Responding to PTSD in Our Communities

• By: Paula G. Panzer, MD JBFCS
• January 1st, 2009
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We see the words Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) everywhere—on the front page of major newspapers, on the shelves of bookstores in the self-help section, on prime-time television, and on the floor of Congress. When you hear ‘PTSD’ what do you think? Veterans? September 11th? Hurricane...

Addressing a Risky Business: The Interplay Between Medical and Psychiatric Disorders

• By: Richard J. Gersh, MD I. Bruce Gordon, MD, MBA JBFCS
• October 1st, 2008
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Prior to the last decade, the interface between medical and psychiatric disorders was largely discussed as medical conditions that are risk factors for behavioral problems. More recently, however, we are focusing on the ways in which psychiatric conditions are risk factors for medical (physical)...