Relias

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Question: When it comes to diagnosing, we see that Black/African Americans have higher rates of being diagnosed with schizophrenia, where instead the diagnoses should be PTSD or MDD. We can also have a system of checks and balances in place, where peers review our diagnoses or have peer consultation regarding diagnoses.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Diversity Psychiatry Schizophrenia 52

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

My journal was my first therapist, where I recorded frustration, anxiety and depression. Schizophrenia? Who wanted a social media and marketing consultant who’d spent time in a mental hospital? I’ve been at Thompson for over six years as a therapist,” Kathy started. I wondered. I guessed at her diagnosis as well.

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52

SECTIONED

JANUARY 30, 2019

Hard-pressed GPs will be able to refer patients to someone else and free up their consulting room at a time when we face a GP shortage. One issue is that it overlooks what’s already there, including occupational therapists and social workers. I first came across social prescribing in 2015.

Mental Health 12

Mental Health Schizophrenia Disability Consultation 12

Clinical Philosophy

JANUARY 31, 2021

The therapist is selling herself, or some simulacrum of herself; the client is being cheated if this fact is played down or veiled. Therapy may look like something which it makes sense to pay for if it’s dressed up as something technical - as if the patient is merely consulting for the therapist’s skill or knowledge.

Psychotherapy 52

Psychotherapy Therapist Justice and Corrections Interviewing 52