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Editor’s Note: This piece is an edited excerpt from the author’s 2020 book, Butchered by Healthcare.
Most physicians view psychiatrists as somewhat feral animals. We suspect with some justification that many of their ideas are hot air. Unlike any other specialty, psychiatrists take care of people with normal labs and radiologic tests. They keep only patients with purely subjective problems. Psychiatrists pass patients with “organic” issues such as thyroid disease to others. These are the ones with identifiable physical signs, symptoms, and tests. Likewise, psychiatrists base treatment outcomes solely on their theories and observing patient behavior rather than on measurable, objective results.
time for money, power, politics. an hour ago we got the may jobs report showing 75,000 jobs added, far fewer than expected, but right now the markets are in the green a bit and some investors hoping the report forces the fed chairman to cut interest rates and boost the market and protect the economy from the tariff and mexico/china tariff impact. ben white is back with me and joining the conversation is ben furman who was on the council of economic advisers and an economic policy professor at harvard s kennedy school. jason, combine the jobs report with worries over the president s trade war and what that does to jay powell. two months ago usa today saying this market, the jobs picture is beautiful and now a rate cut? yeah. i m not worried about the jobs number in this report. you know? those numbers are volatile.