The Frontier Psychiatrists Owen Scott Muir, M.D.

The Frontier Psychiatrists is a newsletter and a podcast. Most people assume podcast means “recording a good enough conversation.” Yes, I do those too. I also have a sick fetish for spending way too much time crafting highly produced audio pieces that happen to be podcasts. I think these might need a different name in the future—what happens when species diverge in evolution?
This story is about someone I know—Alan Emamdee, D.O. A man arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. Unlike the A-Team, he didn’t get to go on the run and help people unionize in an 80s TV show. He’s a doctor who suffered through years of a brutal legal process till he was acquitted at trial. The road back hasn’t been easy, but he had the tape. This is the first episode.
It’s worth the listen. Please, share with your friends.



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The Frontier Psychiatrists started as a Creator First show on the ill-fated clubhouse app. One of our favorite guests was the remarkable (Jeremy Fox, LPC), an EMDR therapist with a passion for working with men around their actual problems. One of those is the loss of normative friendships among men—15% of men report no close friendships at all. This corrosion of close relationships is an accelerating problem for both individual men and society.
Today’s episode of the podcast includes both the video above and pushes the audio to the podcast feed!
Prior writing on the value of friendships and what we can do about that includes articles such as:
It’s important to have Friends
Friends: A How-To Guide
Matthew Perry was Classy
A Conflict of Interest Disclosure Regarding My Picks for SXSW
The Future of Brain Health?
Announcing: May 5th, 2024…
Rapid Acting Mental Health Treatment NYC 2024
(Eventbrite Link)
It’s a night of thrilling conversations about the future of mental health. It features speakers from…Videra, MDHub, Osmind, Neurosigma, iRxReminder, and…Lykos Theraputics!
More info to come…but it’s the second IRL The Frontier Psychiatrists event, and we could not be more excited to have you!



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The Frontier Psychiatrists is a daily health-themed publication. Your author’s love of podcasting is well established, and today, another from the vaults, dating back to the pandemic. In this episode, which I called “The Wave,” I started getting a little more ambitious in production, and strange in the jagged nature of my storytelling. I interview John Samuels, of WellWorth Advisors, Sonia Patel, of Capsule, and a journalist from the New York Times, as well as folks on my team at the time. Thanks for stepping in the way back machine with me. The pandemic was strange. It shaped us, now, and in the future.





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I know how much my readers love my ongoing coverage of Change Healthcare, and sort of kind of promise to keep dissecting drugs or making fun of myself or whatever it is you find compelling about this newsletter and media empire. Today, however, I will publish a podcast. I had a conversation with this week, before the ransom was paid, by UHC, about the Change situation. Out of respect to my guest, I’m going to publish it today.

I also take requests on topics for articles and podcasts, so keep them coming. Thank you for reading and listening. If you are new to the newsletter, prior coverage of the change healthcare cyber attack is available here. and here. and here. and here. and here. and here. and also here. Oh, and with an NFT, here.
An overview of all the things changed as is available in this article from yesterday.






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In this Frontier Psychiatrists Podcast, Jeremy Fox, P.C., And I discuss this remarkable work, as published by Cherian Et. Al. In Nature Medicine. Always love when can pop in!
We discussed the role of understanding the sample in a research trial and the remarkable potency of Ibogaine, with the additional safety of magnesium to prevent cardiac side effects, in this newly published research.
Thanks for watching and listening, and feel free to share with your friends.
Other excellent psychedelic-themed writers I’d highlight are at Psychedelic Week and .
Prior psychedelic medicine articles here on TFPs include:
Are Psychedelics at Risk of Advertising Enforcement from the FDA?
A Critique of “All Therapists of MDMA Assisted Therapy Should Take MDMA”
Psychedelic Medicine for Primary Care?
Dear Psychedelic Exceptionalism…
William Osler, M.D., for Psychedelic Medicine Key Opinion Leader
Psychedelic Medicine Obtains Category III CPT Codes
Psychedelic Medicine Needs to Get More Profit-Focused
I’m Psychic About Open Comment Periods
Why Medical Use and Spiritual Use Are Different
Please spread the good word—healing is coming, and more evidence is needed to understand when and for whom.



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The Frontier Psychiatrists started as a “room” on Clubhouse, and in this podcast, I am joined by one of our favorite contributors ! He joins me today to discuss how employee assistance programs can create the on-ramp to help and what might improve that process.
A sampling of prior articles about employer-based health care is available here:
The Science Behind The Best In Class Outcomes in Mental Health (with Acacia Clinics)
Lawsuits for Health Plans Have Begun
Alcohol Use Disorder is a Disability
A Conversation About First Responder Health With Chuck DeSmith
What is Health Insurance that is ERISA Compliant?
Have Health Benefits Become a Huge Personal Liability for Employers?
How Narrow Networks Can Win for Mental Health Parity
Can’t Find a Psychiatrist? Now You Can Sue Your Company!
Why Savings Claims Can Be A Scam
What do Shaggy and Health Insurance Have In Common?
Owen’s Letters to the Healthcare Hackers
I want to mention that another validated vendor in the mental health arena is joining my team at Acacia Clinics to have independent validation of our claims of being the best! I’m thrilled that my friends at Spring Health have achieved the coveted “savings validation” from Validation Institute!
If you have been following the news of ERISA enforcement, this is important news. Employers need to get serious about providing better healthcare at a lower cost. Independent validation takes some pressure off when selecting the right vendors to make up a high-performing health plan. Why do I care, as a doctor, about health plans? Because great health plans are better for patients!
Here on substack, and are on this beat as well, and I’d recommend a read!



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