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Monday, November 27, 2017

Happy Holidays from Shrink Rap: Free Kindle Novel Promotion!

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Happy Holidays! At this time of year, I like to set up free downloads to two of my novels. You can get these books for free on your ...
Monday, November 20, 2017

Laura's Law (outpatient commitment): The Answer to Preventing Mass Murder?

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2017 has broken the record for the most mass murders in a single year -- not something to be proud of, my fellow Americans. After the l...
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Tuesday, November 14, 2017

When Paranoia Meets Reality: Your Medicine Snitching On You

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Medication non-compliance is a problem: patients don't take their pills.  We hear about it all the time in psychiatry: people don...
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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Let's Talk About Jails and Mental Health

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Really, this is a post for ClinkShrink, but she's been busy with other things.  Do you miss her? Let me invite you to listen to Cli...
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Saturday, September 23, 2017

The Chronically Suicidal Patient and Stigma from Within the Mental Health System

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There's an on-line psychiatrist discussion group where docs exchange information, ideas and resources.  As in all things on-line, it...
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Tuesday, September 05, 2017

My Friends in High Places on the HHS's Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee

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Move over, there's a new federal mental health committee in town.  The department of Health and Human Services has formed the Inte...
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Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Inpatient Psychiatry: Not All Bad

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I'm going to send you over to the Washington Post for an article that was published last week, written by Stanford psychiatry resid...
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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

Swiping for Therapists

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Over in The New York Times , Melissa Miller has an article titled " How to Find the Right Therapist . " Miller compares it to...
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Saturday, July 08, 2017

The Interesting Thing About Reviews of Committed.....

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Hello!  It's been a month since the last Shrink Rap post, and it's now summer.  I love the long days and the slower pace.  There ...
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Tuesday, June 06, 2017

NAMI: or It's All in the Words....

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As I mentioned earlier, I've written a post over on PsychologyToday about how I believe the upcoming NAMI election and the question ...
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Monday, June 05, 2017

NAMI's Upcoming Elections: Is It All About Involuntary Psychiatric Care?

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Ah, so first visit Pete Earley's blog .  His last two post talk about the upcoming elections for NAMI's Board of Directors.  Big...
Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Join Us At APA!

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It's days away: the American Psychiatric Association's Annual Meeting will be in San Diego.  I'd like to tell you about the tal...
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Sunday, May 07, 2017

Negotiated Rates: What No One Talks About in Health Care Legislation

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Last week, the House of Representatives passed legislation for the American Health Care Act, the first step in repealing the Affordable C...
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Monday, April 03, 2017

Roy on the Pros and Cons of Medical Marijuana

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Medical marijuana was legalized in Maryland two years ago, and this summer we will be getting our first dispensaries.  Psychiatrists are ...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Guest Poster Dr. Maher on Dealing with Changes in Psychiatry Through the Years (But Especially Now)

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Obviously, psychiatry has changed over time. We've gone from a field where treatment was mostly psychotherapy-- I'll purposely om...
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