Alissa Kraisosky is a psychiatrist.

The bureaucratic cruelty that is modern medicine

Physician
January 9, 2022

As I write this, a rapidly spreading COVID-19 variant called Omicron is the uninvited guest this holiday season. I’d hoped that the vaccine would have had more widespread acceptance, and we wouldn’t be in this situation, but this is our unfortunate reality now. In addition, COVID-19 has metastasized the already inherent bureaucratic cruelty of the U.S. medical system into death by a thousand slashes of red tape. I will explain why …

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The bureaucratic cruelty that is modern medicine

COVID malaise, and more COVID-19 coping tips from the trenches

Conditions
January 12, 2021

I write this now as both a time capsule and a vision of hope at the bitter end of 2020. At this point, a COVID-19 vaccine (the vision of hope) has been developed by several companies but has not yet received widespread distribution. Realistically, I know we are in for more quarantines, social distancing, and mask-wearing for at least another 9 to 12 months (sorry!).

My clinical work in psychiatry has …

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COVID malaise, and more COVID-19 coping tips from the trenches

10 COVID-coping tips from the trenches

Conditions
August 10, 2020

There is absolutely no playbook for what we are all experiencing today. The changes coming at us have been swift, mercurial, and frightening. Governments, businesses, nonprofits, and individuals have scrambled to cope with relentless waves of chaos in the wake of COVID-19 and civil unrest.

I have continued to keep my solo psychiatry practice in Eldorado open and have moved to a telemedicine platform, which definitely has its trade-offs! In the …

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10 COVID-coping tips from the trenches