The Need To Rethink Psychiatric Judicial Advocacy
In my brief time in residency, I’ve seen the impact of judicial cases extend from the courtroom to the hospital. I’ve cared for transgender adolescents in our emergency department citing lack of access to gender-affirming care as a condition of suicidal thought. I’ve met visiting fourth-year medical students using a state’s access to full-spectrum reproductive care as a major criterion of where to apply to residency following Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Amid these deeply concerning