Physician Health: Personal Challenges in Medical Practice, Presented by the TMA Committee on Physician Health and Rehabilitation under the direction of Viki Chancellor, MD, Mansfield ; coordinated by Linda Kuhn, Texas Medical Association.
Friday, May 18, 2012, 2nd Floor, Lone Star A2

• 3 AMA PRA (Cat 1) credits
• 3 Ethics credits
• 3 AAFP (P) credits

Upon completion of the program, participants should be able to: 1) identify support systems that protect the public yet respect the autonomy of a physician who can practice safely with an accommodation for his or her disability; 2) recognize the impact of family system and marital relationship on physician performance; and 3) devise a workplace plan that discourages gender discrimination. Target Audience: Physicians and residents of all specialties; other health care professionals

• 12:30 pm: Welcome and Introduction, B. Dean McDaniel, DO, Victoria
• 12:35 pm: Practicing Medicine With a Disability, Sally A. Holmes, MD, Houston (Handout)
• 1:30 pm: Physician Family Well-Being, Catherin Roberts, MD, Dallas (Handout)
• 2:30 pm: Current Challenges for Female Physicians, Lois A. Killewich, MD, PhD, Galveston (Handout)
• 3:30 pm: Adjourn

For more information go to www.texmed.org

UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER.  
ACADEMIC CLINICIANS FOR PSYCHIATRY EMERGENCY SERVICES

The Department of Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center is recruiting outstanding Psychiatrists to serve as attending psychiatrists in our very busy Psychiatric Emergency Department located in a large affiliated county hospital. We have multiple opportunities for part-time or full-time psychiatrists. These positions include both direct patient care and teaching/supervision of psychiatry, psychology, allied health, and other trainees. Work in the Psych ER can be combined with various clinical, clinical research and academic opportunities to produce a full-time appointment. These are open rank positions and academic rank will be determined by the selected candidates’ qualifications.

Candidates must be BC/BE in General Psychiatry, must have a strong interest in pursuing an academic career and must have a strong interest in community psychiatry. Applicants must have or be able to obtain a Texas Medical license. Residency/Fellowship training in Emergency Psychiatry is ideal but not required. Academic experience and strong track record of clinical teaching is preferred.

Interested applicants should submit an electronic CV and cover letter to PsychERRecruit@UTSouthwestern.edu.

 UT Southwestern Medical Center ranks among the top academic medical centers in the world. Our distinguished faculty includes active Nobel Prize winners. Nearly 4,200 medical, graduate and allied health students, residents and postdoctoral fellows are trained each year. Our physicians provide care to patients at UT Southwestern University Hospitals and Clinics as well as three other affiliated hospitals.

 The Dallas area boasts a low cost of living with diverse neighborhoods and great schools. The area has world class quality of life options, with more than 175 museums and art galleries, premier performance halls, numerous parks, lakes, golf courses and seven professional sport franchises.

 UT Southwestern Medical Center is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Posted by ENCmd on 05.02.2012

Already an APA/TSPP dues-paid member psychiatrist?  Early Bird Discount good from now until July 31, 2012.  

PAY by PAYPAL or CHECK:

PAYPAL:

Dues amount

Early bird (May, June, July 2012)$125.00 USD Regular (August 2012 through May 2013)$150.00 USD

Name (if different from CC)

CHECK:  Make your check out to NTSPP and mail to Treasurer Leonora Stephens MD, 6350 LBJ, Suite 252, Dallas TX 75240 and mark in your memo “For NTSPP Chapter Dues June 2012 – May 2013″.  Your cancelled check serves as your receipt.

All your APA, TSPP & NTSPP membership category, privileges,  and dues questions answered here:   http://ntspp.org/dues/

NEW RSVP/PAYMENT  DEADLINE:  WEDNESDAY MAY 16 at 5:00 PM
NTSPP warmly invites all psychiatrists, psychiatrists in training, their spouses & significant others to enjoy and (hopefully) lend your talents  to:
“Psychiatrists at Play“
Friday May 18th from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pmish
     Socializing: 6:30 pm
     Dinner: 7:00 pm
     Program: 7:30 pm
Stars:  YOU 
Location: The beautiful backyard of two fine physicians and splendid human beings ~ where it all happened before!  Location and particulars sent out by email.  

Dress:  Casual
Bar:     BYOB
Menu:  Catered by Mike Anderson’s BBQ House:
Choice of Meat:  Brisket, Pulled Pork, or Turkey Breast
Old School Barbeque Beans
Garlic Cole Slaw
Dessert:  Granny’s Peach Cobbler
Drinks provided:  Soft drinks and water

“It will be a casual and fun evening for all who attend. Please let me know what you plan to share and whether there is anything we might be able to do to help you show off your talent. A couple of years ago, we had a band of psychiatrists, artists, dancers, sculptors, poets, photographers, handcrafters, a talk about birdwatching, and much more. Please come and share with us what you like to do in your ‘play time.’”
      ~Catherin A. Roberts MD, Program Chair (and President) at NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com

“Psychiatrists are the most supportive audience.”
~ Common wisdom

“OF COURSE I AM COMING” so:  

1.  RESERVE by WEDNESDAY MAY 16 at 5 pm with name, number in your party, talent or play time activities, special menu needs to Catherin Roberts MD at NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com.

2.  PAY  by WEDNESDAY MAY 16 at 5 pm via PayPal below or by check made out to NTSPP and  received by Leonora Stephens MD, NTSPP Treasurer,  at 6350 LBJ Freeway, Suite 252, Dallas TX 75240.

Cost per person:
$12:  NTSPP Chapter Dues-Paid Psychiatrist
$20:  NON Dues-paid Psychiatrist,  Spouse or Significant Other of all Psychiatrists, Sponsor a Resident*
$  5:  APA Member UTSWMC Psychiatry Resident by Self-Pay
$ 10: NON-APA Member UTSWMC Psychiatry Resident, Spouse or Significant Other of all UTSWMC Residents by Self-Pay

*NTSPP always hopes to be able to sponsor UTSWMC psychiatry resident participation in programs, depending on contributions.  Donors will be acknowledged online and in the meetings.  

PAY BY PAYPAL from drop-down menu (Paying for multiple people?  Please pay sequentially.  To pay for TWO people,  for example, first pay for one individually, then come back and pay for the other individually  please — 2 payments):

Membership Category Price Per Person

PSYCHIATRIST NTSPP CHAPTER DUES PAID Member $12.00 USD PSYCHIATRIST NON-DUES Paid $20.00 USD SPOUSE or Significant Other of A PSYCHIATRIST $20.00 USD SPONSOR A UTSWMC Psychiatry Resident $20.00 USD UTSWMC PSYCHIATRY RESIDENT APA member SELF-PAY $5.00 USD UTSWMC PSYCHIATRY RESIDENT NON-APA SELF-PAY $10.00 USD SPOUSE/SO OF A UTSWMC Psychiatry Resident SELF-PAY $10.00 USD

Name (if different from CC)

PAY BY CHECK:  Make check out to NTSPP and send to Leonora Stephens MD at 6350 LBJ Freeway, Suite 252, Dallas TX 75240 to arrive by May 15..

Late reservation request?  Email Catherin Roberts MD at NTSPPrsvp@gmail.com.
Latest status of the event?  Check back here at www.ntspp.org or email NTSPPchapter@gmail.com. 

Psychiatry CME Category 1 at TMA in Dallas
Presented by the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians under the direction of Debra Atkisson, MD, Ft. Worth; coordinated by Claire Foster, Texas Medical Association.
Friday, May 18, 2012, 2nd Floor, Lone Star A1

• 6.25 AMA PRA (Cat 1) credits

Upon completion of this program attendees should be able to: 1) characterize the spectrum of arousal from adaptive through pathological and how this relates to both the anxiety disorders and performance anxiety; 2) recognize the signs and symptoms of substance abuse and dependence in the clinical population; 3) identify current treatment strategies for the most common anxiety disorders in children and adolescents; 4) identify the types and prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders reported in major studies of disaster survivors. Target Audience: Physicians practicing in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics, psychiatry, and child and adolescent psychiatry

• 7:30 am: Welcome and Introduction, Debra Atkisson, MD, Ft. Worth
• 7:35 am: Music Performance Anxiety, Scott Winter, MD, Ft. Worth Heather Winter Hunnicutt, D.M, Soprano, Georgetown, KY(Handout)
• 9:15 am: Break
• 9:45 am: Addictions: Diagnostic and Treatment Considerations, Stephen Vobach, MD, Dallas (Handout)
• 11:30 am: Lunch Break and Visit To Expo Hall
• 12:30 pm: Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents, Marianne Hopkins, MD, MPH, Dallas
• 1:45 pm: Break
• 2 pm: After the Unthinkable: Disaster Psychiatry 101, Carol North, MD, MPE, Dallas
• 3:30 pm: Adjourn

For Payment Information see www.texmed.org   (TMA members register and attend for free)

Details sent previously by email from NTSPPchapter@gmail.com.  Participants may wish to meet beforehand for dinner nearby.   Are you a psychiatrist or psychiatrist in training not on our confidential elist?  Please write NTSPPchapter@gmail.com.

Sent out by email to our list of psychiatrists and psychiatrists in training.  Not on the confidential list?  Email NTSPPchapter@gmail.com.

From the Co-Presidents:

Hello Dallas Area Women Psychiatrists & Psychiatrists in Training,  Our last meeting for this year will be on Saturday May 12th.   Dr.Gretchen Toler will be speaking about Cardiovascular disease in women and exercise recommendation.  As usual we will have brunch and confidential visiting from 10 am to 11 am and then our program.

The hostess, address, directions and RSVP information are  available as usual by email and will be sent out May 2 or 3rd to the DAWP list.

Are you a female psychiatrist or psychiatrist in training who does not receive these emails?  Would you like to pay dues to join DAWP and be listed in the new public DAWP Online Directory beginning June 1?  Please write NTSPPchapter@gmail.com.

TO EMAIL the CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS:  SEE THIS LINK:  http://www.dallascityhall.com/government/council/contact_mcc.html

Mental Health Monday  Week of April 23, 2012

 Please contact your member of the Dallas City Council and Mayor Rawlings in favor of the Boarding Home Regulation Ordinance BEFORE or BY MONDAY APRIL 30!!!

 The Dallas City Council Housing Committee is currently considering an ordinance that would regulate boarding homes located within its city limits.  This much-needed reform will help to eradicate the deplorable conditions in what often is the only housing option for low-income people with mental illness.   The vote may occur as early as Monday, April 30, so it is imperative that you advocate this week!

Available from MHA OR NTSPP are sample letters to Mayor Rawlings and each Council Member.  All you have to do is to put your name, address, and the date at the top of each letter, then scroll down and sign your name at the bottom, put it in an envelope, stamp it and mail it.  All of them have the same address, so that makes it easy!

Below are additional facts that may help you in composing your own letter, if you choose.   Even if you just send a postcard that says “I support the boarding home regulation ordinance”, it will do a world of good.  Just remember to sign you name, and include your address.

Also, please forward this message on to your network of advocates, friends, neighbors and colleagues.  We need to push very hard for this in order to win.

If you do not reside in Dallas, please write in your capacity as a mental health professional, advocate (patient or family  member for example), or stakeholder. 

 The Members of the Dallas City Council are:

Mayor Mike Rawlings

Councilwoman Delia Jasso—District 1

Mayor Pro Tem Pauline Medrano—District 2

Councilman Scott Griggs—District 3

Councilman Dwaine R. Caraway—District 4

Councilwoman Vonciel Jones Hill—District 5

Councilwoman Monica R. Alonzo—District 6

Councilwoman Carolyn R. Davis—District 7

Deputy Mayor Pro Tem Tennell Atkins—District 8

Councilman Sheffie Kadane—District 9

Councilman Jerry R. Allen—District 10

Councilwoman Linda Koop—District 11

Councilwoman Sandy Greyson—District 12

Councilwoman Ann Margolin—District 13

Councilwoman Angela Hunt—District 14

Boarding Home Facts
Prevalence of Boarding Homes

·         According to the Dallas Morning News, approximately 2500 people who are aged, disabled or who have mental illnesses reside in boarding homes in Dallas.

·         According to the City of Dallas, there are over 300 unlicensed boarding homes in the city.

·         Although some boarding homes are clean, safe, and decent places to live that promote the recovery of their residents, many boarding homes are unsafe, unsanitary and impede recovery.

·         Poorly run boarding homes are responsible for hundreds of police and paramedic calls each year.

·         Poorly run boarding homes are a blight on the neighborhoods in which they are located.

Implement the State Model Standards authorized in House Bill 216

In 2009, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill 216, which is now known as Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 254.  This law does the following:

·         Defines a boarding home facility as “an establishment that

o        furnishes, in one or more buildings, lodging to three or more persons with disabilities, or elderly person who are unrelated to the owner of the establishment by blood or marriage and

o        provides community meals, light housework, meal preparation, transportation, grocery shopping, money management, laundry services or assistance with self-administration of medication but does not provide personal care services to those persons.

·         Model Standards developed by Texas Health and Human Services Commission including:

o        Construction/Remodeling (plumbing, heating, lighting, ventilation, fire hazards, etc.)

o        Sanitary and Related Conditions (insect and rodent control, water supply, sewage disposal, food handling, general hygiene, etc.)

o        Reporting and Investigation of Injuries, Incidents and Unusual Accidents and the Establishment of Other Policies and Procedures to Ensure Resident Health and Safety

o        Assistance with Self-Administration of Medication

o        In-Service Education of Facility’s Staff

o        Criminal Background History of Facility’s Staff

o        Periodic assessment of residents

·         Local Governments (counties or municipalities) authorized to regulate boarding home facilities within their jurisdictions and to establish:

o        Inspection Procedures

o        Permit Procedures (issuance, denial, renewal, suspension and revocation)

o        Fees

o        Fines

o        Posting Requirements (permit, most recent inspection, telephone number to report violations)

Prevalence of Mental Illness

·         Mental illnesses are common.  According to the National Institutes of Mental Health, 1 in 17 adults suffer from a severe and persistent mental illness such as bi-polar disorder, major depression, or schizophrenia. 

·         The good news is that mental illness is treatable, that treatment works, and recovery is possible.

·         Recovery is more likely when the individual has a stable living environment.

For additional information, please contact   Janie Metzinger, Public Policy Director, Mental Health America of Greater Dallas

JMetzinger@mhadallas.org, (214) 871-2420, Ext. 114, or   624 N. Good-Latimer, #200, Dallas, Texas  75204

From Bagya Arumugham MD, DAWP Co-President:   All women psychiatrists and women psychiatrists in training are invited:
The Second Saturday April DAWP meeting will be at a DAWPer’s home (location available by email)
SATURDAY April 14 from 10 am to 12 noon
     10  Brunch:    Confidential Fellowship, DAWP business
11  Program:  Drs Madeline Harford and Kathleen Erdman will be reviewing the book Masters of Mind by Theodore Millon.