I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to share other writers' work on human health. This newsletter has a name that I'll admit is misleading. It has psychiatrists, plural, in the name. My wife chose the name! It's a play on The Avalanches’ song. A scientist wrote the following piece, but he's not a biomedical scientist. He's a physicist! Yes, it's my friend
joining us again. You may remember his prior articles, like his epic five-part series on lithium blood levels? It's available here:He also co-authored an academic paper, along with our mutual friend
(who also has an excellent book called Conversations in Critical Psychiatry, which I am well overdue for reviewing— buy it on Amazon (affiliate link) and review it yourself now!)Alex is a physicist and a psychiatric patient. He became very interested in the topic of lithium because it was a great treatment for him. He felt that the science around lithium was tremendously strong, …