policy Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:29:36 +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 policy Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Where is the Outrage About Suicide? https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/where-is-the-outrage-about-suicide/ Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:26:00 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=11944 A wonderful editorial in JAMA Psychiatry highlights the overwhelming evidence that stigma is continuing to drive underfunding for treatment and prevention of suicide deaths. Suicide and “accidental” overdose deaths are an epidemic in this country. Since 1999, the rate of suicide deaths increased by 28.2%, and this probably underestimates the increase because there is evidence that coroners are categorizing more and ...

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]]> 11944 Depression Screening Recommended https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/depression-screening-recommended/ Wed, 03 Feb 2016 23:35:14 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=9772 Although it seems like nothing more than common sense, we were very pleased to see that the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), which is the major organization responsible for guidelines for public health interventions in the United States, added depression screening for adults, in particular for pregnant women and women who recently given birth, to its short list of ...

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]]> 9772 Refills https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/refills/ Sat, 13 Jun 2015 18:11:10 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=8968 “Why do you only give me a month’s supply of medication when you approve refills?” This is a pretty common question and I thought a blog post might be a good way of discussing the issues. After all a refill is a quick thing to handle, right? You call a number and press a few numbers, go onto your iPhone ...

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