PRMS Blog

You know it’s here – the ads for school supplies are relentless, and states and municipalities loudly tout their “tax holidays” for school-related items. But what does this have to do with the practice of psychiatry? Those of you who treat children and adolescents may feel the greatest impact. As your patients move from elementary school to middle and high school, the complexit ...

Try this as a way of assessing the adequacy of your own patient records. Pull an “inactive” record from your files (i.e., someone you haven’t seen in 3 years or more). Look through it. – Do your notes bring to mind the patient? – Do you understand what you were doing with that patient, in terms of general medical history, your diagnosis, your treatment plan at the time, and  th ...