a stranger's life.

When Altruism Isn't Moral

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Our nation's current organ donation system relies on altruism alone, but a regime of donor compensation would be better.

Dopamine Made Me Do It

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

According to pop science, brain chemistry is the reason all those smart people fell for Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

Take My Kidney, Please

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Divorce settlements have always cost an arm and a leg, but as the shocking Batista case demonstrates, vital organs are now fair game. Can altruism ever be regulated?

It's All in Your Head

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Is it ethical for doctors to prescribe placebos to patients?

A Way to Reward Organ Donors

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:00:00 +0100

The government should devise a safe, regulated system in which would-be donors are offered incentives to donate a kidney.

Addiction Doesn't Discriminate? Wrong

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Despite claims to the contrary, addiction is not a universal ailment. There are certain characteristics that increase the risk of becoming addicted to drugs.

Organ Failure

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The National Kidney Foundation's recalcitrance on financial incentives for organ donors is hurting the very constituency it purports to serve.

What's Wrong with Selling Kidneys?

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Legalizing the sale of organs will correct, not copy, the sins of the organ black market.

The God Committee

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Should criminals have equal access to scarce medical treatments?

Why We Need a Market for Human Organs

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

In the face of a global organ shortage, countries are cracking down on "transplant tourism"--travel by patients to procure organs overseas.

What the Doctor Ordered

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The real threat to medicine and the public interest is suppression of freedom of university-based researchers to interact with their scientific colleagues in the pharmaceutical industry.

Transplant Tourism

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Many of the quandaries that plague transplant medicine flow from the need to ration scarce resources.

Code Red

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100

The organ transplant list is approaching 100,000 patients, but the waitlist doesn't reflect the full scope of the problem.

A Helping Hand for Vets

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Veterans diagnosed with major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder,or any other anxiety disorder stemming from military activity need to be treated as well as compensated.

Science and Sorrow

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Psychiatry has transformed normal sorrow into depressive disorders due to the uncertainty of the true workings of the brain.

Desperately Seeking a Kidney

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A personal story of heroic altruism (and the painful limits of altruism).

In Praise of Stigma

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:00:00 +0100

There are few behaviors more deserving of stigmatization than addiction.

Mind Over Manual

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Why aren't we closer to understanding the relationship between manifest illness and its underlying causes?

Supply, Demand, and Kidney Transplants

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A bad incentive structure creates a dire shortage.

Medical Misnomer

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Addiction is not a brain disease, regardless of what Congress claims.

Guns and Needles

Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Some questions we can legitimately ask ofthe potential U.S. Surgeon General.

The Human Factor

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

We can limit the social, physical, and economic damage of drug addictionby treating addicts as people with the power to shape their own lives.

Been There? Sometimes That Isn't the Point

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 +0100

It is not shared history withpatients, but rather variety and quality of experience that determine how successful psychotherapistscan be.

Sane Mental Health Laws?

Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Do not expect change any time soon. Federal "advocates" are standing in the way of reform.

Oxy Morons

Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

The latest bad rap for OxyContin threatens to inflict more pain on those who truly benefit from the drug.

Health Gulf

Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 +0100

In her book Medical Apartheid, Harriet A. Washington sows more distrust and alienation, widening the very "health divide" that she seeks to repair.

Paying for Kidneys

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Altruism is beautiful, but it is not powerful enough to save everyone who needs a kidney.

Reexamine Involuntary Treatment Laws

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Compulsorytreatment may prevent future massacres like the one at Virginia Tech.

Mismanaged Care

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

A review ofJonathan Cohn's Sick: The Untold Story of America's Health Care Crisis--and the People Who Pay the Price.

One Harsh Prescription

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100

When a kind-hearted donor givesa strangerher kidney, who is exploited?

Doing Well by Doing Good

Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:00:00 +0100

The Norwood Act is specifically designed to help patients who already have a willing donor but cannot receivea kidney transplant because of biological incompatibility.

The Trouble with Traumatology

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Has the prevalence of residual post-traumatic stress disorder been overstated?

First, Do Harm

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Sally Satel, M.D., reviews a book about how campus therapists sabotage their patients.

Sometimes, the Why Really Isn't Crucial

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Can a person ascribe blame for his present-day actions to events from his past?

Is Caffeine Addictive? A Review of the Literature

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The common-sense use of the term "addiction" is that regular consumption is irresistible and that it creates problems. Caffeine use does not fit this profile.

Organs for Sale

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Eleven Americans die each day because they cannot get a kidney transplant. The best way to provide more kidneys is tocompensate donors.

A Living Donor Let Me Live On

Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0100

An exceptional friendship provides a remarkable window into the state of organ donations in this country.

Measuring the Psychic Pain of War

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

For the new generation of Iraq war veterans, it is imperative that we pair our proper concern over the scope of the care they need with serious consideration of the philosophy guiding that care.

Stressed Out Vets

Mon, 21 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Few veterans are likely to endure a subsequent lifetime of chronic anguish or dysfunction of the kind that requires long-term disability entitlement.

For Addicts, Firm Hand Can Be the Best Medicine

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Strict monitoring, with predictable and meaningful consequences is often the best medicine for people with addictions.

Think before You Drink

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Every drinker has a moral obligation to examine what he does when intoxicated.

Pharmutopia

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A review of Ronald Dworkin's book Artificial Happiness: The Dark Side of the New Happy Class.

The Kindness of Strangers

Mon, 29 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The message is clear: A slowly dying patient must not take any initiative to save his own life, even though the status quo is pitifully inadequate.

Death's Waiting List

Mon, 15 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

If we really want to increase the supply of organs, we need to try incentives--financial and otherwise.

The Waiting Game

Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The imperative to innovate and experiment is great because altruism alone cannot solve the problems of the organ donation system.

Patients Adrift in a Sea of Clinical Trials

Wed, 19 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Company funded trials are valuable, but more needs to be done.

A Statement of Madness

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has released its Consensus Statement of Mental Health Recovery. It is a travesty of psychiatric care.

Are Doctors Biased?

Sat, 01 Apr 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Are differences in treatment due to deliberate discrimination or other (less invidious) factors?

For Some, the War Won't End

Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The Department of Veterans Affairs is now paying compensation for post-traumatic stress disordera newround of veterans--those in their 50s and 60s who fought in Vietnam.

A Better Breed of American

Sun, 26 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

A review of Harry Bruinius's Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity.

Biased Doctors?

Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The “biased-doctor” model is a woeful misimpression of reality, but one that has become a staple of the “health disparities” campaign.

A Pill to Treat Your Addiction? Don't Bet the Rent

Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The search for better anti-addiction medications is worthy, but we have to be realistic. The passive model of drug treatment for addiction is a pipe dream.

Smoking Out Cliches About Race

Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Cigarette smoke may not be an equal opportunity carcinogen.

Suicide Risks and SSRIs

Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0100

What does it take to get the FDA to revisit a precedent?

An Internet Lifeline, in Search of a Kidney

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Is it really more ethical for people to go on dialysis or die while waiting for an organ?

Much Ado about Meth?

Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The fact is that meth is a devastating drug for those who abuse it, casting a vast halo of destruction across communities. To say so is not crying meth.

Is the GOP the Elephant in the Laboratory?

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:00:00 +0100

In the world of science policy, it is not a matter of truth on one side and distortion on the other. Each side exploits ambiguities and uncertainties to suit its needs.

Prescription: Flexibility

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Research is about averages while clinical practice is always about the individual in the doctor's office. Balancing symptom relief with side effects is a delicate and idiosyncratic process.

The Mental Health Crisis That Wasn't

Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0100

A lesson from 9/11 is that therapists must find a balance between letting people know help is available and suggesting that they need help when they do not.

Where's the Choice?

Mon, 22 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The Breastapo are at it again, trying to dictate what American women should and shouldn't do with their breasts.

A Whiff of "Reefer Madness" in U.S. Drug Policy

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Why is marijuana, of all drugs, the main target of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy?

Defining Down Mental Illness

Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Being human is not a condition in need of a cure.

Mind over Gray Matter

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100

A review of The Ethical Brain, by Michael S. Gazzaniga.

Therapy Nation: Really, We're OK

Sun, 19 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Recent years have seen a flood of books and articles pushing the notion that Americans are emotionally damaged. Please.

A Cautionary Tale

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100

At issue in Geneva are claims by indigenous and local communities that foreign interests are exploiting their cultural and biological bounties.

Saving Our Vets Once They're Home

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The right kind of mental health treatment for returning veterans is vital.

Good to Grow

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Developing cannabis into aneffective prescription medication can be a goal within reach. But it will take a federal government that is truly open to the research that it claims to value.

The Children of Ground Zero

Thu, 12 May 2005 00:00:00 +0100

A new report shows that children attending school near Ground Zero on9/11were muchless likely to have a mental disorder than children anywhere else in New York City.

In Praise of Stoicism

Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

An interview with resident scholarsChristina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel, authors ofOne Nation under Therapy: How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance.

Where Were You on 1/14?

Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Indignation over Harvard president Lawrence Summers's commentsregarding possible differences between men and women has exposed the lack of intellectual debate in academia.

Just the Facts, Ma'am

Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

In the feminist mind, a woman has the right to choose what she does to her bodyso long as she chooses the right thing.

Data Do Not Support Ban on Silicone Breast Implants

Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Apparently, a woman has the right to choose what she does to her body as long as she chooses the right thing.

Where Were You on 1/14?

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0100

The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University hosted a forum for indignation over the possibility of inborn differences between the sexes raised by Larry Summers.

Bread and Shelter, Yes. Psychiatrists, No.

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Psychological aid is regarded by non-Western recipients as a kind gesture but a bad fit; Sri Lanken health officials discouragedcounselors to their country daysafter the tsunami struck.

Should Our TV Programs Be "Quick-Acting" or "Long-Lasting"?

Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0100

With shows like Seinfeld and Lawand Order people just can't get enough, in part because NBC understood that their proliferation would make them more, not less, addictive.

Brain-Based Leniency Would Give Teen Killers a Pass

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0100

All behaviors have physical markers. As neuroscientists identify more of them, will anyone be held accountable for anything?

Diminishing Biodiverse Returns

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Changes to the rules for patenting new discoveries derived from natural molecules could destroy theincentive to pursue cures.

Some Gene Research Just Isn't Worth the Money

Tue, 18 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Major cuts in drug- and alcohol-related harm depend not on genes but on choices by policy makers and individual citizens.

The Therapy Reflex

Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Psychiatric aid should not be the first kind of assistance on a trauma scene.

Race and Medicine Can Mix without Prejudice

Fri, 10 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Diseases and treatments are not colorblind, so doctors and researchers should not be either.

Doctors behind Bars

Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0100

States should require that prosecutors first obtain declarations from qualified medical experts as to the good faith of the physician in question before charges are filed.

Are You Normal? Think Again

Sun, 10 Oct 2004 00:00:00 +0100

In her new book The Cult of Personality, Annie Murphy Paul argues that personality tests confine people by identifying weaknesses thateither arenot there or can be overcome.

The Rush to Black Label (or Blackball) SSRIs

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The Food and Drug Administration should not allow sensationalism in the media to unduly influence its treatment of SSRIs and anti-depressant drugs.

Bad Medicine?

Sun, 12 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Do antidepressants cause suicide in children? After simmering for over a year, the question boiled over beginning in the summer of 2004.

Drugged and Confused

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Do such commonly prescribed antidepressants as Celexa, Paxil, and Zoloft cause suicide in children?

Painful Correction

Mon, 06 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The problem with OxyContin is not the medicine itself, but its deliberate misuse.

Health, Inequality, and the Scholars

Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0100

A number of influential recent studies purport to show that inequality in income--not poverty per se--has detrimental health consequences.

A Case of Colorblind Care

Fri, 06 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0100

It is long past time to put aside the incendiary claim that racism plays a meaningful role in the health status of African-Americans.

WHO's Dubious Bag of HIV Medicines

Thu, 01 Jul 2004 00:00:00 +0100

As attention turns to the International AIDS Conference,the World Health Organizationmust regain the world's confidence and not foist unproven drug therapies on the world's poor.

The Perils of Putting National Leaders on the Couch

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The temptation to psychoanalyze public figures from the safety of an armchair is a strong one, perhaps stronger for those with professional credentials.

Antidepressants

Tue, 25 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Drug regulators in Britain urge doctors not to use certain antidepressants, but in the United States officials have yet to make up their minds on safety issues.

Where There's Smoke

Fri, 07 May 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The surgeon general recentlytold Congress that "there is no significant scientific evidence that suggests smokeless tobacco is a safer alternative to cigarettes"; this is patently false.

Science Fiction

Mon, 12 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Sciencepolicy-watchersnow have the President's Council on Bioethics in their crosshairs.

A Smokeless Alternative to Quitting

Tue, 06 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Snus in particular, and smokeless tobacco in general, provide clear, lifesaving advantages over smoking that antitobacco activists refuse to acknowledge.

A Smokeless Alternative to Quitting

Tue, 06 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Snus in particular, and smokeless tobacco in general, provide clear, lifesaving advantages over smoking that antitobacco activists refuse to acknowledge.

Returning from Iraq, Still Fighting Vietnam

Fri, 05 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0100

130,000 American troops will soon return from Iraq. Their arrival will bring joy to their families and gratitude from the nation. It will also renew a debate over post-traumatic stress disorder.

Don't Despair over Disparities

Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The HHS report on health care disparities rightly attacks the disparity issue as a socioeconomic problem tied to access to quality care and to the health literacy of potential patients.

The Mental Health Crisis That Wasn't

Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Out of the Asylum, into the Cell

Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0100

For many thousands of mentally ill people, America has failed to make good on John F. Kennedy's promise of 40 years ago.

OxyContin Half-Truths Can Cause Suffering

Mon, 27 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100

OxyContin, which offers relief to patients with searing, prolonged agony due to diseases such as cancer, neurological illness and degenerative discs, is getting a bad rap.

Mind Games

Mon, 13 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Senate's mental health parity bill is ill-conceived.

Report of the Panel to Review Sexual Misconduct Allegations at the U.S. Air Force Academy

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Commission's Omission

Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The president’s mental-health commission in denial.

ADD Overdose?

Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:00:00 +0100

We should be tough about limiting the insurance burden for such drugs to those who do have serious illness, but if people pay for safe psychopharmacology, that should be their choice.

The Trauma Society

Mon, 19 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Richard J. McNally's Remembering Trauma is a powerful counterweight to literature that is often sloppy and to a field that is too often susceptible to the promptings of politics and culture.

Talk about Trauma

Fri, 02 May 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The Iraqi people have surely suffered terribly, but whether the war has rendered many of them in need of therapy is another matter entirely.

Fast Food "Addiction" Feeds Only Lawyers

Tue, 11 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The word "addiction" is perilously close to losing any meaning, especially if lawyers can turn fast food into an addiction and pin liability on restaurants.

Insanity Goes Back on Trial

Mon, 03 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

The issue of forced medication is by no means new.

A War of Nerves

Sat, 01 Mar 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Oxymorons

Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0100

OxyContin, the potent prescription painkiller, is in the spotlight.

Kumbayah Medicine

Fri, 18 Oct 2002 00:00:00 +0100

It has been wisely said that alternative medicines are only alternative until they are proven to work--and then they are medicine.

After Trauma

Fri, 13 Sep 2002 00:00:00 +0100

New Yorkers Don't Need Therapy

Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0100

As the anniversary of Sept. 11 looms we will be barraged with warnings of a resurgence of angst, butour natural resilience will serve us once again.

I Am a Racially Profiling Doctor

Sun, 05 May 2002 00:00:00 +0100

When it comes to practicing medicine, stereotyping often works.

Sisterhood and Medicine

Wed, 01 May 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Racist Doctors? Don't Believe the Media Hype

Thu, 04 Apr 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Are doctors prejudiced?

It's Crazy to Execute the Insane

Thu, 14 Mar 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Sentence seriously mentally ill offenders to psychiatric treatment for the same length of time one would sentence any other offender.

Menopause Envy

Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0100

Jed Diamond insists that more than twenty-five million men in the U.S. between the ages of forty and fifty-five are now going through male menopause.

Public Health? Forget It

Thu, 13 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0100

The public health profession is not prepared for “preparedness” if one looks to the American Public Health Association for guidance.

The Sorry CSAP Flap

Fri, 07 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Medicine's Race Problem

Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Deliberately ignoring race in biomedical research can lead to inferior or improper treatment.

Good Grief

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Many grief counselors thinkthat Sept. 11 attacks triggered a national mental health crisis; not so.

PC, M.D.

Mon, 01 Oct 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Review of PC, M.D.: How Political Correctness Is Corrupting Medicine by Sally Satel.

The Newest Feminist Icon--a Killer Mom

Tue, 11 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0100

To portrayAndrea Yatesasa symbol of motherhood underduressis a cynical move that trivializes a serious mental illness.

Race Belongs in the Stem Cell Debate

Sun, 09 Sep 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Science and politics do not mix very well, particularly when it comes to such hot-button issues as diversity.

Crazed and Confused

Wed, 29 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Totake and perhaps face trial and execution, orto avoid medication, escape a deadly prosecution, but face a sentenceof years of psychic torment?

Keeping OxyContin Out of the Wrong Hands

Sat, 11 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Does Inequality Make You Sick?

Mon, 16 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Social conditionsaffect physical well-being, but public health practitioners arewrong to think they have special expertise in changing the income distribution ordefining social justice.

Mommy Undearest

Tue, 03 Jul 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Is Drug Addiction a Disease of the Brain? No

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Who Needs Trauma Initiatives?

Fri, 01 Jun 2001 00:00:00 +0100

When Shedding Pounds Meant Courting Danger

Thu, 10 May 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Bad Ideas Have Bad Consequences

Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Independent Women's Forum discusses why government, schools, businesses, and hospitals have suffered under the regime of political correctness.

Drugs

Fri, 27 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Robert Downey, Jr., is not an icon of a botched war on drugs; he is not evidence of the failure of criminal sanctions, his situation shouldn't argue against the virtues of drug treatment.

When Quackery Kills

Mon, 23 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0100

A Misguided Medical Entanglement

Sun, 01 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Social activists, scholars and even health professionals are telling us that the culture of medicine is to blame for many illnesses.

Feminism Is Bad for Women's Health Care

Thu, 08 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Women's groupsmust make women appear embattled and shortchanged if they are to gain government support, raise funds, and justify themselves in the eyes of the public.

The Attention Deficit Dilemma

Wed, 28 Feb 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Who Needs Medical Ethics?

Thu, 01 Feb 2001 00:00:00 +0100

What is urgently needed at the bedside of patients is not self-styled professional ethicists, but ethical doctors.

How Racial Preferences Refuse to Die

Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Does Medicine Need Medical Ethicists? No.

Mon, 15 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0100

The Indoctrinologists Are Coming

Mon, 01 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0100

The Truth about Anti-depressants Will Cheer You Up

Sun, 01 Oct 2000 00:00:00 +0100

As a psychiatrist, I have prescribed these anti-depressants to hundreds of people and, yes, there can be serious side effects, but those are very rare.

The Health Disparities Myth

Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0100

The authors of this book conclude that differences in treatment vary by race but not because of it.

One Nation under Therapy

Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 +0100

Drawing on established science and common sense, the authors reveal how "therapism" and the burgeoning trauma industry have come to pervade our lives.

Health and the Income Inequality Hypothesis

Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:00:00 +0100

The study analyzesand challenges the income inequality hypothesis, which purports to show that inequality in income--not poverty per se--is bad for people's health.

PC, M.D.

Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0100

This book critiques the burgeoning phenomenon of "politically correct" medicine, which seeks to remedy social oppression by ensuring the equitable distribution of public health.

Drug Treatment

Thu, 01 Apr 1999 00:00:00 +0100

This study demonstrates the effectiveness of mandated treatment for many drug abusers.

When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime (and Less Punishment)

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0100

Surviving and Thriving in Harm's Way

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:00:00 +0100

Organs for Sale? A Conversation about the Organ Donor Shortage in the U.S.

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:00:00 +0100

Postponed: When Altruism Isn't Enough: The Case for Compensating Kidney Donors

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:00:00 +0100

Genes, Neuroscience, and Free Will

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 10:00:00 +0100

The Insanity Offense: How America’s Failure to Treat the Seriously Mentally Ill ...

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:15:00 +0100

Gross National Happiness

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:30:00 +0100

Repugnance as a Constraint on Markets

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:00:00 +0100

Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0100

Is There a Constitutional Right to Medical Self-Defense?

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:15:00 +0100

Buy or Die: Market Mechanisms to Reduce the National Organ Shortage

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 10:00:00 +0100

An Analytic Assessment of U.S. Drug Policy

Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:00:00 +0100

The Health Disparities Myth

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 10:00:00 +0100

Soldiers, Psyche, and the Department of Veterans Affairs

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:30:00 +0100

Disaster Relief

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:30:00 +0100

Science Wars

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:45:00 +0100

Conflict of Interest or Fruitful Collaboration?

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 09:30:00 +0100

The New Neuromorality

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:15:00 +0100

One Nation under Therapy

Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:00:00 +0100

The Business of Stem Cells

Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:00:00 +0100

Rethinking Rehabilitation

Fri, 04 Mar 2005 13:00:00 +0100

Race, Medicine, and Public Policy

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:00:00 +0100

Show Us the Data

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:30:00 +0100

One Nation under Therapy

Mon, 09 Feb 2004 17:30:00 +0100

Forty Years of Neglect

Fri, 31 Oct 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Can Smokeless Tobacco Reduce the Health Consequences of Smoking?

Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:30:00 +0100

Obesity, Individual Responsibility, and Public Policy

Tue, 10 Jun 2003 12:00:00 +0100

Iraq: What Lies Ahead

Tue, 22 Apr 2003 09:00:00 +0100

The OxyContin "Crisis"

Thu, 07 Feb 2002 10:30:00 +0100

Life at the Bottom

Thu, 15 Nov 2001 16:00:00 +0100

Is Inequality Bad for Our Health?

Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:30:00 +0100

Prescribing Ritalin

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 09:00:00 +0100

The Politicization of Public Health

Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:15:00 +0100

Postmodern Medicine

Mon, 08 Jan 2001 17:30:00 +0100

Health Disparities

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

A true public health solution to inadequate care--one that seeks to maximize the health of all Americans--would more properly target all underserved populations, irrespective of group membership.

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Efforts to improve the health of minorities will be most successful when they target the factors associated with socioeconomic disadvantage.

Addressing Disparities in Health and Health Care: Issues for Reform

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Enhancing health care for racial and ethnic minorities must include creative solutions.

Veterans' Mental Health Treatment First Act

Wed, 21 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100

Full disability status may undermine the possibility of recovery because its very nature suggests a small likelihood of improvement.

PTSD and Personality Disorders: Challenges for the VA

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 +0100

Testimony on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other personality disorders affecting U.S. military veterans.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Iraq Veterans

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Some soldiers will return from Iraq and Afghanistan with severe psychological problems. However, imposing on them the questionable legacy of Vietnam will not do them any service.

One Nation under Therapy

Mon, 09 Feb 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel discuss the rise of "therapism" in America.

Postmodern Medicine

Mon, 08 Jan 2001 00:00:00 +0100

Sally Satel's Bradley Lecture.

Addiction Does Not Discriminate? Wrong

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Despite claims to the contrary, addiction is not a universal ailment. There are certain characteristics that increase the risk of becoming addicted to drugs.

The Waiting Game

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0100

Instead of letting thousands die each year while waiting for an organ transplant, we should test the market’s ability to meet the demand.

Returning from Iraq, Still Fighting Vietnam

Mon, 01 Mar 2004 00:00:00 +0100

Althoughpost-traumatic stress disorder may notbe thatwidespread, debate has been renewed with an eye toward helping soldiers from Iraq reintegrate into civilian society.

Out of the Asylum, into the Cell

Sat, 01 Nov 2003 00:00:00 +0100

Properly treating--rather than criminalizing--mental illness requires reforming our fragmented mental health care system and relaxing regulations to encourage patients to seek treatment.