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David Bransford MD Memorial Weekend Post 2012
Judy Collins sings "My Father" With the extended Memorial Weekend, I imagine it will mean many different things to various people..Camping, family gatherings, celebrations, and times of reflections and memories. To our military heroes, our loved ones, and so many … Continue reading
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David Bransford MD Music Therapy Post – DLAM
The Universality of Music continues to amaze me. I interview many children and adolescents on any working day and music is probably the most useful “ice breaker” in developing some type of dialogue. Growing up in a family of musicians … Continue reading
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David Bransford MD Powerful Podcast re: Diagnosis Inflation
Given that it is Opener In The North Woods of Minnesota, I have very little time to devote to this post today, but I do have an extremely informative link to a Podcast from earlier this week by Dr Allen … Continue reading
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs ??
It seems far too common for college students/graduate students to present with the chief concern of not being able to concentrate in class and/or not be able to keep up with homework and school related projects. Often, the patient does not have an ADHD diagnosis from earlier school years in elementary-high school. There has been the myth that a direct stimulant with improve concentration – if the person has a significant attention deficit. I suspect the ability to concentrate is enhanced, but it is also true for most students. Only those with severe anxiety symptoms might find stimulants such as the amphetamines too anxiety inducing.
So such as strong demand for the direct stimulants (C-II scheduled – so highly addictive, rapid tolerance, and high street value…as a tab, snorted, or IV)
In Maia’s article, the question is raised of the double standard of “no performance-enhancing drugs in Sports, but it is viewed as acceptable for improving school performance. ??
Would welcome opinions about this issue, as it seems to be such a major source of use and abuse with the amphetamines….(am including methylphenidate in this class) Brand Names with high street value- Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts) and Ritalin (methylphenidate) See a true desperation in amphetamine users that have become addicted………methamphetamine addicts, in particular 1.
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David Bransford MD From the Headwaters to Big Easy
Jazzfest in New Orleans has just started for 2012 and I am wishing I was there. Post Katrina, New Orleans seems to be recovering. Such a melting pot of different people, cultures, and musical genres’ Will attempt to share some … Continue reading
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David Bransford MD Advances in Psychiatry ??
I find it hard to imagine that up until the early 1960s, prefrontal lobotomies were considered “State of the Art”- often after regressive ECTs and Insulin Shock Treatments had failed to improve the conditions of people with “Mental Breakdowns”. The … Continue reading
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David Bransford MD April 2012 Signs of Spring
Finally, after what seems to have been a very long winter and transition into Spring, on the Eve of Easter Sunday, the woods and fields are so active, as territories are established, nests are built, and Ruffed Grouse can be … Continue reading
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David Bransford MD Blog Vernal Equinox 2012
March 20, 2012 was the official date, and major changes are so apparent as the daylight picks up momentum, the snow has melted, and we are very close to ‘Ice Out’ on the major surrounding lakes. People are outside more … Continue reading
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DavidBransfordMD BigPharma has highjacked Psychiatry !
Once again, another week of BigPharma in the field of psychiatry, having a profound impact on prescribers, Universities,the Media, and obviously the “consumers” ! Am not certain why I am still amazed that providers (in this region – PCPs, NPs, … Continue reading
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David Bransford MD Blog “Loss of Mind”
I often hear from adults of having a great dread of developing Dementia…usually Alzheimers..with very gradual onset and ending up in a Memory Care Unit. Thru the media, many well known individuals have made us acutely aware of this tragic … Continue reading
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