American Physician Institute for Advanced Professional Studies
Clinician’s Listening
In an earlier post this summer I wrote that the words ‘question’ and ‘quest’ derive from the Latin word ‘quarere,’ [...]
Patients’ Quest
One simple realization I had years ago changed my view of my role as a clinician treating patients with psychiatric [...]
Therapeutic Ruptures and Their Management
The therapeutic alliance is defined as a cooperative working relationship between patient and clinician. The three factors need to establish [...]
Acceptance
I’ve recently been trying to make sense of ‘acceptance,’ both the word and the underlying concept. It started to make [...]
The Placebo ZigZag
When you read about the placebo effect, you invariably learn that it is due to a change in the patient’s [...]
Consultation #3: “I Can See It in Their Eyes”
Reader’s Clinical Conundrum “Dr. Jack, I’m a seasoned psychiatrist. I’ve been treating really difficult patients, many with dual diagnoses, for [...]