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The end of the line: Concluding your practice when facing serious illness
Continuing to practice psychiatry while having a serious or terminal illness poses additional emotional, ethical, and legal challenges beyond...
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Considering work as an expert witness? Look before you leap!
Dear Dr. Mossman, I am retired, but an attorney friend of mine has asked me to help out by performing forensic evaluations. I’m tempted to try it...
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‘3 Strikes ‘n’ yer out’: Dismissing no-show patients
Dear Dr. Mossman, The clinic where I work initiated a “3 misses and out” policy: If a patient doesn’t show for 3 appointments in a 12-month period...
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What is your liability for involuntary commitment based on faulty information?
Last week, I hospitalized a patient against her will, based in part on what her family members told me she had threatened to do. The patient...
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We can work it out: Should I hire my patient?
Dear Dr. Mossman, Each month, I see my patient, Mr. R, for a 15-minute medication management appointment. At his latest visit, Mr. R mentioned his...
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Online dating and personal information: Pause before you post
Dear Dr. Mossman,Two years ago, I moved to a new city for my psychiatry residency. Work leaves me little time to socialize; meeting other singles...
