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2008

Addiction Doesn’t Discriminate? Wrong
New York Times | September 2, 2008

Organ Failure: Doing battle with the National Kidney Foundation.
Slate | August 15, 2008

Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2007
Testimony Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce | June 24, 2008

'What's wrong with selling kidneys?'
Sally Satel & Nadey Hakim
International Herald Tribune | June 20, 2008

The God Committee: Should criminals have equal access to scarce medical treatments?
Slate | June 17, 2008

Addressing Disparities in Health and Healthcare: Issues for Reform
Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means | June 10, 2008

Veterans' Mental Health Treatment First Act
Testimony: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs | May 21, 2008

Why We Need a Market for Human Organs
Wall Street Journal | May 16, 2008

What the Doctor Ordered
National Review Online | May 7, 2008

Transplant tourism: treating patients when they return to the U.S.
AMA Virtual Mentor | May 2, 2008

Sources of Medical Research Funding
Medical Progress Today | April 24, 2008

Code Red
Sally Satel & Benjamin Hippen
National Review Online | April 14, 2008

Science and Sorrow
The New Republic | February 27, 2008

A Helping Hand for Vets
Wall Street Journal | February 26, 2008

2007

Desperately Seeking a Kidney
New York Times | Dec. 16, 2007

In Praise of Stigma
from Addiction Treatment: Science and Policy for the Twenty-first Century, The Johns Hopkins University Press | 2007

Mind Over Manual
New York Times | Sept. 13, 2007

Supply, Demand, and Kidney Transplants
Policy Review | Aug/Sept 2007

*This article now appears in The Best American Science Writing 2008
edited by Sylvia Nasar (Harper Perennial)

Testimony: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Personality Disorders: Challenges for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs | July 25, 2007

Addiction isn't a brain disease, Congress.
Slate | July 25, 2007

Guns and Needles
New York Times | July 12, 2007

The Human Factor
American.com | July 10, 2007

"Been There?" Sometimes That Isn't the Point
New York Times | June 12, 2007

Who Wants to be a Kidney Recipient?
The Huffington Post | May 29, 2007

Sane Mental Health Laws? Don't hold your breath. Federal "advocates" are standing in the way of reform.
The Weekly Standard | May 28, 2007

Oxy Morons
Wall Street Journal | May 15, 2007

Health Gulf: Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
Reviewed by Howard I. Kushner and Sally Satel
Commentary Magazine | May 2007

Paying for Kidneys
Washington Post | April 30, 2007

When Altruism Is Not Enough: The Worsening Organ Shortage And What It Means For The Elderly
by Sally L. Satel and Benjamin E. Hippen
The Elder Law Journal | April 16, 2007

Mismanaged Care
New York Times | April 8, 2007

One Harsh Prescription: A doctor vs. cyber humanitarianism.
National Review Online | April 3, 2007

Doing Well By Doing Good
The Wall Street Journal | March 16, 2007

9/11: Mental Health in the Wake of Terrorist Attacks
Psychiatric Services | February 2007

The Trouble with Traumatology
The Weekly Standard | February 12, 2007

First, Do Harm
The Weekly Standard | February 5, 2007

2006

Sometimes, the Why Really Isn't Crucial
New York Times | December 19, 2006

Is Caffeine Addictive?—A Review of the Literature
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse | December 5, 2006

Organs for Sale
The American | Nov./Dec. 2006

Organ donations in the USA:
Recipient: A living donor let me live on, By Sally Satel
Donor: The surgery was simple; the process is another story, By Virginia Postrel
USA Today | October 25, 2006

Measuring the Psychic Pain of War
Slate | August 29, 2006

Stressed Out Vets: Believing the worst about post-traumatic stress disorder
The Weekly Standard | August 21, 2006

For Addicts, Firm Hand Can Be the Best Medicine
New York Times | August 15, 2006

Think Before You Drink: Talking under the influence? They’re still your words.
by Keith Humphreys & Sally Satel
National Review Online | August 11, 2006

Pharmutopia: Antidepressants and the numbing-down of America.
The Weekly Standard | June 5, 2006

The Waiting Game: The struggle to find organ donors is more difficult with a less-than-generous public policy
In Character | May 2006

The Kindness of Strangers: And the cruelty of some medical ethicists.
The Weekly Standard | May 29, 2006

Death's Waiting List [Unabridged Version]
The New York Times | May 15, 2006

Patients Adrift in a Sea of Clinical Trials
Medical Progress Today | April 19, 2006

Are Doctors Biased?
by Sally Satel and Jonathan Klick
Policy Review | April & May 2006

A Statement of Madness
National Review | April 5, 2006

For Some, The War Is Never Over
The New York Times | March 1, 2006

For Some, the War Won't End
The New York Times | March 1, 2006

A Better Breed of American
The New York Times | February 26, 2006

Biased Doctors? Don’t rush to pull out the race card.
National Review | February 23, 2006

A Pill to Treat Your Addiction? Don't Bet the Rent
The New York Times | February 14, 2006

Smoking Out Cliches About Race
Medical Progress Today | February 2, 2006

Suicide Risks and SSRIs: New Data Should Change the Equation
Medical Progress Today | January 12, 2006

2005

An Internet Lifeline, in Search of a Kidney  [Unabridged Version]
The New York Times | November 22, 2005

Much Ado About Meth?
Tech Central Station | November 4, 2005

Political Science: Is the GOP the elephant in the laboratory?
The Weekly Standard | October 31, 2005

Prescription: Flexibility
National Review | September 27, 2005

Where's the Choice?
National Review | August 22, 2005

A Whiff of 'Reefer Madness' in U.S. Drug Policy
The New York Times | August 16, 2005

Defining Down Mental Illness
by Sally Satel and Christina Sommers
Washington Post | August 14, 2005

'The Ethical Brain': Mind Over Gray Matter
The New York Times | June 19, 2005

A Cautionary Tale
Tech Central Station | June 14, 2005

Saving Our Vets Once They're Home: The right kind of mental health treatment is vital.
Los Angeles Times | June 13, 2005

Good to Grow [Unabridged Version]
The New York Times | June 8, 2005

An Infantile Policy
Tech Central Station | June 7, 2005

The Children of Ground Zero
New York Post | May 12, 2005

Just the Facts, Ma’am
NationalReviewOnline | April 12, 2005

Data do not support ban on silicone breast implants
USA Today | April 11, 2005

Bread and Shelter, Yes. Psychiatrists, No.
New York Times | March 29, 2005

Where Were You on 1/14? [Unabridged Version]
by Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel
Wall Street Journal | March 29, 2005

Brain-based leniency would give teen killers a pass
USA Today | February 20, 2005

TCS Convention on Biodiversity Coverage: Diminishing Biodiverse Returns
Tech Central Station | February 16, 2005

The IOM Report: Too Quick to Diagnose Bias
by Sally Satel and Jonathan Klick
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - Volume 48, Number 1 Supplement, Winter 2005, pp. S15-S25

Some Gene Research Just Isn't Worth the Money [Unabridged Version]
by Keith Humphreys and Sally Satel
The New York Times | January 18, 2005

The Therapy Reflex
National Review Online | January 14, 2005

2004

Race and medicine can mix without prejudice
Medical Progress Today | December 10, 2004

Doctors Behind Bars: Treating Pain Is Now Risky Business
The New York Times | October 19, 2004

Are You Normal? Think Again
The New York Times | October 10, 2004

The rush to black label (or blackball) SSRIs.
Medical Progress Today | September 30, 2004

Bad Medicine? The data on anti-depressants and child suicide aren't conclusive. [Wall Street Journal Version]
National Review Online | September 12, 2004

Drugged and Confused
The Wall Street Journal | September 10, 2004

Painful Correction
Forbes Magazine | September 6, 2004

A Case of Colorblind Care
The Wall Street Journal | August 6, 2004

WHO's Dubious Bag of HIV Medicines [Unabridged Version]
Los Angeles Times | July 1, 2004

The Perils of Putting National Leaders on the Couch
The New York Times | June 29, 2004

Two Countries, Two Views on Antidepressants
The New York Times | May 25, 2004

Where There's Smoke
The Wall Street Journal | May 7, 2004

Science Fiction
The Weekly Standard | April 12, 2004

A Smokeless Alternative To Quitting [Unabridged Version]
The New York Times | April 6, 2004

Testimony of Sally Satel MD
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs | March 11, 2004

Returning From Iraq, Still Fighting Vietnam
The New York Times | March 5, 2004

Don't Despair over Disparities
by Sally Satel and Jonathan Klick
The Weekly Standard | March 1, 2004

Health and the Income Inequality Hypothesis:
A Doctrine in Search of Data

AEI Press | January 2004

2003

Out of the Asylum, Into The Cell
The New York Times | November 1, 2003

OxyContin half-truths can cause suffering
USA Today | October 26, 2003

Mind Games: The Senate’s mental health parity bill is ill-conceived.
by Sally Satel and Keith Humphreys
The Weekly Standard | October 4, 2003

Commission’s Omission
The president’s mental-health commission in denial.
by Sally Satel & Mary Zdanowicz
National review Online | July 29, 2003

ADD Overdose?
The Wall Street Journal | July 23, 2003

Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease?
by Sally L. Satel, M.D., and Frederick K. Goodwin, M.D.
Ethics and Public Policy Center

The Trauma Society
The New Republic | May 19, 2003

Talk About Trauma!
The Wall Street Journal | May 2, 2003

Fast food ‘addiction’ feeds only lawyers
USA Today | March 11, 2003

Insanity Goes Back on Trial
The New York Times | March 3, 2003

OxyMorons
Tech Central Station | February 3, 2003

2002

Kumbayah Medicine: Why is the government paying for research into wacky alternative treatments?
Forbes | October 18, 2002

New Yorkers Don’t Need Therapy
The Wall Street Journal | July 26, 2002

I Am a Racially Profiling Doctor   Erratum?
The New York Times | May 5, 2002

Racist Doctors? Don't Believe The Media Hype
The Wall Street Journal | April 4, 2002

It's Crazy to Execute the Insane
The Wall Street Journal | March 14, 2002

Menopause Envy: Not all guys have changed since September 11
The Women’s Quarterly | Winter 2002

2001

Public Health? Forget It; Cosmic Issues Beckon
The Wall Street Journal | December 13, 2001

Medicine’s Race Problem*
Policy Review | December 2001

*This article now appears in The Best American Science Writing 2002
edited by Matt Ridley (Ecco/Harper Collins)

‘You Dirty Rats’: Activists Jeopardize Biomedical Research
Tech Central Station | December 11, 2001

The Sorry CSAP Flap: It’s Worse Than It Looks
Tech Central Station | December 7, 2001

In Focus: Guest Editorial: Affirmative Action
Medscape | November 2001

Manager's Journal:
Good Grief: Don't Get Taken by the Trauma Industry

(by Sally Satel and Christina Hoff Sommers)
The Wall Street Journal | October 15, 2001

The Newest Feminist Icon -- a Killer Mom
The Wall Street Journal | September 11, 2001

Race Belongs in the Stem Cell Debate (by Jon Entine and Sally Satel)
The Washington Post | September 9, 2001

Crazed and Confused A murder defendant is forced to choose between the death penalty and permanent madness.
Slate | August 29, 2001

Keeping OxyContin Out of the Wrong Hands
The Boston Globe | August 11, 2001

Does Inequality Make You Sick? The dangers of the new public health crusade
The Weekly Standard | July 16, 2001

Mommy Undearest
Slate | July 3, 2001

Drugs: A Decision, Not a Disease
The Wall Street Journal | April 27, 2001

Feminism Is Bad for Women's Health Care
The Wall Street Journal | March 3, 2001

Who needs medical ethics? (by  Sally Satel and Christine Stolba)
Commentary | February 2001

The Indoctrinologists Are Coming by  Sally Satel
The Atlantic Online | January 2001

2000

The Truth about Anti-depressants Will Cheer You Up
Ex Femina | October 2000

Learning to Say ‘I've Had Enough’
The New York Times | July 14, 2000

Prime-Time Psychosis
The New York Times | April 3, 2000

Isn't a Commando Raid ‘Psychologically Abusive’?
The Wall Street Journal | April 24, 2000

Baseball Is Off Its Rocker
The Wall Street Journal | January 1, 2000

1999

Perspective On Hate; Badness Or Madness?
The Los Angeles Times | August 15, 1999

‘Parity’ Isn't Charity
The Wall Street Journal | June 11, 1999

An Overabundance Of Counseling?
The New York Times | April 23, 1999

1998

Bookshelf: A Battle Plan for the Drug War
The Wall Street Journal | October 12, 1998

Is Clinton Out of Control?
The Wall Street Journal | September 21, 1998

Bookshelf: Addicted to Abolition
The Wall Street Journal | August 5, 1998

Do Drug Courts Really Work?
City Journal | Summer 1998

Opiates for the Masses
The Wall Street Journal | June 8, 1998

Don't Forget the Addict's Role in Addiction
The New York Times | April 4, 1998

For Addicts, Force Is the Best Medicine
The Wall Street Journal | January 6, 1998

1997

Letters to the Editor:
Those Who Really Need Marijuana

The Wall Street Journal | November 17, 1997

NOW's Time Is Past
The Wall Street Journal | July 11, 1997

When Work Is The Cure
New York Times | May 10, 1997

1996

The Politicization of Public Health
The Wall Street Journal | December 12, 1996

Is Your Kid on Drugs? The FDA Makes It Hard to Know
The Wall Street Journal | September 26, 1996

Where There's Smoke, There's Ire
The Wall Street Journal | July 16, 1996

Psychiatric Apartheid
The Wall Street Journal | May 5, 1996

The Madness of Deinstitutionalization
The Wall Street Journal | February 20, 1996

1995

Yes, Drug Treatment Can Work
City Journal | Summer 1995

The Wrong Fix
The Wall Street Journal | July 17, 1995

Treating Insanity Reasonably
City Journal | Winter 1995

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