Author Archives: Joseph Thornton MD

Oren Gottfried, MD ⁦‪@OGdukeneurosurg‬⁩ #CONVERSION DISORDER: three very important physical exam tests to know how to do. pic.twitter.com/C0RUdsW7UM 8/19/22, 3:14 PM Joseph Thornton

Oren Gottfried, MD ⁦‪@OGdukeneurosurg‬⁩ A great Dementia primer to learn from. pic.twitter.com/0qs6uvwYft 8/16/22, 5:53 AM Joseph Thornton

Michael “Mike” Albert, MD ⁦‪@MichaelAlbertMD‬⁩ A reminder that obesity is primarily a nervous system disorder. The complications of obesity (think cardiometabolic) are often related to adipocyte dysfunction. Upstream, think nervous system. Downstream, think adipocyte. 7/30/22, 11:34 AM Joseph Thornton

Marion Koopmans ⁦‪@MarionKoopmans‬⁩ incredibly well written review of COVID19 along 6 false dichotomies. Must read for everyone with a real interest in Covid science . Spoiler: not black and wide but shades of grey and those need to be communicated. Really great work bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… ⁦‪@KindrachukJason‬⁩ pic.twitter.com/vv9nx5JP5I 8/15/22, 2:58 AM Joseph Thornton

Continuing our discussion.. The very notion of personality disorders is controversial . When we say someone has a disordered personality it comes across to some as a personal insult, yet we look at autism quite differently. At core is the definition of chronic persistent use of maladaptive defense mechanisms, and we delegate intervention to longerContinue reading “another view of borderline Personality disorder”

Eric Topol ⁦‪@EricTopol‬⁩ The use of high-quality masks (like N95/KN95 respirators) by patients, compared with surgical masks, substantially reduced Covid infections among nearly 4,000 health care workers jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman… ⁦‪@JAMANetworkOpen‬⁩ pic.twitter.com/kPgYPEjAK3 8/15/22, 11:21 AM Joseph Thornton

https://www.ranzcp.org/files/resources/college_statements/clinical_memoranda/cm-deep-brain-stimulation.aspx CM-Deep-Brain-Stimulation-in-psychiatric-practice.pdf Joseph Thornton

https://www.independent.ie/podcasts/the-real-health-podcast/the-real-health-podcast-understanding-the-brains-role-in-weight-loss-with-prof-carel-le-roux-41903027.html Joseph Thornton

I co-authored the first article with Vaughn. The second articleby Ahonle focuses on the absence of increased suicide in patients deprescribed from opiates. JT Joseph (Joe) E. Thornton, M.D., DFAPA Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry University of Florida College of Medicine joethornton@ufl.edu CONFIDENTIALITY NOTIFICATION: Please be advised! This e-mail message, including any attachments, has been createdContinue reading “Mudra articles”

Eric Topol ⁦‪@EricTopol‬⁩ In the past week, there’s been a flurry of new, informative reports on #LongCovid. I’ve tried to summarize them here along with the implications erictopol.substack.com/p/some-light-o… (PS you can subscribe, it’s free) 8/11/22, 9:06 PM Joseph Thornton