Richard A. Friedman
@raf_ideas
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Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. Director, Psychopharmacology Clinic
Weill Cornell Medical College
Joined March 2015
Rest and relaxation are overrated; for a great vacation, go for exertion.
theatlantic.com
To really take a break, try vigorous exercise.
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We will bounce back from Covid and are pretty resilient
nytimes.com
The mental health toll of the pandemic is real. But many will recover.
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Debate advice for Biden: humor and ridicule will rattle Trump.
nytimes.com
Truth sandwiches, ridicule and other tactics for Joe Biden when he faces President Trump.
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Trump claims he aced a “cognitive test.” So could just about anyone with the test he likely took: https://t.co/J6Uv45LQRn
nytimes.com
If the president wants to impress us with his intellect, he should take the SAT.
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What Is Killing American Youth? https://t.co/KLUT4h4srw
nytimes.com
Suicide is now their second-leading cause of death.
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Is CBD a Panacea—or Expensive Placebo?
nytimes.com
Let’s see what the research says before pouring it into our tea and rubbing it all over our bodies.
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How to be more resilient.
nytimes.com
Some people are just genetically tougher. But you can train your brain to better handle stress.
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How Trump foments violence and fear.
nytimes.com
Humans are social creatures who are easily influenced by the anger and rage that are everywhere these days.
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Trump’s moral fingerprints are all over these bombs. Through his relentless hate speech and demonizing his opponents, this president has incited domestic terrorism.
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Myth of Teen Anxiety Epidemic.
nytimes.com
Relax: The digital age is not wrecking your kid's brain.
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Trump, who bragged he’d run into a school with a shooter, shows the country he’s a sissy cowering in the White House, licking the boots of the NRA
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Trump is wrong about gun violence. The US has the same rates of mental disorders as other countries but 49 times the rate of gun homicide because they have something we don’t: sensible gun control.
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Trump doesn’t need a mental fitness exam. We already know he’s unfit
washingtonpost.com
Mental disorders don’t disqualify presidents. Besides, we already know Trump is unfit.
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Mass shooting is unique to US where anyone can get a gun. All countries have mentally ill people. They have one thing we don’t: gun control
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Psychiatrists can't stop mass killers, but gun control can.
nytimes.com
No one, including mental health professionals, can predict who will turn violent.
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Trump's secret weapon is empathy, the very dark sort: https://t.co/QeUC5TtcAy
theguardian.com
There is nothing necessarily nice about empathy. What Trump doesn’t have is sympathy – he doesn’t really feel badly for other people
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What Cookies and Meth Have in Common
nytimes.com
Modern humans have designed the perfect environment for drug and food addiction.
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A sleep-deprived, impulsive, petulant Twitter addict: Go to bed, Mr. President, and stop your tweeting:
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