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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…
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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…
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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…
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Dirty Dozen on Common Elements of Psychotherapy in WordPress Shortcode
In observance of May being Mental Health Month, this is one of my Dirty Dozen lectures. It’s on the elements that are shared among some of the important psychotherapy methods. 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…
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Thoughts on Copyright Issues Related to Consultation Psychiatry and Dad Jokes
I want to gas; I mean talk about copyright as it relates to consultation psychiatry or telling dad jokes. By the way, those aren’t the same. I used to teach medical students and residents how to do certain quick bedside cognitive tests for delirium and dementia. Over the years the instructions about how to administer…
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Yet Another Study Affirming Stair Climbing Is Great Exercise!
There is yet another study showing that climbing stairs is great exercise and could help you live longer. It’s not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal, but it was presented at the recent scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Preventive Cardiology. Conclusions were that, compared with not climbing stairs, doing so was…




