Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Adam Kaplin
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FROM Adam Kaplin
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Paxil Unsafe for Teenagers According to a new analysis, the popular antidepressant Paxil is not safe or effective for teenagers. The finding doesn’t come from new research, but reworked data from an earlier study that came to exactly the opposite conclusion. Meanwhile, the argument continues over whether antidepressants can actually make kids more prone to suicide. Then the question becomes: To prescribe or not to prescribe?
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Nocturne
Stay Warm, Be Careful This crazy thing happens in NYC as night approaches – as rush hour picks up and the streets get evermore hectic than normal, delivery men on bikes start racing through the streets to get people their restaurant food while it’s still hot.
Opening the Curtain
Being a Ghost Story of Christmas When you enter the Geffen Playhouse for “A Christmas Carol” it feels like you may have entered a victorian funeral home. The lights are dim, there’s a waft of fog blowing on stage and what appears to be a coffin surrounded by black floral arrangements. It’s spooky. It feels like you’re about to hear a ghost story. Which you are.
Good Food
Soul food, from Tennessee to Israel Carla Hall wants readers to celebrate the difference between southern food and soul food with her new cookbook. Home cook Timothy Pakron is southern and vegan? James Beard Award-winner Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook have brought back soulful recipes and stories from their trips to Israel. Plus: the L.A. Kitchen and the Santa Monica Farmers Market announce some bittersweet endings.