Daniel Fisher, MD

Drug Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024, C.D.C. Reports

“Deaths declined in all major categories of drug use, stimulants as well as opioids, dropping in every state but two. Nationwide, drug fatalities plunged nearly 27 percent.”

We must continue to invest in addiction & mental health treatment!

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I wouldn't be out there if I didn't believe that America can come through this moment, if each of us is prepared to play our role in demanding and delivering a better future.

Was invited to CA to review an academic program. Came back to Ohio to learn we are now 2 steps away from banning tenure, banning collective bargaining & strikes for academics, and mandating that universities cannot hold intellectual positions on topics the legislature deems controversial. 🧪

235: The Serotonin Hypothesis: Controversies and Nuance with Awais Aftab, MD Podcast Episode · Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast · 2025-03-14 · 1h 17m

Interesting discussion on the heterogeneity of depression with @awaisaftab.bsky.social and David Puder on the Psychiatry & Psychotherapy podcast. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/p... #mentalhealth #mentalillness #depression

The coolest thing I’ve seen today is that a bunch of volunteer public health professionals and developers have restored the CDC website from before January 20th 2025.

This differs from an archive in that they want to rebuild the links between pages and replicate the full website.

New research from my residency program

Per Dr Atul Gawande, ex USAID: “All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.”

There are no words that sufficiently describe this level of cruelty and sadism.

Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...

Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.

Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?

#PHEthx

…as a psychotherapist I do not by any means try to deliver my patients from fear. Rather, I lead them to the reason for their fear, and then it becomes clear that it is justified. ~Carl Jung, Letters Vol. 1, Page 399.

If we all find 100 posts to like every day, engagement and good will on @bsky.app grows exponentially.

Is it worth a few minutes to make the platform stronger ?

Scientists, academics, researchers: We’re excited to share that @altmetric.com is now tracking mentions of your research on Bluesky! 🧪

This is going to save hospitals a lot of money !

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Looking for suggestions for our Senior Seminar didactic series.

Psychiatry PGY4s. One hour a week for seven weeks.

Research: Women Are Better Leaders During a Crisis There has been a lot said about how women have done a better job leading during the Covid-19 crisis than men. According to an analysis of 360-degree assessments conducted between March and June of thi...

During the pandemic, Women outscored men on 13 of 19 metrics gathered by Jack (grandpa) Zenger’s 360 degree leadership effectiveness evaluations.

Chaucer smiling at this pun

Thanks for sharing. Though focused on RSNA the editorial
felt broadly applicable, and directly for me, the advice to trainees.

Correct! Try bluffing that you are from Idaho, the hit rate for the first response being a single word “potatoes” is incredibly high. Just obscure enough to be both commonly known but interesting enough to share spontaneously.

Saying the name of my home state induces an irresistible urge to say the word…

It's A Universal Truth — The Holidays Are Exhausting For Women — HuffPost Between an unequal division of labor, tradition and cultural expectations, here's a reframe to help you give yourself (and your host) a little grace.

Women still take on the majority of the mental load for holidays.

How do we fix this???

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Action Intent Links | Bluesky Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

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#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

If you are an academic or clinical psychiatrist, psychiatric organization, psychiatric journal, trainee or mental health ally please say hi on Bluesky! 🦋 I would love to follow you and add you to a starter pack 👇🏼

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Would love to join

Seems like a focused strategy. What do you typically say for prompt engineering to get the quality of data and right level of detail you are looking for?

Do you have a saved prompt that you reuse?

I use a few GPTs that have local knowledge and are preprogrammed for specific output.

Do you use a custom GPTor upload pertinent pdfs with each project?

Do you an AI model in academic activity?

If so, how?

(Search, document editing, lecture prep, studying)

Agree. 5 and 0.38 is the only answer.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.

‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky

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