Get insight into how healthcare providers can say ‘I’m sorry” to patients and families when a bad outcome occurs, along with other legal dimensions to consider, in an interview with Minneapolis attorney Mark R. Whitmore, Esq.

This article will present ethical considerations of the ACA for psychiatrists. For the most part, ethical dilemmas for psychiatrists will occur in the quality and efficiency improvement category. Particular areas of concern are new innovations to improve quality and bring down costs, integrated health systems, linking payments to quality outcomes, payment bundling, and paying physicians based on value rather than volume.

Ethical expert Dr Paul Appelbaum tells us how the Physician Payment Sunshine Act will affect psychiatrist.

If you’ve recently become a board certified psychiatrist, you’re probably aware of the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.

What goes into running a private practice? Find out everything from what to budget for overhead to how to work with insurance panels from private practice expert John Dunne, MD.

The legal system can provide much-needed help to psychiatry patients and their families. Forensic psychiatrist Annette Hanson, MD, expertly explains legal options such as mental health courts and guardianship.

Today there are many scales to choose from. Psychiatrists familiar with these tools will be better able to interpret clinical trial results and to employ them in assessing patients’ clinical progress. Here we review the most commonly used depression rating scales, as well as some newer web-based tools.

You greet a new patient who complains of difficulty concentrating at work and is unable to “keep up” since making partner at a law firm or becoming an attending physician at a hospital. Is this an authentic case of a high-functioning person with undiagnosed adult ADHD, a subtle request for performance enhancement, or something altogether different?

PTDS is one of the greatest mental health concerns in veterans, but there is a stigma, among veterans, on issues related to seeking mental health services. Dr. Kean discusses effective screening methods, current findings and treatment options.

Whether you see your patients quarterly, monthly, or even weekly, you certainly are not with them as much as their cell phones are.