Ketan Desai

“Let’s Fly.” Captain Burnham’s words on the USS Discovery were more than a command. They were a declaration of trust, of forward motion, of refusing paralysis. That is the question before us now: What happens when children with disabilities grow up? For decades, pediatrics treated disability as a childhood condition. The grant language, the fellowship training, the systems of care, all built on the assumption that disability ends at eighteen. But children with disabilities do not disappear.

Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes! Psychiatrist, internist, and addiction medicine specialist Muhamad Aly Rifai discusses his article “Psychedelic-assisted therapy: science, safety, and regulation.” Muhamad explores the complex landscape of psychedelic medicine, balancing the growing public interest with the necessity of rigorous FDA oversight and safety protocols.

In my first and second KevinMD posts, I emphasized how medicine had failed clinicians by not training them in mental health care. All agree, it’s not our fault. Now let’s look at how successfully our teachers did prepare us for patients with medical disorders.