Psychiatrist. Retired Army Brigadier General. Pioneered telemedicine, innovative technology/neuropsychiatry. Exec Board CERL/PHR/HRF
Arlington, VA
Joined December 2010
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Preserve, Protect, and Defend the Constitution ... We all took that oath.
I believe @KamalaHarris will do that better than the former president, & I join my @NSLforamerica colleagues in supporting her.
#Election2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #DefeatTrump
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tragic story - masterfully written by C.J. CHIVERS: nytimes.com/2023/02/21/magaz…. time to do an exhaustive after-action review
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Also worth noting re @POTUS @JoeBiden's evolution on #drugpolicy, his administration is also considering
a #Psychedelic Therapies Task Force. Read @KenJ_Bklyn's fascinating account of what's transpired to date. @SteveXen @MAPS
lucid.news/biden-administrat… via @lucidnewssite
credit to the journalists for a great story - lucid.news/biden-administrat… a team working together dedicated to help those in need with creative treatments. we have a team that cares!
time.com/6208079/psychedelic… the Right-to-Try - when we & those we love are searching for peace & a glimmer of light
Mass shootings highlight our failure in mental health thehill.com/opinion/criminal…
Tyrants get bad information — so do non-tyrants thehill.com/opinion/national… reliable, factual, unvarnished flow of information is vital to success @PennCERL @P4HR @humanrights1st @pennprof
the world is watching the US as it wrestles with handling Guantanamo: eldiario.es/internacional/gu….
agree with the opinion - nytimes.com/2021/12/29/opini… & dismayed that our current politics are too partisan for fix. see my piece from WaPo in Feb 2005 & article in the JAAPL from 2014. ethical principles are America's best defense.
another year has passed & another surge of COVID. it looks like a prolonged combat stress. see my piece from Jan 2021 msn.com/en-us/news/politics/… let's improve mental health for all! time to act - train more therapists - offer affordable treatments - reach out to the most needy.
Footnote from Greece on Veterans Day 2021 thehill.com/opinion/national…. A message to our political leadership. @PennCERL @SilverHillHosp @P4HR @DeptVetAffairs
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«Το #Αφγανιστάν θα τους ακολουθεί». Ο ψυχίατρος και ταξίαρχος ε.α. @SteveXen μιλάει στην @Kathimerini_gr για το ηθικό τραύμα των Αμερικανών βετεράνων του πολέμου. kathimerini.gr/world/5614960…
Footnote from Greece on Veterans Day 2021 thehill.com/opinion/national…. Reflections on Veterans Day. And commitment to care them & their families.
the federal & state governments should apply lessons learned from Gulf War syndrome - multi-modal, integrated care thehill.com/policy/healthcar…. i pused for leadership some months ago thehill.com/opinion/healthca…
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It’s official. I just receive a U01 grant from NIDA to study #psilocybin for tobacco addiction. To my knowledge it's the 1st grant from the US government in over a half century to directly study therapeutics of a classic #psychedelic. New era in legitimacy of psychedelic science.
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Thank you to all the experts that have worked with PHR to seek justice for victims of torture, including @ethicalpsycholo @Drreisner @SteveXen @sondracrosby16 @viacopino1 @AllenSKeller & many more!