I’ve returned from a fascinating series of trips to two New York State psychiatric facilities (St. Lawrence Psychiatric and Pilgrim Psychiatric), as part of a project I’m working on with the Office of Mental Health. I learned a great deal from talking about suicide risk with over 500 clinicians from a variety of disciplines and [...]
Read moreMindmanager Customer Vignette
Mindjet included a vignette about my work [link updated 1/28/09] with mindmaps in a new customer vignette section of their website. There are many other vignettes on the site that are interesting and worth reading for anyone interested in using mindmaps for thinking, planning, and presenting.
Read moreI’m an intellectual stalker!
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 moreBlogging out in the open: Response to post from Wynne Center Board
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
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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April 28, 2008

