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Sally Satel, M.D.

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

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  • Bioethics
  • Book Reviews
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  • Mental Health
  • Organ Policy
  • Public Health
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  • Books
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Articles

Feds Owe the Public ‘Corrective Statements’ on Vaping

Sally Satel and Guy Bentley, Real Clear Health, December 4, 2017

Study Shows Two Addiction Medications Similar But Drop Out Rates High: Three Possible Remedies

Forbes, November 27, 2017

May court send drug-using thief to jail for violating no-drugs probation condition?

Stephen J. Morse and Sally Satel, The Washington Post, October 27, 2017

Addiction Shouldn’t Excuse Criminal Acts

Stephen J. Morse and Sally Satel, Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2017

Why I Admire Anthony Weiner

New York Times, September 25, 2017

What the New Surgeon General Should Do About E-Cigarettes

Forbes, September 20, 2017

Who Decides Whether Trump Is Unfit to Govern?

Peter D. Kramer and Sally L. Satel, New York Times, August 29, 2017

Who Decides Whether Trump Is Unfit to Govern? (Unabridged version)

Peter D. Kramer and Sally Satel, New York Times, August 29, 2017

Some People Still Need Opioids

Stefan Kertesz and Sally Satel, Slate, August 17, 2017

EconTalk Podcast: Sally Satel on Organ Donation

Library of Economics and Liberty, July 24, 2017

Neurohype: A Field Guide to Exaggerated Brain-Based Claims

Scott O. Lilienfeld, Elizabeth Aslinger, Julia Marshall, and Sally Satel, The Routledge Handbook of Neuroethics, July 2017

Taking On the Scourge of Opioids

National Affairs, Summer 2017

Calling it ‘brain disease’ makes addiction harder to treat

Boston Globe, June 22, 2017

The Kindest (Tax) Cut: A Federal Tax Credit for Organ Donations

Sally Satel and Alan D. Viard, Tax Notes, June 12, 2017

Senators’ Letter To FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Perpetuates Misconceptions About E-Cigarettes

Forbes, May 31, 2017

Fighting the opioid epidemic: A Q&A with Sally Satel

AEI.org, May 31, 2017

What the New York Times Gets Wrong on Vaping Regulation

Forbes, April 20, 2017

Saving Lives Is the First Imperative in the Opioid Epidemic

Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2017

Organs for the Mentally Disabled

Sally Satel and Kurt Schuler, National Review, March 27, 2017

A Defense Department Hotline That Keeps Smokers Hooked

Forbes, March 23, 2017

Right to try, right to buy, right to test

Washington Post, February 21, 2017

Her damaged brain forgot new experiences but she still improved on the viola

Washington Post, February 9, 2017

Use disabilities law to avoid violent confrontations with mentally disabled people

Kim Hendrickson and Sally Satel, San Francisco Chronicle, January 18, 2017

How to Treat an Opioid Epidemic

Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2017

The Year In E-Cigarettes: The Good, The Bad, And Some Reasons For Optimism

Forbes, December 31, 2016

Advocacy From the Edge: Carrie Fisher spent decades advocating for mental health treatment and against stigma. Here’s how we should honor her.

Slate, December 27, 2016

Dear Surgeon General and Public Health Agencies, Anti-Vaping Polices Are Bad for Public Health

Sally Satel and David Sweanor, RealClear Health, December 19, 2016

Big Tobacco Is Giving Away Money: Researchers Should Take It

Forbes, December 8, 2016

Shortcuts to Addiction

Wall Street Journal, December 7, 2016

What the Surgeon General Gets Wrong About Addiction

Sally Satel and Samuel Candler Dobbs, RealClear Health, November 30, 2016

The Addiction Doctor Isn’t in

RealClear Health, November 20, 2016

If Addiction is not Best Conceptualized a Brain Disease, then What Kind of Disease is it?

Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld, Neuroethics, November 17, 2016

You’ve Heard Of Trump Steaks, Now Trump Kidneys

Forbes, November 15, 2016

Could changes to a global tobacco treaty harm health?

Clive Bates, STAT, November 8, 2016

California Ballot Choices: To Protect Porn Stars But Not Smokers?

Forbes, October 17, 2016

It’s OK to Speculate About Trump’s Mental Health

Slate, October 13, 2016

Shameless Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Tries to Censor Researchers

Forbes, September 26, 2016

What to do about heroin addicts who keep OD’ing

New York Post, September 15, 2016

Vouchers and incentives can increase kidney donations and save lives

Stat News, September 13, 2016

A College Tuition Payment for Your Spare Kidney?

Slate, September 13, 2016

The Ritalin Generation

Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2016

Vapers Wary of FDA Deeming Rules

Forbes, August 16, 2016

Obamacare Is Hazardous To Smokers’ Health

Forbes, August 9, 2016

What’s the best way to battle the expanding Zika epidemic?

Washington Post, July 15, 2016

The Dearth of Donors: In-kind compensation for organs would save lives

National Review, June 27, 2016

Mental Health Reform Desperately Needed To Pass House And Senate

Forbes, June 8, 2016

Getting Meds: Why does government make it so hard?

Washington Monthly, June 2016

Is addiction a brain disease?

The Conversation, May 10, 2016

What The U.S. Should Learn From The UK’s Wisdom On E-Cigarettes

Forbes, May 9, 2016

When our reason is hijacked by an uncontrollable urge

Washington Post, April 29, 2016

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Books

Appearances

  • 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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