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A Primer for Psychiatrists on Court Hearings

January 7, 2022

Ashley H. VanDercar, MD, JD.
Psychiatrist, Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare, Northfield, OH.

Dr. VanDercar has disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Dr. VanDercar draws from her backgrounds in both law and psychiatry to educate us about testifying in court hearings.

Tarasoff: Making Sense of the Duty to Warn or Protect

January 7, 2022

Ahmad Adi, MD, MPH. and Victoria Hendrick, MD.

Ahmad Adi, MD, MPH. Senior Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campu

Hendrick, MD.Editor-in-Chief of the Carlat Hospital Psychiatry Report. Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Olive View UCLA Medical Center.

Dr. Adi and Dr. Hendrick have disclosed no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Do we have a duty to warn, or a duty to protect? And what’s the difference?

EXPERT Q&A

Personal Privacy Versus Public Safety: Addiction Among Health Professionals

March 30, 2020

Paul H. Earley, MD, DFASAM

Paul H. Earley, MD, DFASAM
Medical director of the Georgia Professionals Health Program, Inc. Distinguished Fellow of ASAM. President of the Federation of State Physician Health Programs. Dr. Earley has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Dr. Paul Earley, president-elect of the Federation of Physician Health Programs, outlines the offerings of physician health programs, how to engage yourself or colleagues in treatment, and how treatment may interface with medical boards.

CLINICAL UPDATE

Learning From the Successes of Physician Health Programs

March 30, 2020

Physician health programs have boasted high rates of treatment retention and abstinence rates, yet have also been the targets of criticism. Here we review what the practicing clinician can learn from these programs and describe current controversies.