Saving Normal

Pharma caused the deadly opioid epidemic and should be held accountable for cleaning up the mess it created.

We shouldn't neglect the bedside art of medicine as we become enamored by its laboratory science.

A step-by-step comparison illustrates that the United States is the worst place in the world to be mentally ill and that Trieste is the best.

It is time to get back to the original intent of Mother's Day: a loving tribute to all mothers, especially those who are grieving the loss of a child.

There is no worse place to have a severe mental illness than the United States. A new book explains why and offers solutions.

On our democracy and our societal sanity

We must challenge Trump on his outrageous behaviors and constant lies, not on his motivations and mental status.

President Donald Trump

Trump Isn't Crazy

Allen J Frances M.D. on January 31, 2017

I wrote the criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Trump doesn't meet them.

I wrote the criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Trump doesn't meet them.

Consumer Behavior

How Psychoanalysis and Behaviorism Helped Create Advertising

Allen J Frances M.D. on January 9, 2017

How America became a "shop until you drop" culture.

How America became a "shop until you drop" culture.

Attachment

A Debate on the Pros and Cons of Aging and Death

Allen J Frances M.D. on December 24, 2016

Scientists claim they are close to discovering the fountain of youth and doubling human lifespan.

Scientists claim they are close to discovering the fountain of youth and doubling human lifespan.

Trump's goofy appointments to top government positions end any hope his wild impulses will be contained by cooler heads.

"Everyone is entitled to their own opinion facts"

Medication is a last resort for Type 2 diabetes and the older meds are better than the newer ones.

Nootropics

The Drug Enforcement Agency Has the Wrong Priorities

Allen J Frances M.D. on November 15, 2016

The DEA should stop over-reacting to the relatively small safety risks of Kratom and pot and stop under-reacting to the daily tragedies caused by the opioid epidemic.

The DEA should stop over-reacting to the relatively small safety risks of Kratom and pot and stop under-reacting to the daily tragedies caused by the opioid epidemic.

Accurate diagnosis in kids is tough and time consuming. Misdiagnosis in kids is easy and fast- but the harms can last a lifetime.

Easter Island tells us all we need to know about our greatness and our fallibility- and also about our prognosis as a species.

The Sackler family earned a fortune promoting the opioid epidemic and should devote their philanthropy to helping the millions of Americans who have been harmed by it.

The main motivation in creating new drugs is to generate profits. New expensive drugs are often worse than old cheap ones.

These six practical suggestions to reduce medical errors would do a great deal more to save lives than any medical breakthrough we can envision in the coming decades.

Protecting profit against patient welfare