Stuart Shipko, M.D., has been a practicing physician for 34 years.  Initially an emergency physician and family physician, he later became a psychiatrist to further explore the relationship between the mind and body in states of illness.  He has published original research relating panic disorder to abnormalities of bile flow that result in reflux-based sinusitis and heartburn  (http://stuartshipko.com/research.html.)  Sub-specialty interests include anxiety/panic disorders, and the side effects/withdrawal effects of antidepressants, benzodiazepines and other psychiatric medications. In his private practice in Pasadena, CA, Dr. Shipko dispenses empathic psychotherapy with a good measure of common sense and a practical approach to emotional problems.  He is the author of Surviving Panic Disorder and more recently Xanax Withdrawal http://xanaxwithdrawalbook.com/

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Psychiatry as a Mixed Blessing

Stuart Shipko, M.D. Psychiatry as a Mixed Blessing

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August 22, 2012

In the late 70’s, before the invention of CT scanners or MRI scanners, I practiced emergency medicine. Without these sophisticated tools, I had to look at a patient and make a decision about whether or not they appeared ill or in distress. A doctor had to examine the patient; smell the patient, touch the patient, talk to the patient; this was crucial to the decision making process of diagnosis and treatment. With that sort of background, why do my observations and opinions as a psychiatrist somehow no longer matter?
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