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How to handle negative online reviews
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
Responding to negative online reviews about you requires a methodical approach that avoids the potential pitfalls.
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Cannabis-derived compounds: What you need to know
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
This article reviews the current FDA-approved cannabis-related treatments and their indications, and concerns regarding CBD products.
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Off-label prescribing: How to limit your liability
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
- Richard L. Frierson, MD
A step-by-step approach for helping to reduce your liability risk in off-label prescribing.
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How to best use digital technology to help your patients
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
While there are benefits to using digital technology, such as video conferencing and e-mail, there are also possible repercussions.
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Telepsychiatry during COVID-19: Understanding the rules
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
Due to COVID-19, several rules and regulations governing care and prescribing have been temporarily modified or suspended to allow clinicians to...
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Taking care of ourselves during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
Despite the persistent uncertainty created by COVID-19, clinicians can take actions to help maintain their own mental and physical health.
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Strategies for treating patients with health anxiety
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
These patients are adversely affected due to the substantial functional impairment they experience from their health worries.
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Interacting with colleagues on social media: Tips for avoiding trouble
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
Consider these suggestions for appropriately interacting with your colleagues on social media.
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Called to court? Tips for testifying
- Author:
- Richard L. Frierson, MD
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
As a psychiatrist, you could be called to court to testify as a fact witness in a hearing or trial.
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In-flight psychiatric emergencies: What you should know
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
How to initiate care and offer therapeutic options during an in-flight psychiatric emergency.
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Dealing with deception: How to manage patients who are ‘faking it’
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
- Marie E. Gehle, PsyD
Caring for patients who fabricate or exaggerate psychiatric symptoms for primary or secondary gain is a challenging proposition.
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How to avoid ‘checklist’ psychiatry
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
- Rebecca A. Payne, MD
Our patients are best served when we take the necessary time to use all resources to conceptualize them as more than a checklist of symptoms.
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When your patient is a physician: Overcoming the challenges
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
- Ashley B. Jones, MD
This article describes challenges of treating physicians, and solutions treating clinicians can employ to minimize potential pitfalls.
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Helping patients through a benzodiazepine taper
- Author:
- Rebecca A. Payne, MD
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
Consider these strategies and nonpharmacologic interventions when creating a tapering plan for a patient's prescribed benzodiazepine.
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Working the night shift? Strategies for improving sleep and performance
- Author:
- Kaustubh G. Joshi, MD
- Harshad G. Joshi, MD
The following nonpharmacologic strategies can help improve sleep and performance until the body naturally adapts to working this type of schedule...