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Welcome back to your weekly dose of wisdom and wellness. Below you’ll find several new, actionable feature stories.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
medium.com | John Kruse MD
Much remains unknown, but substantial medical science shows that affirmative transgender care helps. John Kruse MD, PhD·FollowPublished inWise & Well·15 min read·--Image:McCutcheon / PexelsIn 2000, substantially less than 1% of the US population identified as transgender. Any attention paid to these individuals was sporadic and rare. They were viewed as exotic and deviant. A quarter century later, one can’t escape hearing about transgender and nonbinary people.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
medium.com | John Kruse MD
Untangling knotty myths clarifies what ADHD really is. John Kruse MD, PhD·FollowPublished inWise & Well·8 min read·--Myriams-Fotos from PixabayADHD is not a deficit of attention. It’s not a moral failing. It’s not complex PTSD. It’s not a lot of things people think it is. Untangling what is and what isn’t ADHD can be a knotty problem. Accurate diagnoses matter. For patients, a diagnosis often becomes part of their identity.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
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A deeper understanding of ADHD helps sort out who really has it. John Kruse MD, PhD·FollowPublished inWise & Well·11 min read·--Tumisu / PixabayA recent survey found that a quarter of American adults think that they Hyperactivity Disorder, known as ADHD. Although self assessment tests abound online, purportedly providing the answer to that question, many are aware that a simple checklist is unlikely to render a definitive diagnosis.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
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Warnings intended to protect people actually increased suicide deaths. We need an FDA that learns from its mistakes. John Kruse MD, PhD·FollowPublished inWise & Well·10 min read·--Flickr/FDAFDA actions made to reduce suicide deaths from antidepressants actually resulted in several thousand excess deaths and continue to kill people now. Just in time for Thanksgiving, researchers released a comprehensive systematic review of FDA decisions made 20 years ago.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
medium.com | John Kruse MD
Squishy and subjective psychiatry pairs well with rigorous scientific method for exploring and improving our lives. John Kruse MD, PhD·FollowPublished inWise & Well·11 min read·--With permission from JSKruse“Why the heck would you spend all of that time in school and then become a full-time psychiatrist?”More than 20 years ago I was invited to talk at a conference for MD-PhD students. All of the speakers had earned both degrees. All of the other attendees had careers in medical research.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
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The genes of our high school friends influence our subsequent behaviorsJohn Kruse MD, PhD·FollowPublished inWise & Well·6 min read·--nappy / Pexels“I don’t want you hanging out with those kids and getting into trouble.”“But mom, they haven’t done anything wrong! They’re my friends!”“Just you watch. This isn’t going to turn out well.”Researchers now have evidence that Mom might have known what she was talking about.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
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Ruling in, rather than ruling out, is one small step to fixing itJohn Kruse MD, PhD·FollowPublished inWise & Well·11 min read·--Ariel from Pixabay“Psychiatry is no better than witchcraft.”“Your mental health diagnoses are meaningless.”Occasionally I receive harshly negative comments like these when I post informational videos about ADHD, anxiety, and depression, though most of the feedback is positive.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
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Will new DEA regulations make things better or worse? John Kruse MD, PhD·FollowPublished inWise & Well·11 min read·--Antoni Shkraba / PexelsI opened my garden level psychiatry home office on a tree-lined street in San Francisco at the beginning of the millennium. It felt like an oasis in the midst of a high density urban setting.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
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Walking faster or strengthening your grip is no guarantee of longer lifeJohn Kruse MD, PhD·FollowPublished inWise & Well·7 min read·--SAIYED IRFAN A / PixabayMedical screening tools have proliferated across the internet. Answer a few questions from an online checklist and you’ll know if you have ADHD, depression, or narcissistic personality disorder. Clock how fast you walk or measure your grip strength, and you’ll know how long you’ll live.
