Psych Practice

New York State recently decided that in order to address the problem of opioid abuse, all physicians (and non-physician prescribers) with a ...

Good news for doctors in Oklahoma, also known as the " Sooner State ", "...in reference to the non-Native settlers who staked...

First, sorry about my prolonged absence. I've been writing an article for Carlat, and it's taking up all my time. Second, sorry ab...

Here we are at the end of the year. A lot has happened in the world of psychiatry in 2015. Collaborative Care is alive and scoring a 0 on ...

I had a hard time naming this post. Everything I thought of had some kind of expletive in it. Holy ____!  ____ me dead!  l'll be _...

I did it. I just now submitted an application to the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) for approval of an Improvement in Med...

The idea for this post is based on a post by Jim Amos, The Practical Psychosomaticist, entitled, Getting Small Again About MOC . At least, t...

For no particular reason I can discern, I took my current ABPN Board Certificate off my wall today, and turned it over to see if I could fig...

My ABPN recertification certificate was delivered today. It was maximally inconvenient, because it had to be signed for. It says: The Ame...

I really thought I was on an extended hiatus from being irked by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. I was all set to wait until...

I've now closed my MOC survey on SurveyMonkey, so let's talk about the responses. There were 11, which is nowhere near as pathetic ...

Check out the update on MOC , recently sent out by the ABPN. In particular: And: Also: Finally: Okay so wudda we got? ...

The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water, by JRR Tolkien I passed my MOC exam.  Friends and family have been teasing me about worrying that ...

Email today from the APA: Dear Colleague: The APA Board of Trustees is aware of members’ significant concerns over the “Part IV: Impr...

I took my MOC exam today. I probably passed, but I'd forgotten what it's like to take an exam and really not have a sense of how it ...

My MOC exam is in 2 days. I'm headed into the home stretch right now, and I plan to spend tomorrow memorizing CYP 450 stuff, as well as...