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RDOCS and DSM 5: Diagnosis and Psychiatry

WEBTom Insel, the Director of the National Institute for Mental Health, to celebrate the release of DSM5 in May of 2013, famously announced that the manual was already irrelevant to psychiatric research. This quote from Psychology Today captures the moment fairly well. Just two weeks before DSM-5 is due to appear, the National Institute …

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Bipolar Education Program

WEBDoctors often do a poor job of educating their patients about their health problems. That is particularly troubling when you are talking about a condition as complicated as bipolar.

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Dr. Kelsey Schraufnagel, PsyD

WEBDr. Schraufnagel earned her PsyD in clinical psychology at the California School for Professional Psychology in San Diego. She completed an APA accredited internship, with an emphasis on crisis assessment and intervention, at the University of Colorado-Boulder’s Wardenburg Health Center in the department of Psychological Health and Psychiatry. …

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The Stages of Change Model

WEBInterventions for people with self-destructive behaviors (such as substance abusers) have to be tailored to individuals with varying levels of readiness to change. The Prochaska and DiClemente model, developed over the past 20 years, identifies 5 stages: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance (1). It covers a cycle of attitudes …

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Lithium Benefits for Health

WEBDoes lithium have benefits for health when it is found at small doses in the water? This is the subject of a recent article in the New York Time (september 13th, 2014).

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Telepsychiatry – A Breakthrough at Gateway Psychiatric

WEBWe have begun to implement a new platform for telepsychiatry at Gateway Psychiatric. We’ve signed up with Breakthrough mental health which provides a secure, HIPAA compliant, platform for online counseling and telepsychiatry.. Telepsychiatry allows us to provide care for patients throughout California.

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The Problem of Denial

WEBThen the family needs to think about what kinds of involvement with the affected person might be contingent on that person’s behavior. When the person is doing something positive (not using alcohol or drugs, or taking medications as prescribed) then …

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Prior Authorization Form – New Law in California

WEBPrior authorization forms for medications, and the entire prior authorization process, can be a nightmare. In my experience, with at least one company, the rule seemed to be, if you filled out a form you were told that you needed to call to obtain the OK, and if you called you were told to fill out a form.

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Depression Costs US 200 Billion Dollars Per Year

WEBA meta-analysis of more than 60 clinical studies covering almost 60,000 adult patients estimates that the total cost in the United States of the treatment of patients with depression is in the range of $188 billion to $200 billion. Roughly a third of all costs ($64 billion) are related to people with treatment-resistant depression, who represent …

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Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Jobs

WEBPsychiatric nurse practitioner jobs are fairly numerous in California, but we think we may have a unique opportunity for the right applicant. This has been a very busy fall at Gateway, we are in the midst of significant expansion in the practice with the result that we are looking to hire another psychiatric and mental health nurse practioner for …

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Family Consultation

WEB“Our son has locked himself into his room and comes out only once a day what can we do?” “My husband is not sleeping at night and his thoughts are racing so fast I can barely keep up with them but he says that he is fine, is there any way I can help?”

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