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rachel lockard, md mph
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psychiatry pgy-2 // somewhere at the intersection of housing, addiction & mental health 🏳️‍🌈🍉
me, using psych pharmacist to fullest potential, learning that varenicline isn’t pronounced like doxycycline
April 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Today, I visited Sea Mar Community Health Center in Seattle, where most patients are either uninsured or on Medicaid.

As Trump and Republicans push to cut $880 billion from Medicaid, I’ll keep fighting to protect your care.
March 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
One of the wild things about residency match season is when people say being a doctor is going to be their first job
March 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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One of my hottest takes is that academics don’t have nearly enough of an orientation to activism.
Adding “so rogue governments can’t delete your stuff” to the list of reasons why researchers should share their data
February 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
snow day which means I have the authority (& responsibility) to tell med students not to come in today
February 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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“Trying drugs, and pursuing pleasure... is a feminist act."

Judy Chang has led @inpud.bsky.social since 2017, and been at the forefront of the narcofeminist movement. As she prepares for a new role, she discusses achievements and challenges ahead with @carrielouhamilton.bsky.social:
Activist Judy Chang Talks Narcofeminism and Drug-User Rights
For years, Judy Chang has been a leader in the movement for drug-user rights. Since 2017, she’s served as executive ...
filtermag.org
January 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
when the debate over idiopathic vs antipsychotic-induced parkinsonism is repeated every time a new neuro & psych attending is on service
January 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
doing health service research at prisons and was given a tour of facilities during a break between interviews and ✨the confidence✨ in which staff will say that skilled workers making $0.85/hr is actually a lot of money is astounding
January 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
going through the mental status exam with med students on psych rotation and explaining the difference between constricted, blunted, and flat affect
January 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
literally my response to VA patient talking about their emotional support firearm during virtual psychotherapy
January 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
me & my neuro resident friends still vibing while our respective teams debate switching from keppra to a mood-stabilizing antiepileptic and when we can stop steroids
January 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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JAMA Insights: All clinicians, not just those specializing in addiction medicine, should be able to effectively engage with patients with opioid use disorder about preventing overdose.

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January 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
me (psych resident) & the neuro resident I was on service with last year vibing outside the patients room while our attendings argue about idiopathic vs antipsychotic induced parkinsonism
January 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I love when patients on inpatient psych say they needed a grippy sock vacation because it feels like breaking the third wall between Real Life and The Internet
December 12, 2024 at 3:25 PM
a stat nurse of 35 years told me I was her favorite doctor of the day so I can die happy now
November 28, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM