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Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Where Do They Go? Finding Places for the Severely -- and Dangerously -- Ill Patient

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In the upcoming Mother Jones article " Schizophrenic.  Killer.  My Cousin ,"  Mac McClelland talks about his third cousin who su...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

ADHD or Just Plain Tired?

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I n Diagnosing the Wrong Deficit ,  Dr. V atsal G. Thakkar talks about the concept that the incidence of Attention Deficit Disorder has ...
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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Where Did the Self Go?

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In tomorrow's New York Times Magazine , you can read an article by Linda Logan,  " The Problem With How We Treat Bipolar Disorde...
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Another CPT Coding Resource

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   Dr. Michael Price writes:   Hello. I'm writing in response to your 11/2012 Clinical Psychiatry News article re CPT coding, t...
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Mandatory Testicle Removal

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Back when I was concerned that Maryland might pass a law requiring mental health professionals to report dangerous patients to the FBI...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

What Every Mother --and Every Psychiatrist -- Fears Most

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Let me ask you: when someone commit s a n act of terro r -- wh e ther it be a spree shooting or a plan ting a bomb -- whose fault is it?...
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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Cake?

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We had an impromptu get together to celebrate our blog's 7th anniversary. If you like statistics: 1884 posts, 20,153 comments, a...
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Seven Years of Shrink Rap!

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Seven is a lucky number. Today, Shrink Rap is seven years old -- that's a happy thing, right?  I still love Shrink Rap, I still...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

It's Hard not to Worry

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We all have things we worry about.  Sometimes the things we worry about seem perfectly reasonable, such as whether a biopsy will prove ma...
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Thursday, April 11, 2013

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) : Why Don't More Shrinks Do It?

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First, I'd ask you to read Harriet Brown's article in the New York Times Well Section in " Looking for Evidence That Ther...
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013

No Mandatory Reporting in Maryland

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The legislative session ended here at Midnight.   Maryland repealed the death penalty, added a gas tax, and has sweeping gun legislation ...
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Monday, April 08, 2013

It's Okay to Get Help

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Meg sent this to me.  It's nice that the psychiatrist in charge of Student Health can talk about his own struggles.
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Friday, April 05, 2013

Cosmetic Psychopharmacology?

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We read everywhere that psychotropics are over-prescribed.  The DSM guidelines have pathologized normal reaction s an d   DSM-V promise...
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Thursday, April 04, 2013

The Irony of "Medical Necessity."

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In the state of Maryland, regulations require that patients seen in community mental health centers must see a physician every 90 days f...
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Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Where are the Psychiatrists? Thoughts about Legislating Public Policy

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Why is this young man playing my favorite boardwalk game? Today's post is up over on Clinical Psychiatry News .  You don't need...
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