by michaelhalassa | Mar 16, 2026 | Healthcare, Mental health treatment, Michael Halassa, Psychiatry
https://michaelhalassa.substack.com/p/why-i-tell-my-patients-i-dont-know Medical training teaches us to project confidence, offer quick diagnoses, and provide clear explanations. Patients come seeking answers, and there’s real pressure to have them ready. But...
by michaelhalassa | Sep 14, 2025 | ADHD medication and psychosis, Algorithmic psychiatry, Chronic stimulant use, Computational psychiatry, Distributed neural systems, Dopamine and psychosis, Healthcare, Mental health treatment, Michael Halassa, Predictive systems, Psychiatry, Reward-seeking systems, Stimulant side effects, Stimulant-induced psychosis
The Portal in the Basement The EMTs who brought Stephanie to the inpatient unit looked genuinely unsettled. She’d been found at 3 AM, methodically photographing her neighbors’ houses with her phone, documenting what she described as “dimensional...
by michaelhalassa | Jul 11, 2025 | Algorithmic psychiatry, Healthcare, Mental health treatment, muscarinic antipsychotic, Schizophrenia treatment
The recent Innovation in Psychosis Therapeutics Summit in Boston revealed a clear truth: while the field celebrates breakthroughs like muscarinic agents, it’s equally clear that psychiatric drug development needs a neuroscience reboot. We’ve mastered...
by | Sep 12, 2024 | Healthcare, Michael Halassa, Psychiatry
Mental health care has long been dominated by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), a classification system that guides clinicians in diagnosing and treating psychiatric illnesses. While the DSM has provided a standardized approach to...
