The Frontier Psychiatrists

My mom and dad left a lot unsaid between them, and after his second stroke, the ability to have the conversation that they had put off? It was like visiting a ski slope in the summer. You can see the runs, you can see where the snow would have been, and imagine the speed, the presence, the thrill, breath taking cold. But none of it is that , at that moment. Many close relationships are actually th...

Recently, the leadership of all three big health PBMs testified in front of Congress…and… have now been asked to correct the congressional record. So, I made a podcast instead of an article about it today cause my kids are away, and I love the format. I hope you all enjoy it. The transcript is in the top right if you just want to read, and not listen! A few prior articles include: The Frontier Psy...

The Frontier Psychiatrists is a daily enough health-themed publication. It’s also a podcast. Sometimes, I need a break from serious coverage of policy. In those cases, I amuse myself with David Foster Wallace-esque fan fiction about health policy, like this first chapter in my Wizard of Oz-themed parody about health insurance. Dorothy gets strep…then psoriasis…then OCD! Join us for a little health...

I have been writing about PTSD treatments quite a bit in The Frontier Psychiatrists newsletter. One is offered at Fermata , the clinic I co-run in Brooklyn. I recently wrote an article about it. We provide Prism treatment for PTSD at our clinic, much like our colleagues at Homebase in Boston, with Veteran Populations. Sometimes, you’d rather listen. On that note, here is the podcast version of tha...

My friend and RAMHT co-founder, Grady Hannah, had a quick and dirty conversation with two friends today about the thrilling 2025 CMS Physician Fee Schedule. Every year, there is an open comment period on these proposed changes, and this year has some crucial changes for physicians who’d love to be able to deploy Digital Theraputics in the context of Behavioral Health Disorders. Thanks for listenin...

Yesterday’s column was a fine article, but what if you miss my snarky tone while reading it to yourself? Problem? Solved. Dear Readers, here is the podcast version of the aforementioned article! For those hoping for actual solutions ? The AACAP Facts for Families series of guides exist! For example, you can learn how to prepare for your child’s first cell phone. You can also get expert guidance fr...

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 re...

The Frontier Psychiatrists newsletter and podcast do a lot of cheerleading for brain stimulation—particularly accelerated TMS. However, I’ve recently added many new readers and have not explained my favorite brain stimulation approach. The podcast version and a useful transcript are intended for educational value. Also, here is Garfield: Prior articles on the topic are myriad, but include: This co...

The following is a brief explanation of an overarching point of this newsletter: The Frontier Psychiatrists, for new and old readers alike. It's mostly penned, in the Apple Pencil Pro sense of the word, by Owen Scott Muir, M.D ., although I sometimes have guests. We already have a diffusion product: the series of RAMHT events! That's “ rapid-acting mental health treatment ,” co-created with Grady...

The Frontier Psychiatrists is a newsletter and a podcast. Most people assume podcast means “recording a good enough conversation.” Yes, I do those too. I also have a sick fetish for spending way too much time crafting highly produced audio pieces that happen to be podcasts. I think these might need a different name in the future—what happens when species diverge in evolution? This story is about s...

The Frontier Psychiatrists started as a Creator First show on the ill-fated clubhouse app. One of our favorite guests was the remarkable @Psych Fox (Jeremy Fox, LPC), an EMDR therapist with a passion for working with men around their actual problems. One of those is the loss of normative friendships among men— 15% of men report no close friendships at all. This corrosion of close relationships is...

The Frontier Psychiatrists is a daily health-themed publication. Your author’s love of podcasting is well established, and today, another from the vaults, dating back to the pandemic. In this episode, which I called “The Wave,” I started getting a little more ambitious in production, and strange in the jagged nature of my storytelling. I interview John Samuels, of WellWorth Advisors, Sonia Patel,...

I know how much my readers love my ongoing coverage of Change Healthcare, and sort of kind of promise to keep dissecting drugs or making fun of myself or whatever it is you find compelling about this newsletter and media empire. Today, however, I will publish a podcast. I had a conversation with @Psych Fox this week, before the ransom was paid, by UHC, about the Change situation. Out of respect to...

In this Frontier Psychiatrists Podcast, Jeremy Fox, P.C., And I discuss this remarkable work, as published by Cherian Et. Al . In Nature Medicine. Always love when @Psych Fox can pop in! We discussed the role of understanding the sample in a research trial and the remarkable potency of Ibogaine, with the additional safety of magnesium to prevent cardiac side effects, in this newly published resear...

The Frontier Psychiatrists started as a “room” on Clubhouse, and in this podcast, I am joined by one of our favorite contributors @Psych Fox ! He joins me today to discuss how employee assistance programs can create the on-ramp to help and what might improve that process. A sampling of prior articles about employer-based health care is available here: The Science Behind The Best In Class Outcomes...

On weekends, I tend to take a break from health policy to focus on personal writing here on The Frontier Psychiatrists. This one is unfortunate, and it is a fair warning to readers who are in no mood for something like that. My older sister,  Alison, was troubled.   She was also very gifted.   She was trained as the chef at LaVernne , which was a very serious place to do your training as a chef. P...

I checked in with Jeremy Fox, P.C., about a new FDA-cleared device, the PRISM system by GrayMatters Health. This is a treatment modality for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that doesn't require talking about your trauma! @Psych Fox is one of my favorite trauma therapists, so I called him to discuss. This is now offered at four sites in the US, and Fermata in Brooklyn, NY, is one of them. I discuss...

This article was among my most popular. Here it is, in podcast format. Enjoy! Other articles relevant to bipolar disorder include: Depakote Is Bipolar Disorder a Circadian Rhythm Disorder? Lamotrigine (Lamictal) dosing guide. Does Lithium Prevent Suicide in Bipolar Disorder? Lurasidone (Latuda) Ziprasidone ( Geodon ) Risperidone (Risperdal) Why Don’t You Drink? Zyprexa (Olanzapine) The Time I Almo...

The Frontier Psychiatrists didn’t start as a newsletter. It began as a clubhouse room, with friends like @Psych Fox and Michelle Bernabe, RN joining myself and Carlene MacMillan, MD for audio-only conversations. Even before that, I was a bit podcast-obsessed. I won a grant to record podcasts about self-disclosure among health professionals at NYU—the Rudin Fellowship in Ethics and Humanities. This...

The Frontier Psychiatrists is a substack-hosted media empire…we have video, newsletter, dumb memes, podcasts, and music—my gosh golly! Today, I bring you a conversation with a colleague who is both humble and brilliant. We first met on Clubhouse—in 2020—when Carlene MacMillan, MD and I were hosting conversations on the weekly. Tony and I met again in the What If Ventures fellowship, and, as I have...

The Frontier Psychiatrists started as a room in Clubhouse, and one of the people who made that awesome was Jeremy Fox, P.C. He joins me today for this video podcast to chat about the groundbreaking phase IIb data released by Mind Med today: MM-120 100 µg – the dose achieving the highest level of clinical activity – demonstrated a 7.6-point reduction compared to placebo at Week 4 (-21.3 MM-120 vs....

Ramon Lizardo, M.D., and I met at least two years ago when he was an investor, and I was pitching him… something. We’ve become friends. In this conversation, he reveals that while he was busy building fabulously successful healthcare companies, he was also going deaf. The audio isn’t great…which I am going to consider “irony” kicking my ass. But he’s a fascinating human, and I’m a big fan. It ends...

Welcome to the Frontier Psychiatrist…. Podcast. It's a podcast with myself, Dr. Owen Muir, as your host, and it's a companion podcast to FrontierPsychiatrist.com , a sassy Substack about health-related things. This is a conversation between Jazz (Glastra) and me. She is the senior director at Brain Futures, which is a 501c3 not-for-profit. She got to be the interviewer in this one! I’m a big Jazz...

The Frontier Psychiatrists is a health-themed media empire(!) with a newsletter as its home base here on Substack. It started as conversations on the app Clubhouse , and one of our— Owen and Carlene ’s— earliest friends is Jeremy Fox —a licensed professional counselor. He’s a specialist in trauma, an EMDR trainer, and a great explainer of things complex. I also think he is a decent human I love ta...

Chuck DeSmith is a remarkable man—a King County Firefighter, innovator, and a delightful person for a great conversation. Video Version also available on YouTube channel! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thefrontierpsychiatrists.substack.com/subscribe