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As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Ivy Song, MD, PGY-3 psychiatry resident at the University of California, Davis, to be featured as our guest blogger this month and share her goals as the new PRMS Fellow in Child Psychiatry with the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP). In my personal and professional journey, finding my voice and telling ...

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As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Dr. Vanita Sahasranaman, Newsletter Committee Member of the Indo-American Psychiatric Association (IAPA), to be featured as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Sahasranaman shares more about her research on social determinants of mental health across a person’s lifetime. What Are Social Determinants of Health?  He ...

*This piece is republished from eNews, the monthly newsletter of the Washington Psychiatric Society, January 2024 issue. As part of our ongoing commitment to behavioral health, PRMS is pleased to feature as a guest blogger this month Dr. Anne Marie Dietrich, FAPA, Washington Psychiatric Society President. Dr. Dietrich introduces the Dr. Charles Prudhomme Human Rights Award offe ...

Choosing a malpractice insurance policy is one of the first – and most important – decisions you will face in your career. And as a resident, you may have a lot of questions: How much is malpractice insurance? When does a psychiatrist need malpractice insurance? What is a claims made policy versus occurrence insurance policy? Luckily, the experienced team at PRMS is equipped to ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and to promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to highlight the Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists (AGLP) and Roy Harker, AGLP’s Executive Director, as our featured guest blogger. Mr. Harker shares more about the organization’s history, vision, and goals for the fut ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and to promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to highlight our partner, the Florida Psychiatric Society (FPS), and its RFM Representative to the FPS Council Dr. José Hawayek, as our featured guest blogger this month. Dr. Hawayek, PGY-4 psychiatry resident and Associ ...

It’s that time again, when you may be thinking about resolutions for the new year. While termination has always been a popular topic on our Risk Management Helpline, during the past year we have addressed more termination issues than ever before. It’s an important topic because once a treatment relationship has been established, the psychiatrist remains responsible for the pat ...

As part of our ongoing commitment to behavioral health, PRMS is pleased to feature Dr. Alyssa Ciera Smith, PGY-4 psychiatry resident at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN, and a member of the Indiana Psychiatric Society, as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Smith shares more about her experience attending the Federal Advocacy Conference last October in ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and to promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to highlight the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) and Dr. Omar Shah, Attending Physician in the Division of Addiction Medicine and Assistant in the Department of Psychiatry and ...