Michael Ostacher, MD, MPH
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Professor of Psychiatry & Beh Sciences @StanfordMed decreasing stigma/increasing evidence/improving care. Food tweets. Digital Ed @BMJMentalHealth Opinions mine
Stanford, CA
Joined January 2013
Just had a patient tell me today that my prescribing acamprosate saved his life. Hasn't drank since. "I just don't think about it anymore." Never had someone taking gabapentin tell me that, so just a reminder to all of you out there to follow the data and to watch your biases.š.
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Kind of mixed Korean recipes for a kimchi seafood pancake. And it stuck, but so what? We ate it all up. #twittersupperclub
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RT @NcpsInfo: The NCPS Annual Meeting Committee is planning the 2026 Annual Meeting in Monterey, and we would love to hear from you! Pleaseā¦.
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RT @ProfRobHoward: Just remember folks, Scientologists believe we are strange aliens from another planet, trapped in our earthly form. Whimā¦.
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Why arenāt Italians as obese as Americans? Itās not really what they eat, Secretary Kennedy, it's how much. And that amount is a hell of a lot less. So let's work on that.
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RT @AllenFrancesMD: Lithium best med for bipolars/but too rarely prescribed. Why?.1)Pharma- cheap pills were never marketed heavily.2)Lazyā¦.
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RT @cremieuxrecueil: I just saw someone alleging that the Amish didn't get COVID. But they clearly did. The Amish experienced heightenedā¦.
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And people thought Qatar was too hot for the World Cup.
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Quitting social media has almost no effect on mental health measures in this large study. If you read the news you would think it would be large, but itās not.
Stanford paid 35,000 people to quit social media. This was the largest study on emotional health in history. The results were so shocking, scientists called it "comparable to therapy.". Here's what happens when you break free from the algorithm: š§µ
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RT @chrisaikenmd: Here's a finding you can use in practice now. This online suicide risk calculator for bipolar / schizophrenia is quickā¦.
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There is nothing āfull circleā about this. This is just pure conspiracy theory taking over American medicine. More to come.
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This is not the only ice cream recipe youāll ever need. Itās a pain in the ass and not 1/3 as good as the Salt & Straw base recipe (look it up). #twittersupperclub
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RT @TheAtlantic: āUntil 2009, the lengthier sentences handed down during the preceding crime wave and the tendency of released prisoners toā¦.
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RT @jakescottMD: RFK Jr's thimerosal thread is a masterclass in misinformation. Let's fact-check it line by line. š§µ.
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RT @cremieuxrecueil: ADHD is a condition that's suffered from diagnostic drift: it's been defined more leniently over time, so more peopleā¦.
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