Publications
Op-eds, clinical commentary, CME content, and peer-reviewed contributions. Published work from the front lines of psychiatry.
Psychiatric Times
Regular contributor. Op-eds and clinical commentary on the state of modern psychiatry.
Op-ed · July 2025
We Say We Care About Mental Health in America
We are overmedicating, underfunding, and pathologizing poverty, trauma, and stress. Instead of addressing why people are sick, we throw pills at symptoms.
Op-ed · June 2025
Understanding Psychiatry: Science vs. Skepticism
Diving headfirst into the controversy — overmedication, broken trust, and bad science — while pushing back against the idea that psychiatry itself is the problem.
Clinical commentary · March 2025
Challenges of Antidepressant Management in Primary Care
60–80% of antidepressant prescriptions originate from primary care rather than psychiatry. Understanding who prescribes changes the overprescription debate entirely.
Op-ed · March 2025
The Dangers of Overpathologizing Behavioral Issues
Psychiatrists could do the profession — and their patients — a great service by resisting the urge to medicalize every behavioral problem, impulsive act, or mood fluctuation.
Clinical commentary · September 2024
Inpatient Psychiatry: Sanctuary for Healing or Profit-Driven Trap?
Inpatient psychiatry is a challenging environment for both patients and physicians. We never want to keep anyone in the hospital who doesn’t need to be there.
Op-ed · October 2024
The Parallels Between Psychiatric Asylums and Modern Inpatient Treatment
The history of psychiatric asylums is a dark chapter in mental health care, yet the more I reflect on it, the more I see troubling parallels with our modern system.
The Carlat Psychiatry Report
Clinical articles, research updates, and CME webinars for practicing psychiatrists.
Research update · February 2026
Metformin Endorsed for Preventing Antipsychotic Weight Gain
An evidence-based approach using metformin offers clinicians a proactive strategy to protect metabolic health.
Research update · July 2024
Does Cannabis Legalization Increase the Risk of Driving-Related Injury?
Cannabis can be hazardous to safety on the road — a particularly important message as legalization becomes increasingly common.
Clinical update · February 2024
New Medications for Insomnia
The orexin antagonists — daridorexant, lemborexant, and suvorexant — may be safer than traditional hypnotics, but how well do they work?
Clinical update · June 2023
A Psychedelic Primer
Co-authored with Chris Aiken, MD. How did a dangerous drug of abuse become a therapeutic panacea?
CME Webinars
0.50 CME Credits · November 2023
Psychedelics in Psychiatric Practice
0.50 CME Credits · September 2023
SAMe: How to Prescribe and Dose Effectively
0.50 CME Credits
Depression Treatment in Primary Care: When to Refer
0.50 CME Credits
KevinMD
Essays on psychiatry, medical culture, and the physician experience. Published on social media’s leading physician voice.
Essay · 2020
Film and Television Continue to Depict Psychiatrists as Heartless Swindlers
How pop culture’s portrayal of psychiatrists as villains undermines public trust in the profession and the patients who need it most.
Essay · 2020
The Opioid Crisis and the Role of Pharmaceutical Accountability
How pharmaceutical companies made broad claims about opioid safety based on limited research, and the devastating consequences that followed.
Essay · 2020
COVID-19 and Mental Health: Reflections from a Psychiatrist
Navigating the pandemic as a psychiatrist — from the first patient question to the reality of practicing during an evolving crisis.
Essay · 2021 · with Kristen Mazoki, DO
Domestic Violence During COVID-19: A Hidden Epidemic Within a Pandemic
Stay-at-home orders trapped many in terrifying circumstances. Domestic violence hotlines prepared for the surge that came.
Essay · 2020 · with Kristen Mazoki, DO
Record Number of Guns Sold in 2020: Should We Be Concerned?
Americans purchased nearly 17 million guns in 2020. What does this mean for mental health and public safety?