Volunteering on the PRMS Blog

Dr. Tarak Vasavada (fourth from right) at a volunteer event to appreciate nurses. 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, Medical Director of Huntsville Hospital Behavior Health Services, clinical professor of psychiatry at the UAB School of Medicine and ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to support mental healthcare and in the spirit of the season of giving, we are pleased to announce our annual holiday support of three organizations working to improve mental health and wellbeing in communities both near and nationally this month – National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), Arlington Food Assistance Center, and Purple Hea ...

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 share an update on the Psychiatry Outreach Program (POP) at the Jackson Free Clinic in Mississippi. POP was started by members of the Mississippi Psychiatric Association, and PRMS has previously posted two articles, f ...

National Wear Red Day, launched by the American Heart Association, is today, Friday, February 4th. Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death in women, and Wear Red Day, raises support and awareness for women’s heart health. PRMS is proud to support this important cause and wear red to work on this day. Learn more by visiting https://www.goredforwomen.org/en/get-invol ...

At PRMS, our mission extends to supporting the entire behavioral healthcare community and causes that enhance mental health and wellbeing in communities near and far. In advance of the holidays, PRMS employees came together to support our local community partner, Arlington Food Assistance Center, by collecting donations and assisting on-site. Read more about our experience belo ...

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. Brett Kramer, Resident-Fellow Trustee to the Board of the New Jersey Psychiatric Association and PGY-2 at the AtlantiCare Psychiatry Residency Training Program, as a guest blogger this month. Dr. Kramer refle ...

As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to support mental healthcare and in the spirit of the season of giving, we are pleased to announce our annual holiday support of three organizations working to improve mental health and wellbeing in communities across the country this month – Child Mind Institute, Give an Hour, and World Central Kitchen. Each recognizes the unique challenge ...

*This piece is a re-print from the Spring Edition of the Journal of the Mississippi Psychiatric Association.   As part of PRMS’ ongoing commitment to behavioral health, we are pleased to feature Doctors Chasity Torrence, FAPA, and Dustyn Baker, co-founders of the Psychiatry Outreach Program (POP) in Jackson, Mississippi, as guest bloggers this month, reflecting on the impact P ...

In keeping with PRMS’ mission to support the greater behavioral health community, we invited Vasudev Makhija, MD, DLFAPA, founder and president of the South Asian Mental Health Initiative and Network (SAMHIN), and a past president of the New Jersey Psychiatric Association (NJPA), to share more about SAMHIN, its current projects, and future plans. PRMS is proud to support SAMHIN ...

PRMS team members traditionally wear red for American Heart Association’s (AHA) National Wear Red Day, which falls on the first Friday of February every year. And even though this year our group photo looks different from years past, PRMS is still wearing red virtually as we work from home to support and raise awareness for women's heart health. Learn more about AHA’s Go Red fo ...