Luan Hassett
Enlightenment In Everyday Life
Category: Psychiatry
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There are a few options, but I like the idea of 1:1 mentorship in the form of deep inner work in the workplace. Again, some options for this already exist. I’m going to skip past why I don’t think they are very good. My wish is for more opportunity to explore the deeper factors as…
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One of the big misconceptions about psychiatrists is that you have to primarily work in a cognitive way. Meaning you make intellectual decisions, requiring your awareness to reside primarily in your head rather than the rest of your body. I want to illustrate how this has not been the case in my practice. Last Thursday…
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Probability is the backbone of evidence based medicine, but it doesn’t describe reality with the depth that explanatory theories provide. Let’s say that I am studying physics and I calculate the probability that earth will be struck by an asteroid in the next five years. I don’t know what a typical probability calculation would come…
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This is a list of things I wish were different about psychiatry. I am following the spiritual principle of owning my experience, which means that I am not stating these as necessary improvements. I am not implying blame of anyone. I am simply expressing wishes, not opinions. For balance, here are some of the things…