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Expert Q&A

Breaking the Stigma: Helping Physicians Seek and Sustain Recovery

July 1, 2025

Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a primary care physician and cannabis specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Author of Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction (Hachette Books, 2016) and Seeing Through the Smoke: A Cannabis Specialist Untangles the Truth About Marijuana (Prometheus, 2023).

Dr. Grinspoon has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Dr. Peter Grinspoon reflects on his own recovery from opioid addiction and the barriers that keep doctors from seeking help. He shares personal insights and evidence-based strategies for supporting physician recovery and makes the case for a more compassionate, flexible model of care and monitoring.

Clinical Update

Making the Case: How to Reduce Insurance Denials in Psychiatric Care

July 1, 2025

Victoria Hendrick, MD

Victoria Hendrick, MD. Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; Editor-in-Chief, The Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report.

Dr. Hendrick has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Insurance denials are frustrating but preventable. Here we outline strategies to reduce denials.

Psychiatry in the Penitentiary: Navigating Mental Health in Custody

April 1, 2025

Amar Mehta, MD

Amar Mehta, MD

Deputy Director of the Statewide Mental Health Program at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Dr. Mehta is a Board-certified physician in Adult, Child and Adolescent, and Forensic psychiatry, as well as Addiction Medicine.

Dr. Mehta has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

In the past 10-15 years, we’ve seen a significant increase in the number of incarcerated individuals receiving mental health treatment.

Note From the Editor-in-Chief

The Mental Health Toll of Los Angeles’ Wildfires

April 1, 2025

Victoria Hendrick, MD.

The recent devastating fires in Los Angeles underscore how disasters—whether fires, hurricanes, floods, or other climate events—can take a serious toll on mental health.

Competency to Stand Trial: A Primer for Psychiatrists

April 1, 2025

Jacqueline Landess, MD, JD, DFAPA

Training Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.

Dr. Landess has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

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Managing Behavioral Crises Behind Bars

April 1, 2025

Brian Holoyda, MD, MPH, MBA

Brian Holoyda, MD, MPH, MBA. Chief psychiatrist, Contra Costa County Detention Health Services, Martinez, CA.

Dr. Holoyda has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Correctional facilities are not just places of confinement; they are also intense environments where mental health crises can erupt unexpectedly.

Fact Sheet

How to Identify and Respond to Self-Injurious Behaviors

February 1, 2025

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Self-injurious behaviors (SIB) are among the most pressing concerns you will face on an inpatient psychiatric unit.

Fact Sheet

Confidentiality and Release of Patient Information

January 1, 2025

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
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Patient confidentiality is a fundamental principle in psychiatric care.

Fact Sheet

Creating a Patient Safety Plan

January 1, 2025

Victoria Hendrick, MD and Daniel Carlat, MD

Dr. Hendrick and Dr. Carlat have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.
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Once a patient who experienced suicidal thoughts is feeling better and is ready for discharge, help them create a safety plan so they can be prepared in case their emotional state deteriorates at some later point.

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