Christopher Lane, PhD
@christophlane.bsky.social
Writer on Side Effects @psychologytoday.com | Prof Emeritus of #MedHum at Northwestern | Medicine & politics; mental health & public health. #Medsky. 🏳️🌈
Website: https://www.christopherlane.org
Website: https://www.christopherlane.org
Opioid #deprescribing works, but dependency and misuse remain stubborn challenges.
My latest @psychologytoday.com
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My latest @psychologytoday.com
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New Report on Opioid Prescribing and Deprescribing
Opioids are still widely prescribed, but have limited effectiveness and are associated with serious harms. De-prescribing them is a rational response and process.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Opioid #deprescribing works, but dependency and misuse remain stubborn challenges.
My latest @psychologytoday.com
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My latest @psychologytoday.com
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The move to medicalize #grief is tied to normative and cultural expectations of when it should end.
My review @psychologytoday.com of Barbara Blatchley’s insightful memoir, Sorrow’s Long Road: The Science of Grief, published today by @columbiaup.bsky.social
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My review @psychologytoday.com of Barbara Blatchley’s insightful memoir, Sorrow’s Long Road: The Science of Grief, published today by @columbiaup.bsky.social
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'Sorrow’s Long Road': A Book Review
A powerful new memoir about grief puts neuroscience and cultural analysis in productive dialogue.
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September 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The move to medicalize #grief is tied to normative and cultural expectations of when it should end.
My review @psychologytoday.com of Barbara Blatchley’s insightful memoir, Sorrow’s Long Road: The Science of Grief, published today by @columbiaup.bsky.social
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
My review @psychologytoday.com of Barbara Blatchley’s insightful memoir, Sorrow’s Long Road: The Science of Grief, published today by @columbiaup.bsky.social
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
Why stopping meds abruptly is unwise and withdrawal symptoms are misrecognized.
“How to Taper” — my interview @psychologytoday.com with deprescribing expert @markhoro.bsky.social
#SSRIs #benzodiazepines #MedSky #Psychiatry
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“How to Taper” — my interview @psychologytoday.com with deprescribing expert @markhoro.bsky.social
#SSRIs #benzodiazepines #MedSky #Psychiatry
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How to Taper: An Interview With Mark A. Horowitz
A leading authority on psychiatric drug withdrawal explains why stopping abruptly is ill-advised and why withdrawal symptoms and relapse are still frequently confused.
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May 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Why stopping meds abruptly is unwise and withdrawal symptoms are misrecognized.
“How to Taper” — my interview @psychologytoday.com with deprescribing expert @markhoro.bsky.social
#SSRIs #benzodiazepines #MedSky #Psychiatry
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
“How to Taper” — my interview @psychologytoday.com with deprescribing expert @markhoro.bsky.social
#SSRIs #benzodiazepines #MedSky #Psychiatry
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
Why are several major world health agencies still mired in 19th-century ways of thinking about infectious disease?
My review of @carlzimmer.com’s Air-Borne and other important new studies in @psychologytoday.com.
#MedSky #LongCovid #CovidIsAirborne
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My review of @carlzimmer.com’s Air-Borne and other important new studies in @psychologytoday.com.
#MedSky #LongCovid #CovidIsAirborne
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Denial of Airborne Infection: A Review
“Is no one interested in understanding the dynamics of airborne infection?” Explore the history of airborne contagion and the latest study to confirm it.
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April 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Why are several major world health agencies still mired in 19th-century ways of thinking about infectious disease?
My review of @carlzimmer.com’s Air-Borne and other important new studies in @psychologytoday.com.
#MedSky #LongCovid #CovidIsAirborne
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My review of @carlzimmer.com’s Air-Borne and other important new studies in @psychologytoday.com.
#MedSky #LongCovid #CovidIsAirborne
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Over the course of 13 years, Laura Delano was diagnosed with 8 different psychiatric disorders.
For their treatment, she was prescribed 21 different psychiatric drugs.
My review of her memoir of polypharmacy @psychologytoday.com
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For their treatment, she was prescribed 21 different psychiatric drugs.
My review of her memoir of polypharmacy @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
Diagnosis Cascade: A Book Review
“On paper, I had it all together. Behind my mind’s closed doors, I was completely broken apart.” An insightful new memoir on polypharmacy and its contributing causes.
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March 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Over the course of 13 years, Laura Delano was diagnosed with 8 different psychiatric disorders.
For their treatment, she was prescribed 21 different psychiatric drugs.
My review of her memoir of polypharmacy @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
For their treatment, she was prescribed 21 different psychiatric drugs.
My review of her memoir of polypharmacy @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
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Just a non-gentle reminder of this guy's past. People knew who he was and what he stood for. His resume was blatantly clear. Now, he is doing the same on a massive scale and with help.
March 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just a non-gentle reminder of this guy's past. People knew who he was and what he stood for. His resume was blatantly clear. Now, he is doing the same on a massive scale and with help.
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"Thousands of employees returned to the Food and Drug Administration’s headquarters Monday to find overflowing parking lots, long security lines and makeshift office spaces without chairs and other basic supplies..."
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FDA staff return to crowded offices, broken equipment and missing chairs
Thousands of Food and Drug Administration employees are returning to the office to find overflowing parking lots, cramped workspaces and missing equipment.
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March 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Thousands of employees returned to the Food and Drug Administration’s headquarters Monday to find overflowing parking lots, long security lines and makeshift office spaces without chairs and other basic supplies..."
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I had to compose myself before posting—because this breaks a part of my soul.
If you’re a contractor with a segregation policy, say it loud—so non-white dollars don’t fund your business. It won’t go how you think.
And if anyone uncovers businesses doing this, put them on blast.
#NAACP #BlackSky
If you’re a contractor with a segregation policy, say it loud—so non-white dollars don’t fund your business. It won’t go how you think.
And if anyone uncovers businesses doing this, put them on blast.
#NAACP #BlackSky
March 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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rfk jr's attitude toward anyone or thing that gets sick is "if he dies, he dies."
RFK Jr.’s Prescription for Bird Flu on Farms: Let It Spread (Gift Article)
The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say.
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March 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
rfk jr's attitude toward anyone or thing that gets sick is "if he dies, he dies."
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It seems like when you write a decision giving the President king-like powers, you shouldn't be indignant when he acts like a king.
March 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
It seems like when you write a decision giving the President king-like powers, you shouldn't be indignant when he acts like a king.
Over the course of 13 years, Laura Delano was diagnosed with 8 different psychiatric disorders.
For their treatment, she was prescribed 21 different psychiatric drugs.
My review of her memoir of polypharmacy @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
For their treatment, she was prescribed 21 different psychiatric drugs.
My review of her memoir of polypharmacy @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
Diagnosis Cascade: A Book Review
“On paper, I had it all together. Behind my mind’s closed doors, I was completely broken apart.” An insightful new memoir on polypharmacy and its contributing causes.
www.psychologytoday.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Over the course of 13 years, Laura Delano was diagnosed with 8 different psychiatric disorders.
For their treatment, she was prescribed 21 different psychiatric drugs.
My review of her memoir of polypharmacy @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
For their treatment, she was prescribed 21 different psychiatric drugs.
My review of her memoir of polypharmacy @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
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We know many of you have lived under malevolent, unhinged dictators before, but this is new for us.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
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Dear World, (An Apology From Decent Americans)
Dear World,
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March 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
We know many of you have lived under malevolent, unhinged dictators before, but this is new for us.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...
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Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
March 15, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being.➡️ www.youtube.com/@americanmed...
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this guy’s distinguishing quality is his boundless contempt for anyone who voices the slightest disagreement with him. you can see in his voice and mannerisms that he thinks he’s better than everyone around him. (which to my mind is just compensation for his palpable self-loathing)
Seniors came to JD Vance's event to demand the Trump Administration stop cutting Social Security.
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
JD's response:
"Don't you all have jobs?"
March 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
this guy’s distinguishing quality is his boundless contempt for anyone who voices the slightest disagreement with him. you can see in his voice and mannerisms that he thinks he’s better than everyone around him. (which to my mind is just compensation for his palpable self-loathing)
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When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.
March 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
When AOC and Adam Kinzinger are both furious at Chuck Schumer, for the exact same reason, maybe you need to give up the idea this is just a backlash coming from far left activists.
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Chuck Schumer right now:
March 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Chuck Schumer right now:
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They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
She saw family in Lebanon. Now this Brown Medicine doctor is being held at Logan for deportation.
Dr. Rasha Alawieh flew into Logan Airport Thursday after visiting family in Lebanon. She's being detained now at Logan without legal counsel.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
They're trying to deport my colleague from the med school and holding her without counsel. She was coming back from a visit to her family. If there are ways to help I'll let you know. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/l...
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Yes. The answer is yes.
Reporter: Is it time for new leadership in the Senate?
Jeffries: Next question.
Jeffries: Next question.
March 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yes. The answer is yes.
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One of the things Trumpism does is open the door for unintended consequences
March 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
One of the things Trumpism does is open the door for unintended consequences
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Al Green after he was THROWN out of chambers:
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
March 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Al Green after he was THROWN out of chambers:
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
“I was making it clear to the President that he has no mandate to cut Medicaid”
"It is the best way to get it across to a person who uses his incivility, who uses his incivility against our civility. "
#SOTU
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This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
March 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
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It was a hard speech to watch. But what came after was the worst part. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union
It wasn’t necessary to watch all of Trump’s speech last night to understand where we are as a country.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It was a hard speech to watch. But what came after was the worst part. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...