Psychiatrists’ Knowledge of Their Patients’ Job Functioning
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Psychiatrists’ Knowledge of Their Patients’ Job Functioning

PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE ARTICLE (April 2013) - A letter to the editor outlining the results from an internet survey conducted by the GAP. The survey had a low response rate - however, the article described how mental health clinicians may know less about how to assess work functioning and employment status in the lives of their patients. The author encourages clinicians to become more knowledgeable and urged mental health professionals to receive more training on this topic. More than 23 million working-age Americans have chronic health and mental health problems that diminish their ability to work.

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Engaging the Help - Rejecting the Depressed Adolescent
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Engaging the Help - Rejecting the Depressed Adolescent

This article illustrates that adolescent depression, a problem of major public health and clinical importance, need not present only with depressed mood, decreased energy, altered sleep or appetite, but can present with irritability, defiance, and impaired school functioning, The authors present a conversation that introduces the patient to therapy and shared decision-making with a depressed adolescent at their first session.

ARTICLE (April 2010)

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SPOTLIGHT ON: MID-CENTURY GAP REPORTS
APRIL 1948
Public Psychiatric Hospitals

A report provided by the Committee on Hospitals summarizing the questionnaire responses received from American psychiatrists on public psychiatric hospitals.

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May 1954
Criminal Responsibility and Psychiatric Expert Testimony

Written by the Committee on Psychiatry and Law

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January 1954
Control and Treatment of Tuberculosis in Mental Health

A report formulated by the Committee on Psychopathology

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