February 13th 2025
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November 28th 2024
7 Measures for Screening and Assessing IPV
January 28th 2020Data suggest that it is important for mental health professionals to screen for interpersonal violence and provide relevant treatment referrals. A selection of widely available and validated interpersonal violence screening measures are described in this slideshow.
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Disability and the Concept of Return to Work
This article discusses the return to work plan as a solution to the clinical and systemic problems arising from psychiatric disability.
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The Disabled Employee’s Manager: A Common Complicating Factor of Workplace Disability
One of the most perplexing challenges for psychiatrists who interact with the workplace is the competing forces for and against mental health.
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Disability: Overview of Concepts Psychiatrists Need to Know
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.
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A Complicated Case of Psychiatric Disability
What to do when a patient says they need disabled status, but you believe otherwise?
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Solving the Mystery of Military Mental Health: A Call to Action
December 18th 2018The iconic scene when George C. Scott slaps the soldier with PTSD in Patton and calls him a “yellow-bellied coward” mirrors the historic and continued ambivalence of the military toward the psychological wounds of war.
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Vietnam, 50 Years Later: Remembering Those Who Served
November 5th 2018The mental health challenges that arose in Vietnam over the course of the war were in many respects both prodigious and unprecedented. An estimated 200 psychiatrists, including two women, served in Vietnam with the Army, Navy, and Air Force between 1964 and 1973.
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