American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Acceptance
I’ve recently been trying to make sense of ‘acceptance,’ both the word and the underlying concept. It started to make [...]
Encouragement Construed Anew
Words are perishable goods. With time they lose color and flavor, either rot away or dry into small hard things. [...]
The Placebo ZigZag
When you read about the placebo effect, you invariably learn that it is due to a change in the patient’s [...]
Consultation #3: “I Can See It in Their Eyes”
Reader’s Clinical Conundrum “Dr. Jack, I’m a seasoned psychiatrist. I’ve been treating really difficult patients, many with dual diagnoses, for [...]
Sense of Badness in BPD
One phenomenon that has intrigued me for my entire career has been the frequent sense of badness that patients with [...]
Better Psychiatry Notes – New Year’s Resolution
I’ve received several requests to discuss psychiatry note-taking. For many, note-taking is a frustrating, thankless, and time-consuming task, one that [...]