Psychiatrists on the PRMS Blog

As you may be packing your suitcase for an upcoming summer vacation, there are a few things to consider before taking time away from your practice. 1) Make certain your staff has accurate telephone numbers and other contact information.  Discuss with them situations in which you absolutely want to be contacted; which may include problems with specific patients.  Remember, your ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Doctor Nicholas LaCivita, PGY-I Psychiatry Resident at the Mississippi State Hospital Psychiatry Residency Program, to be featured as a guest blogger this month. Dr. LaCivita reflects on his experience attending the 2022 Spring Meeting co-hosted by the Louisiana Psychiatric Medical Association and the Mississi ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we invited Janet Baek, MD, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, CA, 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. I applied to become a fellow with the Gr ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to mental health, we are pleased to feature Chaden Noureddine, fourth-year medical student at Rutgers Medical School and the Medical Student Representative for the American Association for Psychiatric Administration and Leadership, as a guest blogger this month. Ms. Noureddine reflects on her experience working with AAPAL and her goals with t ...

*This piece was originally published December 2021 in issue 21 of the World Child & Adolescent Psychiatry journal and was edited for clarity in February 2022. As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to mental health, we are pleased to feature Mandar Jadhav, MD – child and adolescent psychiatrist, fellow representative of the Indo-American Psychiatric Association, and American ...

  PRMS’ Psych-cess webinar series returns this year on Tuesday, April 12th, 6:30 – 7:30 pm ET on the topic of Emergency Psychiatry, featuring emergency psychiatrist Tony Thrasher, DO, DFAPA. Interested in the field of emergency psychiatry or just curious to learn more from our speaker? Join PRMS for a presentation and live question-and-answer session led by Dr. Thrasher, who w ...

*This piece is edited from an original article published in the Summer 2021 Queens County Psychiatric Society newsletter. As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to feature Dr. Richard Young, Editor of the Queens County Psychiatric Society Newsletter and a psych ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing efforts to support the behavioral healthcare community and promote the organizations that work towards this mission, we are pleased to feature Dr. Halimah Y. Oral, PGY-3 in Psychiatry at Indiana University and member of the Indiana Psychiatric Society, as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Oral reflects on her first experience attending the 2021 IPS Region ...

It’s that time of year again – the time when we take stock and reflect upon where we have been and where we are headed. Physically, you may have travelled far less in the last 21 months than ever before, but you have, nonetheless, been on quite a journey! Many of you have likely made changes to the way you practice. You may have decided to give up the expense and hassle of wor ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to mental health, we are pleased to feature Tarak Vasavada, MD, President-Elect of the Indo-American Psychiatric Association, as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Vasavada interviewed his colleague and fellow IAPA member, Jagannathan Srinivasaraghavan, MD, Medical Director at Chester Mental Health Center, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Sou ...