April 30th 2024
The proposed change acknowledges the medical applications of marijuana.
The Expanding Role of Fluid Biomarkers in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Alzheimer Disease
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Clinical Consultations™: Considerations for Customizing Care Plans for Patients with Parkinson Disease Psychosis
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Expert Illustrations & Commentaries™: Visualizing New Therapeutic Targets in Schizophrenia
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Advances In™ Schizophrenia: Expanding the Therapeutic Landscape
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Southern California Psychiatry Conference
September 13-14, 2024
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Updates on New and Emerging Therapies to Improve Outcomes for Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
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5th Annual International Congress on the Future of Neurology®
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2023 Annual Psychiatric Times™ World CME Conference
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Clinical Consultations™: Managing Depressive Episodes in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Type II
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Patient, Provider, and Caregiver Connection™: Exploring Unmet Needs In Postpartum Depression – Making the Case for Early Detection and Novel Treatments
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Medical Crossfire®: Understanding the Advances in Bipolar Disease Treatment—A Comprehensive Look at Treatment Selection Strategies
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'REEL’ Time Patient Counseling: The Diagnostic and Treatment Journey for Patients With Bipolar Disorder Type II – From Primary to Specialty Care
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More Than ‘Blue’ After Birth: Managing Diagnosis and Treatment of Post-Partum Depression
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Patient, Provider & Caregiver Connection™: Reducing the Burden of Parkinson Disease Psychosis with Personalized Management Plans
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A Risk Stratification Approach to Alcohol Detoxification
November 5th 2013The challenges of identifying patients at risk for alcohol withdrawal have been found to be mitigated by the development of a Risk Stratification Questionnaire, now being adopted by the VA regionally throughout New England. More in this video.
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From the Streets to the Rx Pad: Do Party Drugs Have a Place in the Medical Office?
October 3rd 2013Can drugs be categorized as good (eg, medicinal), bad (eg, recreational with deleterious side effects and addiction issues), or is there a middle ground? That was the underlying theme in a lecture at PsychCongress, “Perils and Promise of Psychoactive Drugs: A Focus on Harm Reduction Psychiatry.”
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We Are All at Least a Little Lost and Off-Putting: On Transformation
September 25th 2013We avoid a basic aspect of human existence-namely, we are all a little lost and not knowing, and we had better accept this. In reminding our patients that the worst fate in life is not to suffer-but to suffer alone-we also remind ourselves.
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Impulse Control Disorders: Clinical Characteristics and Pharmacological Management
June 2nd 2013Impulse control disorders are common psychiatric conditions in which affected individuals typically report significant impairment in social and occupational functioning, and may incur legal and financial difficulties as well.
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PSYCHIATRY ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR – SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES
May 16th 2013The Department of Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center is seeking a faculty member in its Substance Abuse Services at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor to conduct clinical care and teaching in the field of addiction medicine. The position will be based at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center, a major affiliate hospital which serves as a training site for medical students, residents and an ACGME credited fellowship in addiction psychiatry. There are opportunities to join ongoing funded programs or to develop new research or academic initiatives.
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Hippocratic Humility in the Face of 'Unexplained' Medical Problems
May 7th 2013The poorly conceived DSM-5 Somatic Symptom Disorder substitutes a false psychiatric certainty that misleadingly covers medical uncertainty about the appropriate diagnosis. It is better to admit what we don't know than cover it with meaningless labels.
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Parity Laws: Powerful Weapon-or Pipe Dream?
May 6th 2013Has the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity had any real impact on your ability to provide care to patients, or are you experiencing the shells and mortars of paperwork and denials? And will the average patient ever really benefit from the laws, or were they just passed to make the country feel better about the state of psychiatric care in the US?
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Shared Decision Making in the Treatment of Psychosis
April 15th 2013Psychiatrists vary in their eagerness to share therapeutic decisions with patients: some believe that adherence is paramount and paternalism is often necessary to prevent loss of insight with consequent impaired judgment and functional decline. These authors argue in favor of a radically more collaborative style.
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Law Suit Filed Against Anthem for Discrimination, Violating Federal Law
April 12th 2013Plaintiffs in this lawsuit claim that CPT coding policy has resulted in decreased reimbursement for psychiatrists, who will now receive 20% less for evaluation and management services than what Anthem pays other physicians.
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Discrimination and Parity Violation Claims Levied Against Anthem BCBS of Connecticut
March 19th 2013Changes will mean patients will only be covered for psychiatrists’ services that include medical evaluation and management; CPT coding will not allow for coverage of psychotherapy as a separate and equal category for payment.
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How Frame Analysis Can Guide the Therapeutic Process
March 18th 2013Frame analysis can not only help us to discern the roots of such standoffs but also to conceptualize specific ways of addressing the conflicts in therapeutic language with the patient, with the goal of forging an integrated approach to treatment.
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