October 11th 2024
There is still no formal or professional recognition of complex PTSD as a very different disorder than what DSM-5-TR describes for PTSD.
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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Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches for PTSD
August 30th 2018Although efficacious treatments for PTSD have been established, many individuals remain symptomatic after treatment or never seek empirically supported therapies. This is where complementary and alternative medicine comes in.
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A First-Episode Psychosis Treatment Program: “The Disease Doesn’t Define Me”
February 28th 2017The Psychiatric Transition Program at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego is a specialized first-episode psychosis program that provides coordinated specialty care to active-duty service members with serious mental illness.
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