Andrew O. Brown, MD

Articles by Andrew O. Brown, MD

How can you help your patients navigate the challenges and opportunities that may arise from entering a new chapter in their work lives?

Dialogues on Work and Psychiatry, Episode 2: Ending a Chapter on Work Chapter and Its Impact

ByDavid (Daven) E. Morrison III, MD,Andrew O. Brown, MD

February 27th 2023

How can you help your patients navigate the challenges and opportunities that may arise from entering a new chapter in their work lives?

Leaders of health care institutions may want to pay closer attention to burnout, as more environmental, social, and governance frameworks take shape.

Can Sustainability as a Source of Meaning Help Leaders Unlock Employee Burnout?

ByDavid (Daven) E. Morrison III, MD,Andrew O. Brown, MD

September 16th 2022

Leaders of health care institutions may want to pay closer attention to burnout, as more environmental, social, and governance frameworks take shape.

“The mentality that animates workers who see their work as a calling is strikingly simple: They believe their work is contributing to the construction of a world within which they would like to live.”

Dialogues on Work and Psychiatry, Episode 1: The Importance of Contributions

ByDavid (Daven) E. Morrison III, MD,Andrew O. Brown, MD

August 10th 2022

“The mentality that animates workers who see their work as a calling is strikingly simple: They believe their work is contributing to the construction of a world within which they would like to live.”

5 Domains of Functional Assessment for Disability Evaluation

ByGroup for the Advancement of Psychiatry,Barbara Long, MD, PhD, FABPN,Andrew O. Brown, MD,Sean Sassano-Higgins, MD,David “Daven” E. Morrison, MD, Christopher Flinton, MD

January 6th 2020

Problems with any one of these domains can disrupt an individual’s capacity to sustain work capacity.

Disability and the Concept of Return to Work

ByBarbara Long, MD, PhD, FABPN, Christopher Flinton, MD,Andrew O. Brown, MD,Sean Sassano-Higgins, MD,David “Daven” E. Morrison, MD,Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

January 1st 2020

This article discusses the return to work plan as a solution to the clinical and systemic problems arising from psychiatric disability.

Treater, Disability Assessor, or Forensic Expert: A Trap in Disability Claims

ByBarbara Long, MD, PhD, FABPN,Andrew O. Brown, MD,Sean Sassano-Higgins, MD,David “Daven” E. Morrison, MD,Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

October 30th 2019

The treater who assumes a dual role as either disability examiner or forensic expert faces ethical risks because of the inherent binds in the roles.

The Disabled Employee’s Manager: A Common Complicating Factor of Workplace Disability

ByBarbara Long, MD, PhD, FABPN,Andrew O. Brown, MD,Sean Sassano-Higgins, MD,David “Daven” E. Morrison, MD,Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

August 30th 2019

One of the most perplexing challenges for psychiatrists who interact with the workplace is the competing forces for and against mental health.

disability claim applications and functional assessment psychiatrist tool

Functional Assessment for Disability Applications: Tools for the Psychiatrist

ByGroup for the Advancement of Psychiatry,Barbara Long, MD, PhD, FABPN,Andrew O. Brown, MD,Sean Sassano-Higgins, MD,David “Daven” E. Morrison, MD

June 14th 2019

These 10 domains will help you determine if functional impairment exists, if it can be reversed, and if the patient can return to work.

Disability: Overview of Concepts Psychiatrists Need to Know

ByBarbara Long, MD, PhD, FABPN,Andrew O. Brown, MD,Sean Sassano-Higgins, MD,David “Daven” E. Morrison, MD,Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry

May 30th 2019

This article discusses the risks of supporting versus withholding support for a patient’s disability claim and six key definitions psychiatrists need to understand when they are asked to support such a claim.