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Friday's Progress Notes - March 10, 2005
Mental Health Information - Vol. 9 Issue 3
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS

1. Stresses of professional practice
2. Prevention, identification, and treatment of impairment
3. Sexually addicted healthcare professionals
4. Substance abusing practitioners
5. Reporting a colleague for unsafe or incompetent practice
6. Anger management


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Dear Colleagues,

Impairment is the inability to practice with reasonable skill and safety without jeopardy to patient/client care. It can result from substance abuse, addiction, stress, depression or other mental or medical illness, unprofessional conduct, and other causal factors. Today's newsletter focuses on a variety of issues related to practitioner impairment.

Please feel free to forward this information to professional colleagues,
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Regards,
Jack

John L. Miller, MD


1. MEDSCAPE
The Painful Truth: Physicians Are Not Invincible
The stresses of professional practice can exact a great toll, and self-neglect can lead to tragic consequences. In some areas, particularly suicide rates, physicians have increased vulnerability, and in other areas problems may be unrecognized (depression, substance abuse, marital problems, and other stress-related concerns).
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/410643_print

2. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS
Professional Impairment
This NASW policy statement emphasizes the importance of prevention, identification, and treatment of professional impairment.
http://www.socialworkers.org/resources/abstracts/abstracts/profimpairment.asp

3. PROFESSIONAL RENEWAL CENTER
Sexually Addicted Healthcare Professionals
Standards of conduct and ethical codes define ideals, expectations, and boundaries for healthcare professionals.
http://www.athealth.com/apps/redirect.cfm?linkid=178

4. VANDERBILT MEDICAL CENTER - CENTER FOR PROFESSONAL HEALTH
Physician Impairment By Substance Abuse
This article provides an overview of physician impairment due to substance abuse.
http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=cph&doc=1088

5. THE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE
Impaired Colleagues
Dr. William Reid discusses issues related to reporting a colleague for unsafe or incompetent practice.
http://www.reidpsychiatry.com/columns/Reid09-99.pdf

6. ERIC DIGEST
Anger Management: An Overview for Counselors
Anger can be a source of various physical, mental, emotional, social, or legal problems when not managed effectively.
http://www.athealth.com/Consumer/disorders/anger1.html


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