The decreasing number of PCP’s is well documented (perhaps too much).  This means job security for me (to some extent) and hopefully will eventually give physicians like me some leverage.
At this moment in time, this scarcity does not affect me nearly as much as the lack of good psychiatric physicians in our area.  I [...]

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I had a 40-Year old in my office today who I diagnosed with heart disease fairly recently. He is 5 years my junior and is no higher risk for heart disease than I am. In discussing his diagnosis, he commented to me that the hardest thing for him was to think about his [...]

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It is a moment etched into my deepest being.
I looked at the baby in the basinet. I was tired, happy, confused, hopeful, and scared. He just laid there, barely moving. I thought to myself, this child will be in my life until the day I die. It happened in an instant. [...]

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Mrs. Dr. Rob was singing the song “Goober Peas” one evening last week. I was fortunate enough to get through childhood unscathed by that song, but her repeated singing of it lodged it in my frontal lobe (I suspect its tendrils were embedded throughout my brain), and I was humming a song I did [...]

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OK, So I have a post on Kevinmd.com today. He is a fine fellow and allows us mere mortals to share some of the intense light of fame he basks in.
As I thought about this, it made me wonder what it is like to be so famous. Kevin is pictured on the [...]

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