tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post2942404848737763838..comments2024-03-27T10:50:53.692-05:00Comments on Real Psychiatry: 2015 and......George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-27035081913269638272015-01-06T12:19:50.016-06:002015-01-06T12:19:50.016-06:00Thanks - I read your post and like it as well. I ...Thanks - I read your post and like it as well. I think it addresses the hard work of psychiatry and our role as a projective test. In reading you post, I am also reminded of the fact that a technical manual for a medical specialty (as in these are the skills required) can be done. The ACP did one for Internal Medicine a few years ago. Now that it is clear that regulatory bodies have significant conflicts of interest (high salaries, increased revenue, increased power over physicians) it is time that somebody called them on the fact that their attitude is basically "Pay us the money and we will test you on everything. Guess what we are thinking." <br /><br />All of the necessary skills and areas of expertise can be specified. I would even take it two steps further. I think the specific patterns of illness that need to be observed in training can be specified and further that this could be expected to influence the selection of electives as far back as medical school. George Dawson, MD, DFAPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03474899831557543486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-33001121665818647592015-01-06T10:04:48.426-06:002015-01-06T10:04:48.426-06:00Happy New Year to you too. I like your list. It re...Happy New Year to you too. I like your list. It reflects your role as an "antidote" to psychiatric critics, while still leaving individual practitioners to stand or fall on their own merits.<br /><br />Any top-ten list is a little arbitrary. Certainly, competent psychiatrists know about addiction. But no less so, the process of aging. And the disparate social pressures on males and females over the life span. And the role of nutrition, exercise, and other "lifestyle" factors in physical and mental well-being. And so on. Your post inspired one of my <a href="http://blog.stevenreidbordmd.com/?p=980" rel="nofollow">own</a>, which may stir up more dust than it settles. Cheers.Steven Reidbord MDhttp://blog.stevenreidbordmd.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-39607562536692173412015-01-05T00:08:33.187-06:002015-01-05T00:08:33.187-06:00Thank you for writing this. The second that post w...Thank you for writing this. The second that post went up, I regretted it & wished instead Id posted exactly what you've done here - 10 ways you know your psychiatrist is competent & a good fit. Thank you for pointing this out, and rectifying the situation with your post. <br />Sincerely,<br />Amanda Itzkoff, MD Amanda Itzkoff, MDhttp://www.psychiatristsnyc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-76093020472995406882015-01-04T10:07:21.032-06:002015-01-04T10:07:21.032-06:00Agree, this is a good list (and I think to myself,...Agree, this is a good list (and I think to myself, "Am I good enough?" Well, that's my issue! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-24366701318007747512015-01-03T21:48:01.405-06:002015-01-03T21:48:01.405-06:00Agreed, a good list. Agreed, a good list. Dinahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227988351623862689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7772182113499451603.post-10465445350222376062015-01-02T10:16:18.147-06:002015-01-02T10:16:18.147-06:00An excellent Top Ten list! I couldn't agree m...An excellent Top Ten list! I couldn't agree more.<br /><br />Happy New Year.David M. Allen M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280912088483192599noreply@blogger.com