Complete Care Integration: You Can Lead a Patient to the Doctor…

• By: Larry Hochwald Nat Etrog, LCSW Steven Werfel, MD
• October 1st, 2012
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Every moment of a medical appointment is crucial to the wellbeing of an individual challenged by mental illness and treated with psychotropic medication. It is an opportunity to educate and intervene at the earliest possible stage, or to anticipate and alleviate issues that have already begun. For...

Stigma and Recovery: New Approaches to Old Challenges

• By: Larry Hochwald Nat Etrog, LCSW Elaine M. Edelman, PhD, LCSW, CASAC-Adv
• July 1st, 2009
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Thomas R. Insel, MD stated, “Psychiatry is the only part of medicine where there is actually greater stigma for receiving treatment for these illnesses than for having them” (Insel, NIMH Report 2006). There are many aspects to the stigma surrounding mental illness. It manifests itself as a...