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02/29/2016
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
We perpetuate the feeling of being not good enough through slights and microaggressions that we unconsciously inflict upon our peers and colleagues.
We perpetuate the feeling of being not good enough through slights and microaggressions that we unconsciously inflict upon our peers and colleagues.
We perpetuate the feeling of...
02/29/2016
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02/19/2016
Given the high rates of burnout in doctors in this country—and recent research that shows the rates are actually increasing—a telephone call from a colleague in distress is not uncommon.
Given the high rates of burnout in doctors in this country—and recent research that shows the rates are actually increasing—a telephone call from a colleague in distress is not uncommon.
Given the high rates of burnout...
02/19/2016
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02/10/2016
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
Approximately 750 of our fellow physicians, nurses, psychotherapists take their own lives each year, making it imperative that we begin to explore and understand the despair within our ranks.
Approximately 750 of our fellow physicians, nurses, psychotherapists take their own lives each year, making it imperative that we begin to explore and understand the despair within our ranks.
Approximately 750 of our fellow...
02/10/2016
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01/18/2016
In our world of ever-expanding pharmacologic options, we continue to see patients whose treatment may be compromised by non-adherence to our prescribed medication regimens.
In our world of ever-expanding pharmacologic options, we continue to see patients whose treatment may be compromised by non-adherence to our prescribed medication regimens.
In our world of ever-expanding...
01/18/2016
Psych Congress Network
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12/21/2015
Even 4 or 5 years ago, the future of depression treatment was coming toward us, but it was far enough off to look uncertain. Now, the future is almost here, close enough at least for us to begin getting a sense of what the general outlines...
Even 4 or 5 years ago, the future of depression treatment was coming toward us, but it was far enough off to look uncertain. Now, the future is almost here, close enough at least for us to begin getting a sense of what the general outlines...
Even 4 or 5 years ago, the...
12/21/2015
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08/25/2015
Andrew Penn, RN, MS, NP, CNS, APRN-BC
Psychedelic compounds are powerful, and they have great potential to help patients with intractable conditions. Yet any compound with that kind of power also has the potential to harm, and that harm should not be trivialized.
Psychedelic compounds are powerful, and they have great potential to help patients with intractable conditions. Yet any compound with that kind of power also has the potential to harm, and that harm should not be trivialized.
Psychedelic compounds are...
08/25/2015
Psych Congress Network
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07/30/2015
This year at orientation, there was a huge elephant in the room.
This year at orientation, there was a huge elephant in the room.
This year at orientation, there...
07/30/2015
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07/07/2015
Perhaps patients would benefit if they had some concrete saying, a mantra as it were, to remind themselves outside the therapy room of key lessons.
Perhaps patients would benefit if they had some concrete saying, a mantra as it were, to remind themselves outside the therapy room of key lessons.
Perhaps patients would benefit...
07/07/2015
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06/08/2015
At the start of the 1990s, psychotherapy was the treatment of choice for depression, but by 2007 that percentage had dropped to an all-time low
At the start of the 1990s, psychotherapy was the treatment of choice for depression, but by 2007 that percentage had dropped to an all-time low
At the start of the 1990s,...
06/08/2015
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05/21/2015
Physicians may experience two types of stigma when deciding to seek treatment for mental illness.
Physicians may experience two types of stigma when deciding to seek treatment for mental illness.
Physicians may experience two...
05/21/2015
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