about gps Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:37:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 about gps Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 When We are Unable to Accept New Patients https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/when-we-are-unable-to-accept-new-patients/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/when-we-are-unable-to-accept-new-patients/#respond Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:56:06 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=23361 We are truly sorry. We are a small clinic and so, at times, we are not able to accept new patients. Our philosophy We don’t believe in waiting lists. We think that people should be seen when they need the help rather than being told to wait for a future appointment. So, when we are accepting new patients we are ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/when-we-are-unable-to-accept-new-patients/feed/ 0 23361 Dr. Peter Forster To Receive Excellence in Teaching Award for 2022 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/dr-peter-forster-to-receive-excellence-in-teaching-award-for-2022/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/dr-peter-forster-to-receive-excellence-in-teaching-award-for-2022/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2022 20:37:22 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=20526 Dr. Peter Forster has been selected by UCSF’s The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators as one of the recipients of their annual peer-nominated Excellence in Teaching Award for 2022 (Academic Year 2021-2022). “The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educator’s (Academy or AME) core value is supporting the people who advance the education mission of UCSF by fostering ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/dr-peter-forster-to-receive-excellence-in-teaching-award-for-2022/feed/ 0 20526 Awakening to Mindfulness Class for Gateway Psychiatric Patients https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/awakening-to-mindfulness-class-for-gateway-psychiatric-patients/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/awakening-to-mindfulness-class-for-gateway-psychiatric-patients/#respond Thu, 24 Feb 2022 16:10:24 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=19559 Gateway psychotherapist Andrea Starn, LMFT will be offering an introductory class on mindfulness starting March 7th that is available to Gateway patients. This class will be accessed via Zoom. Andrea Starn is currently completing certification as a Mindfulness Meditation Teacher after a 2-year intensive training program sponsored by Gateway Psychiatric. The program is the most widely recognized certification program in ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/awakening-to-mindfulness-class-for-gateway-psychiatric-patients/feed/ 0 19559 Psychology Tools – Resources to Support Clinical Care at GPS https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/psychology-tools-resources-to-support-clinical-care-at-gps/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/psychology-tools-resources-to-support-clinical-care-at-gps/#respond Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:43:11 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=19338 Psychology Tools offers a wealth of new resources for patients and therapists at Gateway Psychiatric. These tools include hundred of worksheets, handouts, exercises, podcasts, and information sheets that are solidly founded in clinical research. The entire collection is searchable by resource type, problem and therapy type and thus easily accessible. Gateway is licensed to share these materials with any patient ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/psychology-tools-resources-to-support-clinical-care-at-gps/feed/ 0 19338 February 2022: COVID-19 or Coronavirus and GPS https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/covid-19-or-coronavirus-and-gps/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/covid-19-or-coronavirus-and-gps/#respond Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:23:00 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=16190 The current projections for COVID-19 coronavirus infections in California look hopeful. We track this using the IHME model. As of mid-February 2022, it appears that infections are likely to be back to the levels seen in the fall of 2021 by mid to late March 2022. Other sources of information mirror this prediction. For example, Covid in sewage tends to ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/covid-19-or-coronavirus-and-gps/feed/ 0 16190 Life Insurance or Disability Insurance and Confidentiality – the MIB and Limits of HIPAA https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/life-insurance-or-disability-insurance-and-confidentiality-the-mib-and-limits-of-hipaa/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/life-insurance-or-disability-insurance-and-confidentiality-the-mib-and-limits-of-hipaa/#respond Sun, 08 Nov 2020 20:18:53 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=17134 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has a few limitations that should be considered when you are applying for life insurance or disability insurance. Life insurance and disability or long term care insurance companies ask you for the names of all the doctors who have treated you and your consent to get records from the doctors. The consent ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/life-insurance-or-disability-insurance-and-confidentiality-the-mib-and-limits-of-hipaa/feed/ 0 17134 Telepsychiatry Presentation by Dr. Peter Forster https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/telepsychiatry-presentation-by-dr-peter-forster/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/telepsychiatry-presentation-by-dr-peter-forster/#respond Sun, 18 Oct 2020 23:44:00 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=17113 Dr. Forster will be presenting an update on  “Telehealth and Psychiatry in an Era of COVID-19,” as part of the Seventh Annual Mood Disorders Summit webcast. Those interested in signing up for this free Continuing Medical Education event visit the Global Medical Education site. The program will include many presentations including… Program Agenda *All times listed are ET Day 1 ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/telepsychiatry-presentation-by-dr-peter-forster/feed/ 0 17113 One of the Best Doctors in America Again https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/one-of-the-best-doctors-in-america-again/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/one-of-the-best-doctors-in-america-again/#respond Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:44:12 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=16227 I am proud to say that I have been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America again. The Best Doctors poll was set up in 1989 by doctors from Harvard’s School of Medicine and is one of the largest ongoing peer-to-peer physician polls in healthcare. Because a physician cannot apply or pay to become a Best Doctors physician ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/one-of-the-best-doctors-in-america-again/feed/ 0 16227 Refill Dilemmas https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/refill-dilemmas/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/refill-dilemmas/#respond Mon, 24 Feb 2020 21:23:39 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=16139 “Why do you only give me a month’s supply of medication when you approve refills?” This is a pretty common question and this blog post explains why “automatic refills” are no necessarily the magic solution to the problem of getting your medications. A refill is a quick thing to handle, right? You call a number and press a few numbers, ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/refill-dilemmas/feed/ 0 16139 New Los Altos Office Replaces Mountain View https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/new-los-altos-office-replaces-mountain-view/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/new-los-altos-office-replaces-mountain-view/#respond Thu, 16 Jan 2020 21:45:06 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=16028 Our Mountain View Office is moving to Los Altos. The last day in the current office will be Friday, January 17th. The first day in the new office will be Tuesday, January 21 (the day after the MLK holiday). The Los Altos office is newer, has convenient parking on site, and has two excellent coffee shops across the road. We ...

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