American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Get Another Degree or Not? 2022
Over the years I’ve received many questions and requests for my thoughts on whether a clinician should pursue additional advanced [...]
Avoiding and Recovering from Burnout
Burnout is “a psychological syndrome emerging as a prolonged response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job,”1 stressors that are often [...]
Should You Give Patients Advice?
I received a question about whether clinicians should give advice to patients receiving mental health treatment. This is a frequent [...]
Negative Effects of Psychotherapy
How common are positive effects of psychotherapy? Very common, over 95% of patients report positive effects of psychotherapy (Moritz et [...]
Absurd Psychiatric Intervention
Today I want to share with you an extremely easy, fast, and effective intervention used in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy [...]
Depression is a Vicious Cycle
Depression is a disorder of the organism that affects many bodily (including mental) functions as well as the organism’s ability [...]
Dwelling Beyond the Last Word
My mother is 86 and lives in assisted living with her husband. Her cognitive functions, especially her short-term memory, are [...]
Richer View of Mood
Mood is central to our way of engaging with the world and with ourselves. Often in psychiatry we think of [...]