Sally Satel
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Sally L. Satel | |
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Born | January 9, 1956 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Cornell University; University of Chicago; Brown University |
Sally L. Satel[1] (born January 9, 1956)[2] is an American psychiatrist based in Washington, D.C. She is a lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine, a visiting professor of psychiatry at Columbia University,[3] a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and an author.
Satel has written: P.C. M.D.: How Political Correctness is Corrupting Medicine (2001) and Drug Treatment: The Case for Coercion (1999).
Life
She received a
Education
Satel earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University, a master's degree from the University of Chicago and an MD degree from Brown University. She completed her residency in psychiatry at Yale University between 1988 and 1993. In 1993 and 1994, she was a
Satel also served on the advisory committee of the
Viewpoints
In her book P.C. M.D., Satel critiques what she sees as the burgeoning phenomenon of politically correct (PC) medicine, which seeks to address what its proponents view as social oppression by reorganizing the distribution of public health resources. She argues that incorporating social justice into the mission of medicine diverts attention and resources from the effort to prevent and combat disease for everyone. She is considered a political conservative,[5] a description she rejects.[6]
In a June 2004 meeting of the
Satel supports legally recognizing same-sex marriages.[7]
She supports the medical prescription of opioids such as hydrocodone (Vicodin), oxycodone (OxyContin), morphine or methadone to relieve the pain of patients for whom nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and other interventions have proved ineffective. Satel acknowledges that such opioids have abuse potential. She points to data showing that people who abuse prescribed medications often have a history of substance abuse, or they are currently in psychological distress or have a psychiatric illness. Data also show they are not typically pain patients who fell unwittingly into a drug habit.[8] Satel's employer, AEI, has received funding from Purdue Pharma,[9] a company known as the maker of OxyContin, one of the drugs abused in the opioid epidemic in the United States. Satel claimed that she was not aware that Purdue had provided funding to AEI and that at she reached her conclusions independently.[9]
Selected works
- 1999 – Drug Treatment: The Case for Coercion. American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research. [77 p.] ISBN 0-8447-7128-7.
- 2001 – P.C. M.D.: How Political Correctness is Corrupting Medicine. Perseus. ISBN 0-465-07183-X.
- 2005 – One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance (with ISBN 0-312-30443-9.
- 2006 – The Health Disparities Myth: Diagnosing the Treatment Gap. AEI Press. [92 p.] ISBN 0-8447-7192-9.
- 2013 – Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience (with ISBN 978-0-465-01877-2.
See also
References
- ^ Satel, S.; Jacobsen, S.D. (4 September 2013). "Dr. Sally Satel, M.D.: Lecturer, Yale University & Resident Scholar, AEI". In-Sight (3.A): 37–43.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). docs.house.gov. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-02.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- ^ Satel, Sally (December 16, 2007). "Desperately Seeking a Kidney". The New York Times. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ A Critic Takes On Psychiatric Dogma, Loudly
- ^ TheBestSchools interviews Dr. Sally Satel
- ^ "Freedom to Marry, Freedom to Dissent: Why We Must Have Both".
- ^ Doctors Behind Bars: Treating Pain Is Now Risky BusinessThe Truth about Painkillers The Myth of What's Driving the Opioid Crisis
- ^ a b Armstrong, David (19 November 2019). "Inside Purdue Pharma's Media Playbook: How It Planted the Opioid 'Anti-Story'". ProPublica. Retrieved 6 August 2021.