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Circular Letter #613

The current issue of the GAP Circular Letter.
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LGBT Committee Op Ed Pieces

• Mary Barber on Don't Ask Don't Tell
• Jack Drescher on the effect of antigay laws on mental health
• Serena Volpp on children's view's on marriage equality
• Alan Schwartz on how marriage equality is changing coming out

The Social Brain

Presented by the Research Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.
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Cosmetic Psychiatry: The Use of Enhancement in Psychiatry

Fellows, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Fall Meeting 2008.
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In therapy? Here's how to assess effectiveness

So, you've been in therapy for several months and aren't sure if you're improving. You seem to feel better, getting things off your mind each week, but how do you know if you're actually gaining from seeing your therapist? There's a difference between feeling better and getting better.
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Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle: For Some People, Intimacy Is Toxic

… Just before [this patient] made his suicide attempt, he remembered, he had been feeling very uncomfortable with his girlfriend and the pressure from his parents. ''I wanted everyone to go away,'' he recalled …
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GAP Product of the Month

Geriatric Psychiatry Basics
Kenneth Sakauye, M.D.

Doctors who know something about working with the elderly are in greater demand than ever before.

This is also true in psychiatry, where the number of geriatric psychiatry specialists falls far short of the need. Because of this unbalance, general psychiatrists—many of whom have little or no training or experience in dealing with older adults and their specific issues—are now being called upon to offer care to this population.

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GAP Officers

David A. Baron, D.O. – President
Jack Drescher, M.D. – President Elect
Marcia Goin, M.D. – Secretary
Steven S. Sharfstein, M.D. – Treasurer
Stephen C. Scheiber, M.D. – Website Editor