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Ignoring Reality Bites
"Franz Camenzind captured something essential in his “Guest Shot” last week: Science is under siege, and the effects are not abstract — they are visible right here in Jackson Hole. This valley survives on respect for reality. We live in a place where weather, wildlife, wildfire risk, water scarcity and tourism pressures do not yield to opinion. Ranchers, outfitters, wildlife biologists, physicians, guides and conservationists all share one thing: Our work depends on evidence.
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Ketamine
We applaud last week’s front-page article high- lighting a newer treatment for depression. It stated that ketamine could treat depression, and touched on cost, access, side-effect and data issues. We have been in academics as well as practicing psychiatry in Jackson for more than 30 years and wish to add useful context to this article. 1. Jackson Hole has more therapists/clinicians and money than most places. Thus, ketamine treatment is somewhat easier to obtain here and the
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Answered Quora Questions
Question: What is the average time frame for seeing a GP, getting referred to a psychiatrist, and having an initial consultation? Dr....
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Answered Quora Questions
Question: What is the difference between a psychiatric rehabilitation technician and a therapist? And why would a psychiatrist recommend...
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The Family Therapy Collections. Individual and Family Therapy: An Overview of the Interface.
"The editor of this volume, Stuart Sugarman, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine of the University of...
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Alex Honnold: Spider-Man… or a lucky, very virtuoso human?
Photo By (Jimmy Chin) for Canary Media Some folks asked me to comment on the Alex Honnold phenomenon, knowing that I have dealt with...
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Impaired Insight Improved Through Interdisciplinary Team Approach
We’re proud to share that Dr. Sugarman was featured in Connections , the Menninger Clinic’s quarterly publication. The article, titled...
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