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Ronald W. Pies, MD

Ronald W. Pies, MD

Dr Pies is Editor in Chief Emeritus of Psychiatric Times, and a Professor in the psychiatry departments of SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, and Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston. Dr Pies is author, most recently, of Psychiatry on the Edge, a collection of essays drawn from Psychiatric Times (Nova Publishing); and a novel, The Director of Minor Tragedies (iUniverse); and The Myeloma Year, a chapbook of poems and essays.

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Mounties, Cowboys, Avengers—and the Cultural Script of Gun Violence

James L. Knoll IV, MD
Ronald W. Pies, MD
January 15, 2016
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Gun violence by alienated, disgruntled individuals isn't new. So what changes may help account for our recent spate of mass shootings?

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Serotonin: How Psychiatry Got Over Its “High School Crush”

Ronald W. Pies, MD
November 02, 2015
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If serotonin was once American psychiatry’s “high school crush,” the field now appears wedded to a more mature model of biological and psychosocial understanding.

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The Bogus “Epidemic” of Mental Illness in the US

Ronald W. Pies, MD
June 18, 2015 | Career
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Critics of psychiatry claim there is an “epidemic” of mental illness in the US—and some argue this is a consequence of psychiatric treatment. But the best epidemiological evidence reveals no such epidemic in this country, rendering the iatrogenic “explanation” null and void.

The War on Psychiatric Diagnosis

Ronald W. Pies, MD
April 03, 2015 | Career
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A recent report that argues against descriptive diagnosis in medicine is historically ill-informed and medically naive, in the opinion of this psychiatrist.

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

What Is “Disease”? Implications of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Ronald W. Pies, MD
News | March 02, 2015
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What do physicians intend by the term “disease”? The recent IOM report on “systemic exertion intolerance disease” (formerly known as chronic fatigue syndrome) casts this question in a new light and has many practical implications for patients, physicians, and third-party payers.

Scientific Creativity in Psychiatry

Ronald W. Pies, MD
January 26, 2015
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Readers of Albert Rothenberg’s new book will come away greatly enriched by the author’s own lifelong, creative synthesis.

Satire, Charlie Hebdo, and Responsible Journalism

Ronald W. Pies, MD
January 21, 2015
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A commentary on civility and ethical standards in the aftermath of terrorist events in France.

Are Antidepressants Really “Over-Prescribed” in the US?

Ronald W. Pies, MD
News | September 01, 2014
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The “story behind the story” is not the over-prescription of antidepressants—though it happens—but the under-availability of optimal treatment.

Did 19th Century Physicians Think “Mental Disease” Was Merely a Metaphor?

Ronald W. Pies, MD
June 23, 2014
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A limited sampling presented here lends no support to Dr Thomas Szasz’s claim that 19th century physicians regarded the term “mental disease” as merely a figure of speech; on the contrary, several prominent physicians of this era recognized such conditions as both real and debilitating.

Nuances, Narratives, and the “Chemical Imbalance” Debate

Ronald W. Pies, MD
April 11, 2014
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It is time for psychiatry’s critics to drop the conspiratorial narrative of the “chemical imbalance” and acknowledge psychiatry’s efforts at integrating biological and psychosocial insights.

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