Dear Colleagues:

Welcome to the May issue of Psychiatry 2010. Read the rest of this article »

by Peter Dussias; Amir H. Kalali, MD; and Roland M. Staud, MD
Mr. Dussias is Executive Director, Strategic Analytics Commercial Solutions, Quintiles, Parsippany, New Jersey; Dr. Kalali is Vice President, Global Therapeutic Group Leader CNS, Quintiles, Inc., and Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, California; and Dr. Staud is Professor of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(5):15–18
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by Edmund Howe, MD, JD
Dr. Howe is Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Director, Programs in Medical Ethics, and Senior Scientist, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(5):19–26
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by Chris B. Aiken, MD, and Carolyn Orr, PMH-NP
Dr. Aiken is Director, Mood Treatment Center, and Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Ms. Orr is with the Mood Treatment Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(5):27–32
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by Randy A. Sansone, MD; Howard C. Edwards, MD; and Jeremy S. Forbis, PhD
Dr. Sansone is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio. Dr. Edwards is a resident in the Department of Internal Medicine at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio. Dr. Forbis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(5):33–36
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by Paulette Marie Gillig, MD, PhD, and Richard D. Sanders, MD
Dr. Gillig is Professor of Psychiatry and Faculty of the Graduate School, Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Sanders is Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, and Ohio VA Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(5):37–41
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by Randy A. Sansone, MD, and Lori A. Sansone, MD
Dr. R. Sansone is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Internal Medicine at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio, and Director of Psychiatry Education at Kettering Medical Center in Kettering, Ohio; Dr. L. Sansone is a family medicine physician (government service) and Medical Director of the Primary Care Clinic at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or the position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or US government.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(5):42–46
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by Assad Meymandi, MD, PhD, DLFAPA
Dr. Meymandi is in private practice as a psychiatrist and neurologist and serves as an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a noted physician, editor, and philanthropist who frequently speaks and writes on diverse topics that relate to his interests in medicine, the arts, religion, and philanthropy. He lives in Raleigh with his wife Emily.

Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(5):47–50
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Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(5):51–53

Question: Frequently, a colleague will catch me in the hallway at the hospital or at a professional meeting and ask my opinion about a patient he or she is treating even though I have never seen the patient. Although I end up discussing the case, I wonder if this presents a medical malpractice liability risk. Read the rest of this article »

Dear Editor:

I read with interest the Risk Management column “Terminating the treatment relationship,” in the January issue of Psychiatry 2010 [Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2010;7(1):40–42]. When it comes to terminating a treatment relationship, what would you do in an academic setting?
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