Tweets from APA
APA is in Atlanta this year and I'm not there. ClinkShrink and Roy are, however, and they are tweeting. With their permission, here's a sampling of what's Twitter-worthy. I was told not to discuss the zombie game.Clink Shrink @clinkshrink May 15 Atul Gawande: "Assisted dying is about our failure to give assisted living." #APAAM16 #assistedsuicide Clink Shrink @clinkshrink May 15 Atul Gawande: "Your wellbeing is bigger than your health." #APAAM16 opening ceremony ...
Source: Shrink Rap - May 15, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Book News and More
Greetings from Baltimore -- and if you're looking for me at APA in Atlanta this year -- do look for both Roy and ClinkShrink instead--they are both there as APA Assembly members. I decided a while back that a Springtime graduation was all the traveling I wanted to do, and I am pleased to tell you that all went well with my youngest's graduation from #GoBlue. I enjoyed Michael Bloomberg's commencement speech, the dinners, the celebrating, being with family, seeing my lovely daughter thrive, and knowing that for the foreseeable future, there is no college tuition to be paid. Young One is off for a couple of weeks...
Source: Shrink Rap - May 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Shrink Rap Turns 10 Years Old Today!
Get out your tuxedos and gowns, the galas are about to begin!Yes, Shrink Rap is now 10! We are the longest running psychiatry blog and with thousands of posts and years of faithful readers, we couldn't be more excited!Okay, so no black tie gala. We had planned a party with chili and beer and a cake with a duck on it, but a family emergency delayed the event -- to be rescheduled soon.So let me tell you how much I've loved having this blog (a lot) and over the years, there's been a lot of evolution. I write less than I used to, but I still write. Clink comes by with updates on conferences and spends more ti...
Source: Shrink Rap - April 20, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Pushing 70 and Sharing the Wisdom: Guest Blogger Dr. Bruce Hershfield Shares His Experience with Younger Psychiatrists
The article below is being reprinted from this month's edition of The Maryland Psychiatrist. Dr. Hershfield shares his wisdom on outpatient treatment of patients, and of running a private practice. Please note the intended audience for this wisdom is younger psychiatrists, in particular, those just starting out. I'm not a younger psychiatrist just starting out, and in fact, I'd fail on a couple of these measure -- we all have to figure out for ourselves how best to practice in the context of our personality's and in the context of who are patients are and what they need. Overall, however, I thought ...
Source: Shrink Rap - April 11, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Will Changing Privacy Laws Help Patients?
Over on Twitter, one of my pals, @namipolicywonk wrote: I'm a big proponent of civil rights, but whose rights are we protecting in a situation like this? http://thebronxchronicle.com/2016/04/03/op-ed-eliot-engel-side-families-seriously-mentally-ill-not-mental-health-industry/ …Please do read the article, but in a few sentences, here's the synopsis. A mom is writing an oped piece about her daughter who lives in a group home in New York and has a chronic mental illness. The daughter went missing from her group home, off her medications, and reportedly because of HIPAA laws, the group home did not tell the ...
Source: Shrink Rap - April 9, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
No Escape From Aetna....
On March 13th, I wrote a post: "To Aetna: I am NOT in Your Network about how I was trying to reach Aetna to clarify that I am not a psychiatrist in their network. I wanted this clarified because I was getting so many calls from people asking to see me because I am listed on Aetna's website. I called and called again, but the voicemail prompts left me with no where to go. When I reached a live person, I was told that Network Services would contact me within 48 hours. That never happened. I wrote in through their website. Nothing. And finally, I contacted the Maryland Insurance Commi...
Source: Shrink Rap - April 5, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Utah : Just Say "NO!"
This is not a post on abortion. Let's not even go there. This is a post on who gets to practice medicine.So Utah passed a law -- signed by their governor after how many years of medical school? -- that mandates doctors to give general anesthesia to women having abortions after 20 weeks of gestation. Legislators sometimes unwittingly attempt to practice medicine and pass laws that interfere with the doctor patient relationship, but this is the first time I've heard of legislation that demands a procedure that endangers a patient's life. The theory is that the fetus might feel pain and that general an...
Source: Shrink Rap - April 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
The Accessible Psychiatry Project, Updated & Please Do Comment on the Scattergood Site
< br / > < span style="font-size: large;" > Later this month, Shrink Rap will be celebrating it's 10th anniversary! & nbsp; More later, but we are the longest running psychiatry blog, and we're looking forward to the cake. < /span > < br / > < span style="font-size: large;" > < br / > < /span > < span style="font-size: large;" > As you may know, Shrink Rap is part of a larger group of projects that the three of us, in various combinations, work on. & nbsp; The list has morphed over the years, and the < b > Accessible Psychiatry Project < /b > is now up for a Scattergood Innovation Award. & nbsp; The nominations closed las...
Source: Shrink Rap - April 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
The Accessible Psychiatry Project, Updated & Please Do Comment on the Scattergood Site
Later this month, Shrink Rap will be celebrating it's 10th anniversary! More later, but we are the longest running psychiatry blog, and we're looking forward to the cake.As you may know, Shrink Rap is part of a larger group of projects that the three of us, in various combinations, work on. The list has morphed over the years, and the Accessible Psychiatry Project is now up for a Scattergood Innovation Award. The nominations closed last week, and public comment is not being requested. We'd love to have our Shrink Rap readers visit the Scattergood site and leave an encouraging comment. The Scat...
Source: Shrink Rap - April 2, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
The Final Report on the Germanwings Tragedy
Over on Clinical Psychiatry News, I have an article up on the final report about the Germanwings pilot who crashed the plane into the French Alps. A sad topic, but do read it. -----
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Source: Shrink Rap - March 26, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Guest Blogger Dr. Thomas Franklin Writes About His Own Experiences With Major Depression and Why He's Doing A Triathlon
Becoming an Ironman for Myself and My PatientsThe sliver of light coming under the door of the windowless office seemed unbearably bright and offensive. I turned away from it and closed my eyes. There is a flat spot on the back of my head that, if angled just right, would lie on the textbook I was using as a pillow. In a few moments, I would be asleep again. I was supposed to be out seeing patients, but it was all I could do to show up at work and hide in my office. My supervisor was a gentle woman who would come check on me a couple of times a day. She would crack the door and ask, “Dr. Franklin, why don’t yo...
Source: Shrink Rap - March 23, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Finding Help
Yesterday, I was a speaker at the University of Maryland's Cultural Diversity Day.The theme was Urban Trauma: Understanding Its Impact and Navigating Access to Mental Health Care. I thought I would share some of my slides with our readers. And now I know how to put a PowerPoint Presentation into a blog.-----
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Source: Shrink Rap - March 17, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
Listen to ClinkShrink Discuss Physician Assisted Suicide on the Radio
In case you haven't heard, our ClinkShrink has strong feelings about legislation to allow Physician Assisted Suicide. She has written about it Here and Here. A few weeks ago, ClinkShrink was on the radio talking about proposed legislation in Maryland. She did a great job. Here's the link, you can listen to the whole show hosted by Sheila Kast. http://wypr.org/post/aid-dying-debate#stream/0-----
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Source: Shrink Rap - March 13, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
To Aetna: I am NOT in your network
Dear Aetna,I would contact you directly, but believe me, I've tried. Perhaps you could help me. I am a psychiatrist is Baltimore and somehow my name is on Aetna's provider panel. I never filled out an application or request with Aetna and I have no desire to be on their panel. Over the last couple of years, I had gotten a few calls from prospective patients, clarified that I am not an Aetna provider, at least not willingly, and left it at that. Recently, the calls have escalated to as many as 5 a week.I have called Aetna repeatedly, and I can't seem to find a voicemail option that allows me ...
Source: Shrink Rap - March 12, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
What Do The Kids Need to Know?
That's a great title for a post, isn't it?Unfortunately, this isn't going to be about anything all that juicy. I'm giving a talk on Access to Care next week to 60 or so psychiatry residents in training. I thought I would ask our readers: What should young psychiatrists know about finding a psychiatrist? Are there things that make it harder or easier to find someone? What should they know about health insurance participation?Write something I hadn't thought of and I'll read it at my presentation!Thank you for your help. -----
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Source: Shrink Rap - March 8, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Dinah Source Type: blogs
