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Sally Satel, M.D.

Author of PC, M.D. How Political Correctness is Corrupting Medicine

  • About the Author
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  • Articles
  • Addiction/Substance Abuse
  • Bioethics
  • Book Reviews
  • Medicine and Psychiatry
  • Mental Health
  • Organ Policy
  • Public Health
  • Tobacco Harm Reduction
  • Amicus Briefs
  • Appearances
  • Books
  • Testimony and Related Commentary

Articles

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

The IOM Report: Too Quick to Diagnose Bias

Sally Satel and Jonathan Klick, Perspective and Biology in Medicine, Volume 48, Number 1 Supplement, Winter 2005

An Internet Lifeline, in Search of a Kidney (Unabridged Version)

The New York Times, November 22, 2005

An Internet Lifeline, in Search of a Kidney

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

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

The New York Times, June 8, 2005

Good to Grow (Unabridged Version)

The New York Times, June 8, 2005

An Infantile Policy

Tech Central Station, June 7, 2005

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Issues and Controversies

Psychiatric Services, June 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

Where Were You on 1/14?

Sally Satel and Christina Hoff Sommers, The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2005

An Infamy of One’s Own (Unabridged version of Where Were You on 1/14?)

Sally Satel and Hoff Sommers, The Wall Street Journal, March 29, 2005

Bread and Shelter, Yes. Psychiatrists, No.

The New York Times, March 25, 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

Some Gene Research Just Isn’t Worth the Money

Sally Satel and Keith Humphreys, The New York Times, January 18, 2005

Some Gene Research Just Isn’t Worth the Money (Unabridged Version)

Sally Satel and Keith Humphreys, The New York Times, January 18, 2005

The Therapy Reflex

National Review Online, January 14, 2005

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.

National Review Online, September 12, 2004

Bad Medicine? The data on anti-depressants and child suicide aren’t conclusive. (Expanded Version)

Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2004

Drugged and Confused

The Wall Street Journal, September 10, 2004

Painful Correction

Forbes, September 6, 2004

A Case of Colorblind Care

The Wall Street Journal, August 6, 2004

WHO’s Dubious Bag of HIV Medicines

Los Angeles Times, July 1, 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

The New York Times, April 6, 2004

A Smokeless Alternative To Quitting–Unabridged Version

The New York Times, April 6, 2004

Returning From Iraq, Still Fighting Vietnam

The New York Times, March 5, 2004

Don’t Despair over Disparities

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

Out of the Asylum, Into The Cell

The New York Times, November 1, 2003

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Books

  • Evaluating the Brain Disease Model of Addiction

Appearances

  • The Best Minds: A Conversation with Jonathan Rosen The Best Minds: A Conversation with Jonathan Rosen
  • A Conversation On Opioids-Sally Satel MD and Keith Humphreys PhD A Conversation On Opioids-Sally Satel MD and Keith Humphreys PhD
  • Discussing mental health and Uvalde Discussing mental health and Uvalde
  • Which Policy Most Effectively Prevents Harm: Prohibition or Legalization? Which Policy Most Effectively Prevents Harm: Prohibition or Legalization?
  • Should human kidneys be bought and sold? Should human kidneys be bought and sold?
  • Discussing “San Fransicko,” by Michael Shellenberger Discussing “San Fransicko,” by Michael Shellenberger
  • The Sixth Vital Sign: Lessons of the Opiod Crisis The Sixth Vital Sign: Lessons of the Opiod Crisis
  • Did the government overcorrect on the opioid epidemic? Did the government overcorrect on the opioid epidemic?
  • TEDx Talk: Addiction: Facts and Comforting Fictions TEDx Talk: Addiction: Facts and Comforting Fictions
  • The Columbia Conference on Mental Health Journalism & Media The Columbia Conference on Mental Health Journalism & Media
  • A Panel Discussion: Understanding the 25th Amendment A Panel Discussion: Understanding the 25th Amendment
  • A Panel Discussion: Opioids and Orthopedics A Panel Discussion: Opioids and Orthopedics
  • Discussion: If Addiction is a Disease, What Kind of Disease is it? Discussion: If Addiction is a Disease, What Kind of Disease is it?
  • Sally Satel and Sandhya Raman on Congressional Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic Sally Satel and Sandhya Raman on Congressional Efforts to Combat Opioid Epidemic
  • Surgeon general urges public to carry opioid antidote Narcan Surgeon general urges public to carry opioid antidote Narcan
  • Why so many missed warning signs in the Florida shooting? Why so many missed warning signs in the Florida shooting?
  • Chairman Greg Walden on the opioid crisis: What can Congress do? Chairman Greg Walden on the opioid crisis: What can Congress do?
  • Is Addiction a Disease? An Interview with Dr. Sally Satel Is Addiction a Disease? An Interview with Dr. Sally Satel
  • Sally Satel on Combating the Opioid Crisis Sally Satel on Combating the Opioid Crisis
  • What if you could legally sell your kidney? What if you could legally sell your kidney?
  • Deaths of despair: Opioids, community, and the economy Deaths of despair: Opioids, community, and the economy
  • Discussing the opioid epidemic: Satel on C-SPAN’s ‘Washington Journal’ Discussing the opioid epidemic: Satel on C-SPAN’s ‘Washington Journal’
  • Hypocrisy of Harm Reduction: Dr. Sally Satel Assesses Public Health War on Vaping Hypocrisy of Harm Reduction: Dr. Sally Satel Assesses Public Health War on Vaping
  • Hope for Organ Markets? Hope for Organ Markets?
  • The War on Drugs: Featuring Gov. Gary Johnson and Dr. Kevin Sabet, Moderated by Dr. Sally Satel The War on Drugs: Featuring Gov. Gary Johnson and Dr. Kevin Sabet, Moderated by Dr. Sally Satel
  • Soul on the slab: is there no limit to what neuroscience can do? Soul on the slab: is there no limit to what neuroscience can do?
  • Brainwashed: The use and misuse of neuroscience Brainwashed: The use and misuse of neuroscience
  • After Words: Michael Gazzaniga, “Who’s in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain” After Words: Michael Gazzaniga, “Who’s in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain”
  • Compensating Organ Donors Compensating Organ Donors
  • When Altruism Isn’t Enough When Altruism Isn’t Enough
  • Sally Satel discusses PC, M.D. Sally Satel discusses PC, M.D.
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