A colleague pointed me to a nice article on suicide risk assessment written by David J. Muzina, MD in the September issue of Current Psychiatry Online. The article is well-written and well-organized. The stepwise approach described can be quite helpful. I wish the article included more on documentation (there is only one sample note, and I’m not [...]
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Archive | September, 2007
Reminder from the bridge: Suicidal individuals are full of ambivalence
September 28, 2007
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Today Mike Hogan, Ph.D., the Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Health honored RNN-TV and the NYS Bridge authority for their work in suicide prevention. The bridge authority put up signs and installed lifeline phones with direct link to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. For clinicians assessing and managing suicide risk, the [...]
Read moreI’m an intellectual stalker!
September 20, 2007
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One of the URMC colleagues with whom I previously talked about blogging, asked me about mindmapping today (see my mapping posts). Because she has sequentially hit upon a couple of my key interests, she questioned whether she’s an “intellectual stalker”–a phrase I thought was just hilarious. Part of what tickles me about the phrase and [...]
Read moreConversation with Michelle Lang, Ph.D. of RFMH
September 18, 2007
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I had an interesting conversation a few weeks ago with Michelle Lang, PhD, a colleague with the New York State Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene. RFMH is essentially the research and program evaluation arm of the NYS Office of Mental Health. Dr. Lang has completed a pilot study on the feasibility of routine suicidality screening [...]
Read moreBlogging out in the open: Response to post from Wynne Center Board
September 10, 2007
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Some of the members of the Wynne Center for Family Research board read my blog post from yesterday about my presentation to the Board. When I saw them today their response was quite positive–lots of comments (and humor) about it. This brings me back to some of my initial posts about blogging in a professional [...]
Read morePresentation to Board of Wynne Center for Family Research
September 9, 2007
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I presented at the Wynne Center for Family Research (WCFR) board meeting today. I presented about our clinical services and about my work in suicide risk assessment, including how it grew out of experiences with suicidal patients in couples and families. The Center board and the faculty of the WCFR were present. The Board is [...]
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