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Posted on 3/1/2018 10:29:00 AM
IN THIS ISSUE:
Is Your Teenager or Are You Addicted to your Smartphone?
Depression & the Young
Brain Science and Cannabis Abuse
Tips from ...
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Posted on 1/1/2018 10:23:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 11/1/2017 9:28:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 9/1/2017 9:24:00 AM
IN THIS ISSUE
1. Quitting Time
3. A Second Chance
6. Depression
8. Longer Treatment
8. Missouri Doctor Heads
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Posted on 7/1/2017 11:49:00 AM
IN THIS ISSUE:
Fast 5 Quiz
Breaking the Stigma
AMA President Meets Medical Students
Register for...
Tips from Dr. Bill W
Announcing New Medical ...
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Posted on 7/1/2017 11:03:00 AM
IN THIS ISSUE:
My Hidden Addiction
The MPHP: First Responders for Missouri Physicians
Report Reveals Severity of Burnout by Specialty
Tips...
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Posted on 3/1/2017 11:20:00 AM
IN THIS ISSUE:
Tips for Strengthening your Marriage / Relationship
Options for Physicians Who Don’t Get Accepted to Residency Programs
Pract...
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Posted on 1/12/2017 11:33:00 AM
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
...
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Posted on 1/1/2017 7:00:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 9/1/2016 7:34:00 AM
Treatment Outcomes Matter
Today substance use disorder treatment is a vital part of the solution to
the national drug problem, with heroin and opioi...
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Posted on 7/1/2016 7:28:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 5/1/2016 7:00:00 AM
Counseling Impaired Docs: Help Programs May Need Retooling as Hospitals Expand Physician Employment
By Lisa Schencker
The surgeon was moody. He seem...
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Posted on 3/1/2016 2:05:00 PM
Implementing Change to Reduce Depression and Burn Out Among Physicians in Training
by
Robert Bondurant, RN, LCSW, and Nancy Morton, BS
Often it tak...
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Posted on 1/1/2016 1:30:00 PM
When Daniel H. Angres, 66, reads the headlines about the growing
numbers of baby boomers addicted to -- and overdosing on --
prescription pain pills...
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Posted on 11/1/2015 1:08:00 PM
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...
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Posted on 9/1/2015 8:47:00 AM
Meta-tag Description: Myths about alcoholism are pervasive in the world of alcoholism and treatment, myths are dangerous because they can be determini...
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Posted on 7/1/2015 8:39:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 5/5/2015 10:38:00 AM
IN THIS ISSUE:
Physician Death by Suicide
A New Concept in Educating Chief Residents
Speaking to the Future Leaders of Organized Medicine
...
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Posted on 3/1/2015 11:42:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 1/16/2015 12:49:00 PM
IN THIS ISSUE:
Tips from Dr. Bill W.
Obituary: G. Douglas Talbott, MD
2014 Staff Presentations
Avoiding Inappropriate Online Posts
2014...
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Posted on 11/20/2014 11:54:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 10/1/2014 8:08:00 AM
Deal with Physician Impairment Before It’s a Safety
Risk
by Karen Caffarini
Attorneys and experts recommend that practices have policies that addr...
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Posted on 9/1/2014 8:34:00 AM
Thoughts on Legalization!
by Jon Shapiro, MD!
Medical Director, Physicians’ Health Programs of the
Medical Society of Pennsylvania!
!
Our recent...
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Posted on 7/1/2014 3:41:00 PM
IN THIS ISSUE:
Physician Suicide - A Problem for our Time
Spotlight on Martin Dressman, MSW
Good news from the President of FSPHP
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Posted on 5/1/2014 3:32:00 PM
IN THIS ISSUE:
When Bad Behavior Can’t Just Be Dismissed
Spotlight on Jayne Niskey, PhD
Meeting Announcements
Recommended Reading
A Ne...
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Posted on 3/1/2014 11:35:00 AM
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 ...
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Posted on 1/1/2014 8:15:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 11/1/2013 8:12:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 7/1/2013 8:59:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 5/1/2013 11:31:00 AM
When Is It Okay to Date a Patient?
Medscape Ethics Report 2012
by Shelly Reese
Introduction
To the besotted poet, love is intoxicating, exasperati...
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Posted on 3/1/2013 12:29:00 AM
Malpractice Rates Lower Among PHP
Participants
Findings from a study recently presented at the AMA/CMA/BMA
International Conference on Physician He...
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Posted on 1/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 11/1/2012 11:16:00 AM
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 ...
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Posted on 9/1/2012 11:14:00 AM
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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Posted on 7/1/2012 11:07:00 AM
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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Posted on 5/1/2012 11:03:00 AM
Opioid Prescribing Requires Close Patient Monitoring
A
study
finds
that
primary
care
doctors
avoid
urine
screening
and
other
methods
t...
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Posted on 3/1/2012 10:56:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 1/1/2012 11:15:00 AM
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Charles Sincox, MD as
Medical Director, by the Missouri State Medical Association. Dr.
Sincox, a Family ...
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Posted on 11/1/2011 10:52:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 9/1/2011 10:48:00 AM
“The most troubling finding is 94% of primary care physicians
failed to include substance abuse among the five diagnoses
they offered when presente...
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Posted on 7/1/2011 10:36:00 AM
Hospital administrators, physician colleagues, and allied staff often grapple
with the best approach to disruptive behavior. Some have advocated an
...
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Posted on 5/1/2011 10:15:00 AM
Those in the healing profession have prescribed cannabis, known in the
vernacular as Marijuana (MJ), for at least five millennia. MJ was prescribed i...
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Posted on 3/1/2011 11:44:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 1/1/2011 11:43:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 11/1/2010 8:53:00 AM
In this issue, we are pleased to
present an excellent report
authored by the task force on the
Accommodation of the Pregnant
Physician, published ...
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Posted on 9/1/2010 11:42:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 7/1/2010 11:31:00 AM
This year we celebrate 25 years
of service to Missouri physicians.
1985 was the year that the
Missouri Physician Health
Foundation became incorpor...
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Posted on 5/1/2010 11:28:00 AM
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...
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Posted on 3/1/2010 11:27:00 AM
In this issue, we continue to present
vital information regarding
malpractice. In our January issue, we
presented information on avoiding
malpract...
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Posted on 1/1/2010 11:25:00 AM
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...