A psychiatric hospitalization should be the last resort of a comprehensive community mental health treatment approach for 2 reasons. First, because patients should be treated in the “least restrictive setting” and second, because hospitalization is the most expensive way to treat someone.
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Dear Dr. Bouras,
I have been reading about this new TMS Therapy for depression. Over the years, a lot of people have used different magnetic therapies for different ailments. How is this different?
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After some…technical difficulties, I have been able to update this blog site, now with a new look, showing the author of each blog. Any feedback is appreciated! Thank you.
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I understand that some people would be concerned about pilots flying while taking medications. However, I would personally be much more concerned if a pilot was depressed and having suicidal thoughts and flying a plane on which I am a passenger. (O.K., that’s an extreme and I have not heard of a commercial pilot taking [...]
I have been reading about the recent decision of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to lift a ban on antidepressant medications use. Prior policy dictated that if a pilot admitted to having depression or to taking medications for depression could not fly.
This policy change is certainly a step forward in de-stigmatizing the psychiatric/medical illness called [...]
