Is chronic Adderall use neurotoxic?
By: Les Ruthven, Ph.D. Blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com Email: dr.Les.ruthven@gmail.com The journal of Molecular psychiatry warns that prolonged exposure of the brain to the amphetamine in Adderall...
View ArticleThe Health Plan Design is the key to improving the quality and cost of care
By Les Ruthven, Ph.D. retired clinical psychologist, healthcare consultant Author of “Much of U.S. Healthcare is Broken—How to Fix it” 2021 Email: dr.les.ruthven@gmail.com Blog:...
View ArticleShould your doctor diagnose and treat your mental health problems?
By: Les Ruthven, Ph.D. clinical psychology and health management Blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com Email: dr.les.ruthven@gmail.com Is your doctor sufficiently trained in this specialized health area?...
View ArticleHallucinogenic drugs are the latest breakthrough/fad for treating the mental...
By: Les Ruthven, Ph.D. clinical psychology/health management Blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com Email: dr.les.ruthven@gmail.com Since 1987 when Prozac appeared on the scene psychiatry, the...
View ArticleNovel Agent Promising for Major Depression? a steroid/placebo clinical trial
By: Les Ruthven, Ph.D. clinical psychology/health management Email: dr.les.ruthven@gmail.com Blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com This was a large study that appeared in the J. Pharmacol. Pharmacother....
View ArticleNovel Agent Promising for Major Depression, a randomized...
By: Les Ruthven, Ph.D. in clinical psychology Email.dr.les.ruthven@gmail.com Blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com This was a large study that appeared in the J. Pharmacol. Pharmacother. in Dec. 2013. 543...
View ArticleWhat is wrong with the quality and cost of U.S. healthcare
…a brief summary of “Much of U.S. Healthcare is broken—How to fix it” by Les Ruthven, Ph.D. Email: dr.les.ruthven@gmail.com Blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com Physicians and other medically trained...
View ArticleKetamine no better for depression than Placebo
Medscape psychiatry review of “Ketamine No Better for Depression than Placebo” By Leslie “Les” Ruthven, Ph.D. in clinical psychology Email: dr.les.ruthven@gmail.co Blog: ruthvenassessments.com...
View ArticleSome of the limitations of high tech medical diagnostic procedures
By Leslie “Les” Ruthven, Ph.D. in clinical psychology Email: dr.les.ruthven.gmail.com Health blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com Don’t get me wrong, these diagnostic procedures such as X-ray, MRI, CT...
View Article“Anti-Obesity Meds for Weight Loss: Finally a Breakthrough after 50 years of...
Reported in Medscape psychiatry online Nov. 1, 2023 Review of the case study by Leslie “Les” Ruthven, Ph.D. in clinical psychology Email: dr.les.ruthven@ gmail.com Blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com In...
View Article“Once-weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight/Obesity”
John R.H. Wilding et al. N Eng. J Med, 2021. Review of Semaglutide weight loss drugs by Les Ruthven, Ph.D. Blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com Email: dr.les.ruthven@gmail.com In this study 1961 adults,...
View ArticleThe Ten Minute Office Visit is a Recipe for Much poor quality and expensive care
By: Les Ruthven, Ph.D. clinical psychology/health consultant Email: dr.les.ruthven@gmail.com Blog: www.ruthvenassessments.com In my recent book on healthcare, “Much of U.S. Healthcare is Broken—How...
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