Professionalism in Psychiatry Bonnie E. Litowitz While most Americans are familiar

While most Americans are familiar with the term

The story of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests has sent shock waves around the nation and will not fade from consciousness or the news

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Critical information clinicians need in order to read the clinical signs in their patients and predict the "switch" from unipolar to bipolar disorder

and treatment of substance use disorders and other addictions within the DSM-5 (R) framework

Professionalism in Psychiatry Bonnie E. Litowitz While most Americans are familiarPhysicians and psychiatrists typically see themselves as true professionals. But in the past, some displayed behavior far beneath the confines of professionalism, including exploding at nurses, not returning calls, or conducting insensitive interactions with patients, that was usually tolerated and seldom disciplined. Today, the rise of professionalism in medicine in general and psychiatry in particular has prompted a quiet revolution in how doctors