Isaac Baldwin
@ibaldwin.bsky.social
MD. Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow. Neurodevelopment, catatonia, spirituality, philosophy and ethics in psychiatry. Opinions my own.
I always recommend social time with friends and especially extracurricular activities that involve peers. As a policy intervention, investing in after school programs could be game-changing for the unprecedented issues faced by our modern youth.
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I always recommend social time with friends and especially extracurricular activities that involve peers. As a policy intervention, investing in after school programs could be game-changing for the unprecedented issues faced by our modern youth.
While screen time has understandably come under concern in recent years, I think it is the things kids are *not doing* when they’re in front of the screens that makes the biggest difference. Opportunity for social play is not only good for kids, it is required, just like learning.
October 31, 2025 at 7:58 PM
While screen time has understandably come under concern in recent years, I think it is the things kids are *not doing* when they’re in front of the screens that makes the biggest difference. Opportunity for social play is not only good for kids, it is required, just like learning.
The series has been excellent. The concepts have been a helpful supplement to my training and should really be core to all psychiatry education.
October 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The series has been excellent. The concepts have been a helpful supplement to my training and should really be core to all psychiatry education.
Very well deserved
August 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Very well deserved
The MAHA vision is of a type of utopia, where those able to utilize lifestyle practices such as organic food to improve health can live a full life. For disabled people and those lives improved by psychiatric medications & public assistance, however… it’s not clear there is a plan for them.
May 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The MAHA vision is of a type of utopia, where those able to utilize lifestyle practices such as organic food to improve health can live a full life. For disabled people and those lives improved by psychiatric medications & public assistance, however… it’s not clear there is a plan for them.
4. And what are those motives? Based upon everything we’ve seen so far, it appears to be the promotion of libertarian ideology that sees suffering and disability as individual responsibilities. To replace medical care and social support with “beneficial lifestyle changes”
Piece by Jesse Meadows
Piece by Jesse Meadows
Unshrunk and MAHA: A Diagnosis-Critical Case Study
a tangent inspired by my new video :)
open.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
4. And what are those motives? Based upon everything we’ve seen so far, it appears to be the promotion of libertarian ideology that sees suffering and disability as individual responsibilities. To replace medical care and social support with “beneficial lifestyle changes”
Piece by Jesse Meadows
Piece by Jesse Meadows
3. We are now seeing what appear to be efforts by the government to address longstanding issues (insufficient evidence and awareness regarding the risks of medications). Still, it is clear there are ulterior motives.
Piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social
Piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social
Opinion | What Kennedy Gets Right, And Wrong, About Antidepressants
Prozac is nearly 40 years old. Why are there still unanswered questions?
www.nytimes.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
3. We are now seeing what appear to be efforts by the government to address longstanding issues (insufficient evidence and awareness regarding the risks of medications). Still, it is clear there are ulterior motives.
Piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social
Piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social
2. Public trust has eroded in medical professions (including and maybe especially psychiatry) for both legitimate reasons (poor communication about certainty, risks, and harms) and because of leaders using rhetoric meant to undermine that trust.
Piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social
Piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social
American Psychiatry in the Shadow of MAHA and MAGA
Reflections on medicine, politics, and public trust
open.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
2. Public trust has eroded in medical professions (including and maybe especially psychiatry) for both legitimate reasons (poor communication about certainty, risks, and harms) and because of leaders using rhetoric meant to undermine that trust.
Piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social
Piece by @awaisaftab.bsky.social
1. There’s a myth that we used to be healthier in the past, and that we can get back there by shunning the medical establishment. It’s a myth that’s existed for a long time and has more to do with an idea of moral purity than it does with health.
Piece by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social
Piece by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social
Neurodiversity and the Myth of Moral Decline
How to spot reactionary critiques of medicalisation
open.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
1. There’s a myth that we used to be healthier in the past, and that we can get back there by shunning the medical establishment. It’s a myth that’s existed for a long time and has more to do with an idea of moral purity than it does with health.
Piece by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social
Piece by @drrobertchapman.bsky.social