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Robert C. Smith, MD

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@mgh_educacion invited us to publish the 2 textbooks below ( and ) and the American College of Physicians @ACPinternists and @ACHonline , respectively endorsed them. Used as a basic course texts for #students , #residents , and others.

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Great man, thanks!

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I had a delightful, informative lunch today with Dr. Aron Sousa, Dean of @MSUMD College of Human Medicine--. CHM is making dramatic research advances in public health, OB/Gyn, and clinical investigation. And CHM's national leadership in education continues

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From @NAMIAdvocacy , urge Congress to improve 988 Suicide Lifeline via legislation now being considered:

Call on Congress to Improve Local 988 Response

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Congratulations to ⁦ @olomuade ⁩ for receipt of the Nickens award for enhancing cultural diversity in medicine

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Is Psychiatry Waking Up to the Truth About Mental Illness? | Psychology Today My recent Psychology Today blog describes an important conceptual change in psychiatry.

Is Psychiatry Waking Up to the Truth About Mental Illness?

If you’re depressed, is there a disease causing it?

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@Happydog___ Dog probably doing him more good than the doctor!

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How to Identify an Individual Patient’s Resilience | Psychology Today The #ResilienceScale from the #PalixFoundation , @AFWI_News , @HarvardCenter , and @FrameWorksInst identifies an individual patient’s social needs, a scientific and clinical advance.

How to Identify an Individual Patient’s Resilience

Do you know why medicine and others are so far behind in addressing patients’ social problems?

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Honored to present two workshops with @jphemming , @docshilpak , @ShahlaBaharlou , @doctorkarly , @docwithapurpose at annual meeting of @ACPIMPhysicians

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Much of my work has succeeded because of a great affiliation with #nursepractitioner friends from @MSU and @MichStNursing . Well-deserved recognition in #NPWeek for those who will provide most #primarycare in the future. @NursPrac_online and @AANP_NEWS

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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. Good news for those on Medicare: mental health coverage for licensed marriage and family counselors and for licensed professional counselors, about 40% of Master's level counselors in the US.

Americans on Medicare now get better access to mental health care. Here's how

Medicare now covers therapy appointments with licensed marriage and family counselors, and licensed professional counselors.

www.npr.org

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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From @Vedgossain is his riveting, poignant story of coming to America nearly penniless to achieve a successful academic career:

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Great experience in finding the @HarvardMacy podcast and, in turn, learning about #sociallearningtheory in #meded for continuing professional development from an article in @MedTeachJournal by Louise Allen and colleagues:

Applying a social theory of learning to explain the possible impacts of continuing professional...

The results suggest that a range of sustained impacts are possible as a result of attending CPD programs, but ongoing social learning is crucial to achieving these impacts. The social process of...

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@Happydog___ My boy Paddy, the brown one, has one or maybe two cancers and is slowing down, but his baby (Daisy) watches after him

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Same old message: mental health crisis. Now from a survey of 117 US mayors: . Common refrain: shortage of skilled providers. Care is so bad that @thomasinselmd calls it a human rights issue. What to do? Train more of those who provide care! So simple.

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@EM_RESUS In a 1953 Iowa high school game, one of my best friends died of acute epidural hemorrhage from a malicious, intentional out of bounds blow to his head. No level of #football is immune to devastating injuries. Another best friend recently died of #encephalopathy from football.

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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If you haven’t seen it, you’ll really like this newsletter: Monthly Musings On American Healthcare by Dr. Robert Pearl (). From @RobertPearlMD , it always has new ideas on modern health care and where it’s heading. To boot, it’s free and ad-free!

Welcome to the site of Dr. Robert Pearl

Dr. Robert Pearl is a Stanford professor, Forbes contributor, bestselling author and former CEO of The Permanente Medical Group

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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@AliceDreger we could use a Zelenskyy or two in this country

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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Wonderful experience as part of a panel reviewing Michigan State's multiple contributions to making the #biopsychosocial model mainstream on the 60th Anniversary celebration of its founding as a medical school-- @MSUMD

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Paddy died several weeks ago. Daisy and the rest of us miss him but are doing ok

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@Happydog___ My boy Paddy, the brown one, has one or maybe two cancers and is slowing down, but his baby (Daisy) watches after him

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@Happydog___ here's picture

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Wow, did this group shine in our depression workshop at SGIM. A pleasure to work with all of you: @jphemming , @doctorkarly , @ShahlaBaharlou , @docwithapurpose , and @docshilpak

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What a team for sharing the best depression care skills! @doctorkarly @ShahlaBaharlou @docwithapurpose @docshilpak @RobertCSmithMD

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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AddThis | Home I was honored to be asked to write this editorial for the upcoming May edition of @PECthejournal . It addresses a key question in #healthcarecommunication and #medicalinterviewing : how to define #evidencebased . Counter opinion: right arrow.

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Crazy idea, it can't be done we're told. Albert Einstein’s words can shed some light: “If at first the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it.”

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How Medicine Relegated Mental Illness to Secondary Status | Psychology Today

How Medicine Relegated Mental Illness to Secondary Status

Who thinks psychiatry needs to change? And does anyone think psychiatry can?

www.psychologytoday.com

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Presidential Candidate’s Plan to Improve Mental Health Care | Psychology Today

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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What to Expect When You See a Neuropsychologist via @DavidSusman Thanks for this piece by Elizabeth Wallace on how patients can prepare to see a #neuropsychologist , usually someone with suspected #dementia . Wish I'd had this a long time ago.

What to Expect When You See a Neuropsychologist | Advocating for Better Mental Health

Guest Post by Elizabeth Wallace, Ph.D. Elizabeth Wallace received her master’s degree and Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with a specialization in neuropsychology, from the University of Kentucky. She...

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The Dangers of Medicine’s Pernicious Culture | Psychology Today My @PsychToday review of an insightful new book from @RobertPearlMD that explains why medicine’s #healthcare and #medicaleducation shortcomings are so refractory. #HasMedicineLostItsMind .

The Dangers of Medicine’s Pernicious Culture

What's medicine's biggest problem? You might be surprised.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

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This is National Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental Health Awareness Month

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May is #MentalHealthMonth and you can impact the future of mental health by advocating for an expanded mental health workforce! Please support @NAMIAdvocacy and @NAMICommunicate in their efforts to increase numbers of #mentalhealthprofessionals .

Help people with mental illness get the care they need

This Mental Health Month, advocate to expand the mental health workforce

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From @RobertPearlMD see how the health insurance industry conspires to keep costs high and avoid innovation

Why health insurers can, but won't, break up medical monopolies

Virtual monopolies exist in almost every healthcare sector: from hospitals and health systems to drug companies and private-equity-staked medical practices. With so much consolidation of power and...

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I don't think it's children. #cultureofmedicine discourages all psychiatry. Psychiatry interest falls from 49% to 4% in medical school. Goldacre MJ, et al. Choice and rejection of psychiatry as a career: surveys of UK medical graduates from 1974 to 2009. Br J Psychiatry 2012.

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@CoyneoftheRealm

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Why is child and adolescent psychiatry shunned? Last time I checked, the large upper peninsula of Michigan did not even have a child psychiatrist. I don't think that incentives for relocating is the solution.

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Amen!

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Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment. Today's announcement is deeply saddening for us. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country. @roryekennedy @joekennedy @KKT_Kennedy

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A must-read () from @donberwick of @TheIHI of #greed in medicine in @JAMA_current . Resulting from concentration of power in #executives , he laments #profiteering as an existential threat to US medicine; e.g., one health plan CEO earned $568 million/year.

Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care - PubMed

Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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2 years

My review from @PsychologyToday of Healing: Our Path From Mental Illness to Mental Wellness by @thomasinselmd highlights the dire straits of #mentalhealthcare in the US stemming from the shortage of #mentalhealthprofessionals . #HasMedicineLostItsMind .

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For #politicians who know better but do nothing. 1) "To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice." (Confucius) 2) "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last." (Churchill)

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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Met energetic faculty, residents, and students at the new Carle Illinois College of Medicine ( @ILLINOISmed ). Presented grand rounds. Remarkably wide interests from #Psychiatry to integrating #Engineering principles into #medicine in a #patientcentered way. Thanks Dr. Lisan Smith.

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Healthcare Regulators' Outdated Thinking Will Cost American Lives See @RobertPearlMD sage comments on health care regulation and #AI in #medicine

Healthcare Regulators' Outdated Thinking Will Cost American Lives

In a matter of months, ChatGPT has radically altered our nation’s views on artificial intelligence—uprooting old assumptions about AI’s limitations and kicking the door wide open for exciting new...

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Fed up with #Florida and others trying to select what #books schools should have? Margaret Mead said, "Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.

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Encouraged to see @thomasinselmd presentation at @BrainHealth support a move away from the #biomedical model. This promotes the #biopsychosocial model as the guiding #theory for #medicine . That’s how we move from a focus on disease to a focus on being healthy.

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This recognition from @NAMICommunicate points to the need for mental health care for a terribly underserved population, and it must be culturally appropriate.

NAMI

@NAMICommunicate

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Today we are honoring and celebrating #IndigenousPeoplesDay ! Finding culturally appropriate care is vital in supporting one's mental heath. For more resources visit

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Paddy died several weeks ago. Daisy and the rest of us are better but we miss him.

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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I was honored recently to be invited to present the Sihler Endowed Lecture at the Case Western Reserve University Dept. of Psychiatry's Grand Rounds--and to talk with their residents afterward.

Jun 30, 2023 “Mental Health Care—Medicine’s Existential Crisis”

Sihler Endowed Lecture “Mental Health Care—Medicine’s Existential Crisis”Presented by: Robert C Smith, MD, MACPUniversity Distinguished Professor of Medicin...

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This is a fantastic book, especially for introducing evolutionary concepts in psychiatry to those, like me, Not already familiar with it.

Gad Saad

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Latest book by @RandyNesse who will be my guest on The Saad Truth later this afternoon.

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Delighted to meet @chaz_hong , Michigan State's new Medicine Chair, and to hear his ideas on and support of the #biopsychosocial model.

Chaz Hong MD PhD 🇺🇸

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As we celebrate 60th Anniversary of @MSUMD 's founding, we had our illustrious alumni & faculty (e.g. @RobertCSmithMD ) discuss @MSU_Medicine 's signature contribution - rigorous scientific underpinning of #biopsychosocial medicine. Given #biopsychosocial medicine has been proven

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November 22, 1963. #PresidentJohnFKennedy was #assassinated . Ignored in #newsmedia & #socialmedia yesterday. Even though @VP45 and @GovWhitmer were recently threatened with assassination. What are we failing to learn? #media can do better to achieve understanding. @JFKLibrary

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@jacobkmorrison of @PsychHub indicates, “Mental health is a #civilright …” I report () that this right can’t be met until #medicine trains its students, now devoting only 1-2% of training to mental health. They become the clinicians who provide 75% of care.

Has Medicine Lost Its Mind?

Your physician is not trained to treat your mental health problems, but the psychiatrist shortage is severe.

www.psychologytoday.com

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May is #MentalHealthMonth and you can impact the future of mental health by advocating for increased research funding! please sign up to support mental health research

Call on Congress to invest in mental health research

This Mental Health Month, advance funding for mental health research

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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I'm excited after talking with @drloriporter_rd , new Executive Director of @ACHonline , about continuing the ACH focus on #medicalcommunication but considering some new directions to further enhance #diversity .

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From @NEJM , @Srijan_SenMDPhD proposes physician #burnout is really #depression secondary to #workstress . The present focus on alleviating just work stress ignores individual treatment (medications, counseling), thus worsening #stigma around depression. #HasMedicineLostItsMind .

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in @MilbankFund by @PM_Alberti & @HeatherHPierce of medical schools’ governing body, @AAMCtoday , say better social medicine practices require better training medical students and much more work at political levels to achieve population-wide health equity.

A Population Health Impact Pyramid for Health Care - PubMed

Policy Points To meaningfully impact population health and health equity, health care organizations must take a multipronged approach that ranges from education to advocacy, recognizing that more...

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America Needs a National Institute of Healthcare Education | Psychology Today

America Needs a National Institute of Healthcare Education

Why mental health care hasn't improved—and what can be done to turn it around.

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@jphemming @ACPIMPhysicians @docwithapurpose @ShahlaBaharlou @doctorkarly @docshilpak @dukemedicine @DukeHealth Attend this important talk if you can.

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Does Donald Trump Mirror the Majority? | Psychology Today

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Are CDC Guidelines Too Liberal Around Prescribing Opioids? | Psychology Today

Are CDC Guidelines Too Liberal Around Prescribing Opioids?

Should opioid use be encouraged by clinicians not trained in mental and addictive disorders?

www.psychologytoday.com

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Beautiful, @RandyNesse , sounds more complicated than personalities!

Randy Nesse

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Dame's rocket (Hesperis Matronalis) are in glorious full bloom here, but the difficulty explaining their color dimorphism makes me think that explaining human personality variation is out of reach. A fine recent article reviews possible explanations for flower color variation

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@PsychHub has a great new look and some exciting courses for practitioners and patients alike: . Nice complement to Mental Health Month!

Home

Psych Hub provides evidence-based education and resources to empower the entire mental health ecosystem.

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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Nice series of soundbites re. #clinician and #patient #relationships from @ChristineJKoMD

Christine J. Ko, MD

@ChristineJKoMD

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Excited about this compilation of episodes 21-40 with soundbites from Dr. LeBoit (clip below) and also @caseypschukow @HENRYY_MD @MarieAngele20 @kevinmd @GRoblesPhD @AdeAdamson @skincancerguru @RobertCSmithMD @redsnapperpath @CHATtogether @YaleCSC @ASDPTweets

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Agree with recent @AAMCtoday criticisms about racism & sexism in the 1910 #Flexnerreport that determined structure of present #MedicalEducation . Equally egregious, don't forget its exclusion of #mentalhealth and other #psychosocial aspects of medicine to focus just on diseases.

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@FacingOurRisk @marleahdeank would be useful for doctors to see and hear this powerful story

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Uncertain about your #future ? See this inspiring video from @marleahdeank --

How to Make Decisions Based on Uncertain Information | Marleah Dean...

Life is full of making decisions based on uncertain information. From everyday decisions to major life decisions, part of being humans is “making the best de...

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May is #MentalHealthMonth and you can impact the future of mental health by advocating for an expanded mental health workforce! If medicine would train its future practitioners (students and residents), this problem would vanish. Right now, they don't

Help people with mental illness get the care they need

This Mental Health Month, advocate to expand the mental health workforce

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@RobertCSmithMD

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Facts on National Rural Health Day ( #PowerofRural ): 2/3 of US counties lack psychiatrists and psychologists are rare. Only #primarycareclinicians provide mental health care—but they are not trained for this. @MentalHealthAm , @MentalHealthGov , @NAMIAdvocacy , @NAMICommunicate

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Congratulations to @nasw for National #SocialWorkMonth . And for anticipating the #biopsychosocial approach to health care long before the term was invented!

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See @RobertPearlMD comments on ChatGPT and its application to #medicine -- fascinating!

5 Ways ChatGPT Will Change Healthcare Forever, For Better

Over the past decade, I’ve kept a close eye on the emergence of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Throughout, one truth remained constant: Despite all the hype, AI-focused startups and establi...

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Great news from @VictorDzau on the @theNAMedicine plan for a meeting to revolutionize medicine, , especially in espousing greater involvement of the #behavioral and #social aspects of #patientcare .

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

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@FetzerInstitute Hi Amy!

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

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Voila! @nejmunofficial just published an article advocating a #biopsychosocial approach to replace one that doubted patients’ pain, labeling almost always Black patients as drug seeking (Treating Chronic Pain in Sickle Cell Disease — The Need for a Biopsychosocial Model | NEJM).

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@RobertCSmithMD

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Great idea. Best way to reduce burnout at both levels: train residents to care for mental health patients. No training now but up to half a practitioner's practice

JGME

@JournalofGME

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Training programs should look for ways to train residents to reduce burnout throughout their entire career #meded #GME #ToTheEditor

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If you want to #change your own #healthcare system, the insights of Dr. Krista Hirschmann ( @KristaH_PhD ) can provide sound direction and a positive, encouraging approach via Enhance Consulting (ENHANCE Client Roadmap 10.24.22.docx - Google Docs)

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@Back_Pain_Coach @arisonsned Well put, the BPS model is simply a guide for care. That we seldom use it reflects not on the model but on poor education in it.

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A New Book Puts Chronic Pain in a Better Perspective | Psychology Today

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From @PsychHub , an excellent way to #screen for #mentaldisorders :

Take a Mental Health Test

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@thomasinselmd Helping someone with #mentalillnes is just as important as helping them with their appendicitis or pneumonia. Mental Illness Awareness Week emphasizes that. #MIAW

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@ahmedhankir How exciting, I'll bet you feel better too. I do when I say hello and wave each day to the mute woman sitting at the corner where I walk my dog, especially when she waves back as she's begun to do after several months.

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In @PsychToday I worried that new @CDC #opioidguidelines mistakenly encouraged starting opioids in patients NOT ALREADY TAKING THEM: . I advised they clarify that clinicians should not do this b/c, untrained, they created the present crisis.

Are CDC Guidelines Too Liberal Around Prescribing Opioids?

Should opioid use be encouraged by clinicians not trained in mental and addictive disorders?

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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@sirpauk This seems so obvious, but #medicine remains anchored in the 16th and 17th centuries #mindbodysplit . That this is #subconscious means they lack awareness of the problem. The public, via its politicians, need to take charge. Medicine won't change on its own.

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To get grounded, in light of this internecine Palestinian-Israeli conflict, I recommend reading David Brook's editorial in the Sunday, Nov. 5 @nytopinion

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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Informed by @EACH_com and @ACHonline , I’ve recently posted in @PsychologyToday how all people can apply #patientcenteredintrviewing skills in their daily lives: . These basic interpersonal skills maximize #communication , #empathy , and #relationships for all

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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The science of improvement, by @miller7 . Great piece by Ben Miller on improving #mentalhealth care by getting better data. We do have data in one area that we can act on now: training the now completely untrained #clinicians who provide 75% or more of care

The science of improvement

How using data, and not always the data you think, can help create a more effective mental health system

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Robert C. Smith, MD

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@PsychHub Thanks to @dcbillsmith for airing the role #politics must play to overcome the #mentalhealth impasse; medicine is too stuck in its #disease mindset to change on its own; it needs a strong political push to meet the needs of the people it serves; #HasMedicineLostItsMind

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@kidneymo See how we can use these same skills with each other, our families, and others in non-professional settings:

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@JDaviesPhD Medical schools and residencies do not train their GP graduates in mental health or it’s medications

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Hearing of our all-powerful but refractor-to-change medical industrial complex from thinkers like @RobertPearlMD and @thomasinselmd reminds me Shakespeare in Measure for Measure: “O, it is excellent To have a giant’s strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.”

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@RobertCSmithMD

2 years

From @justin_garson on evolutionary psychology and depression:

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

3 years

How to Effectively Communicate with Others | Psychology Today

How to Effectively Communicate with Others

Empathic skills pave the way for successful communication.

www.psychologytoday.com

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

6 years

WHY YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HELP YOU

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

6 years

Join @theNAMedicine on 6/5 for a free screening of the critically acclaimed documentary Bending the Arc. The screening will be followed by a conversation with @jimyongkim , Anthony Fauci @NIAIDNews , and other world health leaders:

Bending the Arc - Screening & Panel Discussion

Join the National Academy of Medicine for a free screening of the critically acclaimed documentary Bending the Arc, followed by a panel discussion featuring remarks from Dr. Jim Yong Kim, president...

www.eventbrite.com

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

1 year

Here's why society will demand improved #mentalhealth care: 1) poor #mentalillness and #chronicdisease care causing huge, unnecessary #medicalcosts , and 2) medicine’s irritating, self-righteous attitude—not taking our concerns seriously, having the chutzpah to contend all is well

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

6 years

Listened to Patient-Centered Intervie... from Healthcare Communication... @Stitcher @DocCom

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

2 years

I see #physicianburnout addressed without considering a key factor. #medicaleducation does not train them for the most common problems they see in practice: #mentalhealth problems, more extensively discussed in my @PsychToday post . #HasMedicineLostItsMind

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

1 year

@puppyjakefdn Founded by my daughter, Becky Beach, Puppy Jake trains #servicedogs for #PTSD #veterans and they can always use a donation.

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

1 year

PROP confronts AMA about their industry-friendly opioid advocacy

In a letter addressed to current American Medical Association president Dr. Susan Bailey, PROP leaders address concerns regarding the AMA's public statements on

www.supportprop.org

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

6 years

Prescription Opioids Create A Societal Problem | Psychology Today

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

1 year

The Invisible Kingdom: Reimagining Chronic Illness from @meghanoris recounts the devastation of a woman severely disabled with chronic symptoms, made worse by expensive medical care that didn't know a #biopsychosocial approach. She took responsibility and improved significantly.

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

6 years

They worked very hard and well deserve their Fellowship Certificate. Congratulations!

Jinie Shirey

@JinShirey

6 years

Congratulations to the 2018 MSU Biopsychosocial Medicine Fellows

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

1 year

@WSJopinion @gerardtbaker I was embarrassed for her and for the grand jury.

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

1 year

@pravinfrontline @mgh_educacion @ACPinternists @ACHonline The trade book is called Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? It describes how medicine’s slavish adherence to physical disease excludes the psychological and social aspects of care, and thereby mental health which is now in a crisis. Thanks for your interest.

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

1 year

Don't be surprised when it happens to you, by @miller7

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Robert C. Smith, MD

@RobertCSmithMD

2 years

Great book from @NAMICommunicate Medical Director Ken Duckworth. You Are Not Alone () provides key guidance for #patients in identifying #mentalhealth problems and navigating what he calls a chaotic system. A must-read.

You Are Not Alone Book Series

“You Are Not Alone,” NAMI’s first ever book, is here to offer help. Written by Dr. Ken Duckworth with the expertise of a leading psychiatrist and the empathy of a family member affected by mental...

www.nami.org

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