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Hello all and happy July! I try to acknowledge mental health awareness for each particular month, and I fail all the time. However, this month is Minority Mental Health Awareness and it made me think about how we (care providers) are all a minority in some kind of way. Definitely not meant to minimize the […]
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No Call Back? Greetings, I was debating to make this information public because once you pass…YOU’VE PASSED and everything should be great!! Well, that reality/assumption was wrong and with the current events, I felt bamboozled. Granted healthcare is constantly changing but I was hoping for something that was familiar, comforting, and reassuring but overall was […]
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Credentialing? What to do After Passing Your (Psych) Boards?? Congrats!!! If you were like me and so fixated with passing your boards that you forgot everything your advisor told you then you’re not alone! When I passed and finally came to my senses, I just fumbled around like now what?? If you already have a […]
Continue ReadingAdvice to Newer Clinicians An interesting read about older psychiatrists giving advice to the newer psych doctors titled, the 50 most important things I have learned in my 50 years studying psychiatry: Your patients will be your best teachers. No meeting with any patient is ever routine for them; so it should never be routine […]
Continue ReadingAdvice for Patients who Need Help Some beautiful advice intended for the patients that clinicians seek to help. These 50 tips are derived from 50 years of learning from my own patients, who were always also my best teachers: There are lots of different treatments—no one size fits all. Many treatments have a strong base […]
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