Friday, March 2, 2012

Why Do They Hate Us?

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The title of this column weighed heavily on the minds of some Americans immediately after the terrorist attacks of 911. I was involved i...
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

Is it the economy?

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The lead story in this week's Psychiatric Times was sent to me in e-mail this morning under the subject "Economy Threatens Psychi...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Managed Care 101 – The Prior Authorization Hoax

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As managed care organizations worked on how they could prioritize pricing over medical decisions they came up with various plans to “m...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Critical Article on the Efficacy of Psychiatric Medication

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There is a seminal article in this month’s British Journal of Psychiatry by Leucht, Hierl, Kissling, Dold, and Davis.  The authors did som...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Managed Care 101 – The Utilization Review Hoax

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I happened to start practicing psychiatry at a time when managed care was just starting to build momentum. From a political standpoint the...
Thursday, February 23, 2012

Antidepressants - the limited analysis of a polarized argument

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The current President John Oldham and President-elect Jeffrey Lieberman of the American Psychiatric Association came out with this press r...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Lessons from Finland on Professional Report Cards

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The  New York Review of Books  this week contains a review by Diane Ravitch entitled “Schools We can Envy” .  In it she reviews “Finnish ...