Psychiatry Part II Oral Board Preparation: Performance and MoreBoard Certification in Psychiatry requires that a physician complete psychiatric residency and then pass two examinations, one written and the other an oral examination including the evaluation of a patient under scrutiny by examiners. Success requires both knowledge and performance. The writer describes his own process for acheiving Board Certification on his first attempt.
Is Counseling Good for Addiction?There is a general assumption that 'counseling' is always a good thing. When one considers that counseling often consists of advice from a stranger, perhaps it is just as well that people rarely act on such recommendations. This article examines types of counseling, and discusses the usefulness of counseling specifically as part of the treatment of addiction. The conclusions may surprise you.
Treatment Options for Pain Pill AddictionPain pill addiction is a common problem, and can progress to have fatal consequences. There are now treatment options that have amazing success that are accessible to most people. It is important that each patients learns all of the options and finds the treatment that fits him or her the best.
Does Suboxone Interfere With Recovery? Part TwoSuboxone, the new treatment for opiate dependence, has taken the addiction world by storm, but treatment professionals who teach sobriety and the 12 steps see problems with addicts taking another opiate. Addiction professionals must find a way to integrate the treatments, or at least find a way for the treatments to coincide. Part three identifies critical issues with that goal in mind.
Can Suboxone and Traditional Recovery Get Along? Part Two.Suboxone, the new treatment for opiate dependence, has taken the addiction world by storm over the past two years. But those who treat addiction by sobriety and the 12 steps are leery about treatment that bypasses rigorous step work. Part two examines the effects of suboxone on character defects.
Suboxone: the end of traditional recovery?Suboxone, the new treatment for opiate dependence, has taken the addiction world by storm over the past two years. Part one takes a look at the unique clinical features of this medication that are based on the actions of the drug at the receptor level.
Treating opiate addiction with Suboxone, Part TwoTraditional treatment of opiate addiction helps only a small number of addicts, and only after severe negative consequences. Even after successful treatment, opiate addiction is characterized by multiple relapses. Suboxone treatment is a dramatic improvement over traditional methods, and allows a new treatment paradigm: Successful treatment by inducing reliable remission of active addiction, using
Induced remission-- a new opiate addiction paradigmTraditional treatment of opiate addiction helps only a small number of addicts, and only after severe negative consequences. Even after successful treatment, opiate addiction is characterized by multiple relapses. Suboxone treatment is a dramatic improvement over traditional methods, and allows a new treatment paradigm: Successful treatment by inducing reliable remission of active addiction, using
RVUs- Whose Value Is It, Anyway?Payments for medical illnesses by insurers vary dramatically between mental health and other conditions. The difference in pay schedules cannot be accounted for by differences in stress, time, risk, or years of training required by the specialty. Rather, the payment discrepancies are due to the low value placed on mental health services by society.
