Author: James Amos

  • Dirty Dozen on Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in WordPress Shortcode

    Dirty Dozen on Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in WordPress Shortcode

    May is Mental Health Month! Have I said that already? Anyway, this is yet another one of my Dirty Dozen lectures. It’s on Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. It’s in WordPress shortcode. A few pointers: click in the lower right hand corner of the slide if you want to view the slides full size. Use the directional arrows…

  • Another Look at the C-L Psychiatry Pecha Kucha

    Another Look at the C-L Psychiatry Pecha Kucha

    Back in 2018, one of my emergency room staff physicians asked me to do a Pecha Kucha on what a consultation-liaison psychiatrist does. If you know what a pecha kucha is, you can understand why it was challenging for me to put it together and present it. Although you may have seen the video I…

  • Reblogging The Good Enough Psychiatrist Latest Post, “How to Love”

    Reblogging The Good Enough Psychiatrist Latest Post, “How to Love”

    I haven’t seen any posts from The GoodEnoughPsychiatrist in a while. This one was posted yesterday-just in time.

  • Dirty Dozen on Interpersonal Psychotherapy in WordPress Shortcode

    Dirty Dozen on Interpersonal Psychotherapy in WordPress Shortcode

    Hey, because May is Mental Health Month, this is another one of my Dirty Dozen lectures. It’s on Interpersonal Psychotherapy. It’s in WordPress shortcode. A few pointers: click in the lower right hand corner of the slide if you want to view the slides full size. Use the directional arrows on your keyboard to click…

  • Dirty Dozen on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in WordPress Shortcode

    Dirty Dozen on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in WordPress Shortcode

    In keeping with May being Mental Health Month, here’s another slide set on psychotherapy. This one is on the basics of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Once again, it’s in WordPress shortcode. A few pointers: click in the lower right hand corner of the slide if you want to view the slides full size. Use the directional…

  • The Most Interesting Thing About the Svengoolie Movie House of Frankenstein

    The Most Interesting Thing About the Svengoolie Movie House of Frankenstein

    We saw the movie House of Frankenstein last Saturday night and, spoiler alert, everybody dies! Anyway, the main impulse we had when listening to Boris Karloff (who played Dr. Gustav Niemann) was to think of something I’m not even sure I can say on this blog due to the strict copyright laws governing even the…

  • Submitted My Two Cents on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Proposal to Minimize the Importance of the Delirium Diagnosis Code

    Submitted My Two Cents on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Proposal to Minimize the Importance of the Delirium Diagnosis Code

    I found out that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is planning to reclassify the diagnosis code for delirium, making it less serious than encephalopathy. Many clinicians are challenging it and organizations of consultation-liaison psychiatrists and the like, including me, don’t understand or agree with the plan. Even though I’m a retired C-L…

  • Big Mo Pod Show Theme: Subverting Expectations

    Big Mo Pod Show Theme: Subverting Expectations

    I want to give a shout out to the Big Mo Pod Show Subverting Expectations that aired on May 11, 2024 following the Friday Big Mo Blues Show on May 10, 2024. What impressed me most and puzzled me a lot was the tune that Big Mo didn’t talk about on the podcast. The tune…

  • FDA VRBPAC Meeting on Covid Vaccines Postponed

    FDA VRBPAC Meeting on Covid Vaccines Postponed

    The May FDA VRBPAC meeting on Covid vaccines, originally scheduled for this month has been rescheduled to June 5, 2024, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM EST.

  • Guys and Gals Birds

    Guys and Gals Birds

    The other day we went birding on the Terry Trueblood Trail. You couldn’t ask for better weather. We saw a lot of birds paired off and checking into the nest boxes or building from scratch. I don’t know how we got so lucky. We saw male and female red-wing blackbirds, tree swallows, sparrows, and goldfinches.…