IN THIS ISSUE: Is Your Teenager or Are You Addicted to your Smartphone? Depression & the Young Brain Science and Cannabis Abuse Tips from ...

IN THIS ISSUE Red Flags for Opioids Did You Know? Dispelling the Myths of Marijuana How to Support a Recovering Addict Tips from Dr. Bill W Neve...

IN THIS ISSUE PHPs: Outcomes and Variance... Tips from Dr. Bill W. The New Trend in Medicine Comment from the Editor Q & A How do you know whe...

IN THIS ISSUE 1. Quitting Time 3. A Second Chance 6. Depression 8. Longer Treatment 8. Missouri Doctor Heads

IN THIS ISSUE: Fast 5 Quiz Breaking the Stigma AMA President Meets Medical Students Register for... Tips from Dr. Bill W Announcing New Medical ...

IN THIS ISSUE: My Hidden Addiction The MPHP: First Responders for Missouri Physicians Report Reveals Severity of Burnout by Specialty Tips...

IN THIS ISSUE: Tips for Strengthening your Marriage / Relationship Options for Physicians Who Don’t Get Accepted to Residency Programs Pract...

Physician Job Security: Time to Check Your Contract? Tips From Dr. Bill W. A New Tool to Combat Opioid Addiction in the St. Louis Region ...

It wasn’t until the state police and the DEA were sitting in my primary care office that I finally stopped denying that I was hopelessly addicted...

Treatment Outcomes Matter Today substance use disorder treatment is a vital part of the solution to the national drug problem, with heroin and opioi...

The Doctor’s New Dilemma by Suzanne Koven, M.D. The woman sits perched on the end of my exam table, leaning forward, blond curls tumbling over her...

Counseling Impaired Docs: Help Programs May Need Retooling as Hospitals Expand Physician Employment By Lisa Schencker The surgeon was moody. He seem...

Implementing Change to Reduce Depression and Burn Out Among Physicians in Training by Robert Bondurant, RN, LCSW, and Nancy Morton, BS Often it tak...

When Daniel H. Angres, 66, reads the headlines about the growing numbers of baby boomers addicted to -- and overdosing on -- prescription pain pills...

Making errors is an inherent part of learning, even in medicine. Shame and guilt about errors, though, can have a major impact on the progress of re...

Meta-tag Description: Myths about alcoholism are pervasive in the world of alcoholism and treatment, myths are dangerous because they can be determini...

It is safe to say that the concept of addiction as a disease is certainly controversial. Does this mean it is wrong or not of value? Another controver...

IN THIS ISSUE: Physician Death by Suicide A New Concept in Educating Chief Residents Speaking to the Future Leaders of Organized Medicine ...

Dear Friends and Colleagues, It has been a while since I have addressed you in our newsletter. I am taking this opportunity to present a serious matte...

IN THIS ISSUE: Tips from Dr. Bill W. Obituary: G. Douglas Talbott, MD 2014 Staff Presentations Avoiding Inappropriate Online Posts 2014...

IN THIS ISSUE: Too Much Information —The Ethics of Self-Disclosure & A Response Tips from Dr. Bill W. Spotlight on Tracy Ellman Risk for Phys...

Deal with Physician Impairment Before It’s a Safety Risk by Karen Caffarini Attorneys and experts recommend that practices have policies that addr...

Thoughts on Legalization! by Jon Shapiro, MD! Medical Director, Physicians’ Health Programs of the Medical Society of Pennsylvania! ! Our recent...

IN THIS ISSUE: Physician Suicide - A Problem for our Time Spotlight on Martin Dressman, MSW Good news from the President of FSPHP

IN THIS ISSUE: When Bad Behavior Can’t Just Be Dismissed Spotlight on Jayne Niskey, PhD Meeting Announcements Recommended Reading A Ne...

The name of Donald McIntosh, MD, may not be familiar to you, but among Dr. McIntosh’s many accomplishments as a physician was his crusading efforts ...

A major deficiency still plagues the MPHP! As we begin 2014, I would like to revisit what this is and ask for your help. During 2013 as I would inte...

Creative street chemists never run out of ideas about how to come up with designer drugs that can be abused. These drugs are usually marketed to you...

The Aftermath of Trauma – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Most of us build our lives around the belief that we will be relatively safe. Granted, no...

When Is It Okay to Date a Patient? Medscape Ethics Report 2012 by Shelly Reese Introduction To the besotted poet, love is intoxicating, exasperati...

Malpractice Rates Lower Among PHP Participants Findings from a study recently presented at the AMA/CMA/BMA International Conference on Physician He...

Dear Friends and Supporters of MPHP, We know that there is a serious physician shortage, and replacing a physician may cost as much as $200,000. A c...

Because of stigma (feared or real), overwork and denial of vulnerability, many physicians do not take good care of themselves. Yet we are not immune ...

Tips for a Healthy Marriage/Relationship It is a fact that married physicians have a 10-20% higher divorce rate than that of the general population....

Tips for a Healthy Marriage/Relationship It is a fact that married physicians have a 10-20% higher divorce rate than that of the general population....

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Identifying Suicide Risk by Nancy Morton, B.S. Due to the recent suicides that have occurred in Missouri’s medical community in the last year, I...

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Sincox, MD as Medical Director, by the Missouri State Medical Association. Dr. Sincox, a Family ...

An overworked married pediatrician was attracted to a single mom in his practice... ...When his wife discovered the affair, he broke it off. The mot...

“The most troubling finding is 94% of primary care physicians failed to include substance abuse among the five diagnoses they offered when presente...

Hospital administrators, physician colleagues, and allied staff often grapple with the best approach to disruptive behavior. Some have advocated an ...

Those in the healing profession have prescribed cannabis, known in the vernacular as Marijuana (MJ), for at least five millennia. MJ was prescribed i...

In this issue, we present two articles on depression and suicide. Quite often in our work, we must confront this issue in a very personal way. Rec...

Our economy is a major concern. I referred to this last year in this column and it is as true today. Each year we rely on our contributors to cont...

In this issue, we are pleased to present an excellent report authored by the task force on the Accommodation of the Pregnant Physician, published ...

One of the blessings of the work that I do with the Missouri Physicians Health Program is the opportunity to work with remarkable individuals. It is...

This year we celebrate 25 years of service to Missouri physicians. 1985 was the year that the Missouri Physician Health Foundation became incorpor...

1 Program Notes by Bob Bondurant In this issue, we present part 2 of “Medical Malpractice: Anatomy of an Alabama Lawsuit and How to Cope When Yo...

In this issue, we continue to present vital information regarding malpractice. In our January issue, we presented information on avoiding malpract...

I am very proud of the position MPHP finds itself in today. In spite of the economic challenges that we face, MPHP stands steadfast and is availab...