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Sally Satel, M.D.

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

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Mental Health

His Michael: Review of ‘The Best Minds’ by Jonathan Rosen

Commentary, July/August 2023

Trauma Therapy Has Captured America—and Prince Harry, Too

The Free Press, May 2, 2023

‘Good Girls’ Review: When the Body Is a Battleground

Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2023

The Best Minds: A Conversation with Jonathan Rosen

April 25, 2023
The Best Minds: A Conversation with Jonathan Rosen

The Flawed Case for Executing the Mentally Ill

National Review, March 12, 2023

Social-justice shrinks: how identity politics infected therapy

The Spectator, February 20, 2023

The stories we tell about mental illness—others’ and our own

Washington Post, October 6, 2022

Discussing mental health and Uvalde

Fox News, The Journal Editorial Report, May 27, 2022
Discussing mental health and Uvalde

‘Healing’ Review: More Help for Mental Health, Please

Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2022

When Therapists Become Activists

Persuasion, August 13, 2021

Keep Social-Justice Indoctrination Out of the Therapist’s Office

Quillette, May 7, 2021

‘The Quick Fix’ Review: A Bias Toward Easy Answers

Wall Street Journal, April 11, 2021

Don’t Undo the Trump Administration’s Mental-Health Reforms

E. Fuller Torrey and Sally Satel, National Review, February 1, 2021

Rethink Crisis Response (Unabridged Version)

Reason, October 2020

Rethink Crisis Response

Reason, October 2020

Questionable Psychological Science Won’t Change Police

Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld, National Review, August 3, 2020

Take Kanye West’s illness more seriously than his presidential ambitions

USA Today, July 22, 2020

Take Kanye West’s illness more seriously than his presidential ambitions (Better Version with Hyperlinks)

USA Today, July 22, 2020

‘The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code’ Review: Robbing Fear of Its Power

Wall Street Journal, June 14, 2020

Is a Mental-Health Crisis Looming?

National Review, May 5, 2020

What The Supreme Court’s Decision Reveals About The Flaws In The Insanity Defense

Forbes, March 27, 2020

The Columbia Conference on Mental Health Journalism & Media

Columbia Journalism School, January 24, 2019
The Columbia Conference on Mental Health Journalism & Media

Psychologists want to change how they treat men. That’s a problem.

The Washington Post, January 18, 2019

A Panel Discussion: Understanding the 25th Amendment

The Aspen Institute, September 27, 2018
A Panel Discussion: Understanding the 25th Amendment

Why so many missed warning signs in the Florida shooting?

Journal Editorial Report, Fox News, February 19, 2018
Why so many missed warning signs in the Florida shooting?

Does It Take a Shrink to Evaluate Trump?

Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2018

Why I Admire Anthony Weiner

New York Times, September 25, 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

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

Organs for the Mentally Disabled

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

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

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

Slate, October 13, 2016

The Ritalin Generation

Wall Street Journal, September 11, 2016

Mental Health Reform Desperately Needed To Pass House And Senate

Forbes, June 8, 2016

Is addiction a brain disease?

The Conversation, May 10, 2016

When our reason is hijacked by an uncontrollable urge

Washington Post, April 29, 2016

A Prescription for Mental-Health Policy

Sally Satel and E. Fuller Torrey, National Affairs, Spring 2016

You Won’t Believe The Government Is Supporting This Crackpot Mental Health Therapy

Forbes, March 29, 2016

What Government Researchers Get Wrong About Addiction

Forbes, February 29, 2016

Exploring the mind’s power over the body

Washington Post, February 5, 2016

How Bad Can a Federal Agency Be?

Sally Satel and E. Fuller Torrey, National Review, December 11, 2015

Diagnosing the urge to run for office

Politico, October 30, 2015

Neurocentrism: Implications for Psychotherapy Practice and Research

Scott O. Lilienfeld, Seth J. Schwartz, Alan Meca, Katheryn C. Sauvigné, Sally Satel, The Behavior Therapist, October 2015

Kicking the Habit: If addiction is a brain disease, addicts are mad, sick and defective. If it’s a failure of will, users are bad, immoral and weak.

Wall Street Journal, July 21, 2015

Fixing America’s Mental-Health System

Sally Satel and E. Fuller Torrey, National Review, June 17, 2015

The adolescent brain defense: The Tsarnaev death sentence and beyond

Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld, Washington Post, May 18, 2015

Neuro-expert testifies for Tsarnaev

Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld, Washington Post, May 11, 2015

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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
  • The Ethics of Organ Markets, Glenn Loury & Sally Satel, The Glenn Show The Ethics of Organ Markets, Glenn Loury & Sally Satel, The Glenn Show
  • 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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