Psychiatrists

The Industrialized, New-Deal Age Of Psychiatry

Ronald Ricker | Posted 08.08.2011

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If a psychiatrist's goal is to make large amounts of money, utilizing the systemic flaw of writing prescriptions for powerful medicines to patients he barely knows, he should leave the field of medicine.

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WATCH: How Do You Know When To See A Psychiatrist?

Posted 08.07.2011

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How do you know whether you should see a psychiatrist? Dr. Daniel Carlat, author of "Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry," explains what a psychi...

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Shrinks Are People, Too

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 07.26.2011

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I recognize that there are shrinks who behave like the one in Ducornet's novel "Netsuke," in which the unnamed narrator, a psychoanalyst, ruthlessly sleeps with his patients. But they are not the norm.

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Help Me Talk My Way Out Of It

Joy Behar | Posted 05.25.2011

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I would not be in the position I am in both professionally and personally if it were not for my years on the chair and/or the couch. Without therapy, I would have continued to be unsure of my instincts and talents.

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DRUG DOCS: Psychiatrists Turn To A New Form Of Therapy

nytimes.com | GARDINER HARRIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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DOYLESTOWN, Pa. -- Alone with his psychiatrist, the patient confided that his newborn had serious health problems, his distraught wife was screaming a...

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The Secret Language Of Doctors

Gary W. Small, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

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Many patients want to know what's wrong with them and how to take care of it because it gives them a feeling of involvement and control. Should patients be given access to their records?

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What Is a Psychiatrist, Anyway?

Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Posted 11.17.2011

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If psychiatry is to help patients make knowledgeable choices about their treatment, it will need to rebrand in a way that makes sense not just to the mental health community, but to the public.

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Chicago Right In The Middle Of America's Craziest Cities List At #26

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

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Local Color: The Lakeview Museum's Community Solar System spreads over 60 miles of Illinois, making it the largest complete solar-system model in the ...

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Kevin Smith & the Gift Of Honesty

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

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Instead of complaining about his treatment, Kevin Smith should be thanking those flight attendants and that pilot for a moment of honesty that he was probably sorely in need of.

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Learning From the Fort Hood Tragedy: Comments from an Expert on Suicide and Violence

Lisa Firestone | Posted 11.17.2011

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This misfortune points toward major flaws in our mental health system for military personnel, including the mental health of psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors treating our troops.

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Alzheimer's Disease: Is Our Health Care System Ready?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

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Not enough attention seems focused on ensuring health care systems' preparedness to deal with cognitive health issues -- with Alzheimer's Disease as the most dramatic example.

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