The Frontier Psychiatrists started as a room in on the clubhouse app. One of the enduring pleasures from that era is my friendship with @Psych Fox (Jeremy Fox, P.C.). He’s a licensed professional counselor, EMDR therapist, and a delight to speak with. This week’s podcast features a discussion of a paper Jeremy brought to the table:

Are mental health awareness efforts contributing to the rise in reported mental health problems? A call to test the prevalence inflation hypothesis

The inflation hypothesis posits that more talking about mental health problems leads to more actual problems. We also discuss the role of screening, including my very popular thoughts on the DSM-5-TR Level One Cross-Cutting Measure, as featured in my Osmind EHR, that I use in my work at Fermata.

In our conversation, we evaluated the possible takes on this paper. While I’m at it, I’ll remind readers that suicide risk assessment is important, and no one does a better job of explaining it than Dr. Tyler Black:

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