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September 09, 2006
A Psychiatrist Discusses and Plays Tchaikovsky
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH 6:30 PM
GOUCHER AUDITRIUM
Listen to Dr. Richard Kogan, a Psychiatrist and concert pianist play Tchaikovsky and then discuss this great composers personality and how it contributed to his creations.
The Maryland Psychiatric Society in conjunction with The Maryland Foundation for Psychiatry present "Tchaikovsky: Music & Melancholy," featuring Richard Kogan, M.D. The program will be held at Goucher College's Kraushaar Auditorium, with registration beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $35.
For more information or accreditation information please call Meagan Floyd at 410-625-0232.
More information about the performance and discussion as well as an article about Dr. Kogan and his exploration of composers' lives are below.
Related Links:
Maryland Psychiatric Society (PDF of brochure with ticket information linked on homepage)
"Richard Kogan, M.D.: Music, A Window to the Soul ", Paula Rosen, Education Update, 2003
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September 07, 2006
Bipolar Disorder Takes Heavy Toll on Workplace
Seen at HealthDay News:
Bipolar disorder costs U.S. businesses twice as much in lost productivity than major depression, a new study finds. Each U.S. worker with bipolar disorder averaged 65.5 lost workdays a year, compared to 27.2 annual lost work days for those with major depression.About one percent of U.S. workers experience bipolar disorder in a year, compared to 6.4 percent who battle major depression. However, the researchers estimated that bipolar disorder accounts for 96.2 million lost workdays a year and $14.1 billion in lost salary/lost production, compared to 225 million lost workdays and $36.6 billon in lost salary/lost production for major depression.
More on this can be read in the original article linked below.
Related Links:
"Bipolar Disorder Takes Heavy Toll on Workplace,", HealthDay News, September 1, 2006
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They Don't Know They Are Ill!
A recent survey by the American Psychiatric Association found that many people know little or almost nothing about the warning signs, causes and effective treatments for mental illnesses-even though in any given year, one in five Americans suffers from a diagnosable mental disorder.
Each year, more people suffer from a mental illness than from cancer and diabetes combined.
Mental illnesses are real and treatable. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, the rate of successful treatment for depression (70 to 80 percent) is much higher than the rate for other chronic illnesses such as heart disease (45 to 50 percent).
Some of the signals or symptoms of mental illness include change in personality, inability to cope with problems and daily activities, marked changes in eating or sleeping patterns and extreme highs and lows.
Related Links:
"Mental illness - separating the facts from fiction", Moorpark Acorn, August 25, 2006
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September 02, 2006
Publications and Articles
Below you will find a listing of publications and articles which we feel are important or especially helpful to anyone seeking information about psychiatry. Some of these may be fully reviewed in our Media Reviews section as noted. Others are links to files or other websites which will open in a new window.
- BCMS Report — Spring 1998 HTML | PDF
(Questions to Ask About Your Health Insurance), Baltimore City Medical Society Foundation
- Choosing Your Health Care Plan HTML | PDF, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland
- Managed Care and Mental Health: Will your health plan meet your mental health needs? HTML | PDF, Maryland Psychiatric Society
- Managed Care and Your Mental Health: What You Need to Know about Your Managed Mental Illness Insurance Benefits HTML | PDF, American Psychiatric Association
Note: Files marked with a are in Acrobat PDF format. Acrobat files may be viewed on any type of computer system with the free Acrobat Reader. Acrobat Reader is provided on most computer systems now or can be downloaded from Adobe.
Bazelon Center Publications
Government and Organization Reports on Mental Health
- Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America HTML | PDF Downloads, President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health
- Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service, 1999
- World Health Report 2001, World Health Organization
- "Real Men Get Real Depression," Mental Health Works, 3rd Quarter 2003, pp5-6 (PDF), National Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
See also: Real Men Articles
Domestic Violence
- National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
- S.1483: Children Who Witness Domestic Violence Act (Introduced in the Senate)
- Children Who Witness Domestic Violence Act, Comments by Sen. Paul Wellstone
- Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
9/11, National Disasters and Terrorism (including Biological and Chemical Terrorism)
- Family physicians are the first line of defense against bioterrorism , American Academy of Family Physicians
- BioTerrorism, American College of Physicans-American Society of Internal Medicine
- Coping With a National Tragedy, American Psychiatric Association
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies, Johns Hopkins University
- The Science and Technology of Terrorism, Scientific American
- Bioterrorism Bibliographies and Resources, Medical Library Association
- Health and Human Services Emergency Response
- American Red Cross
- AMA Disaster Preparedness and Medical Response, American Medical Assocation
- S.1729: Post Terrorism Mental Health Improvement Act
Terrorism, Violence and Children
- Helping Children Cope After a Terrorist Attack, American Psychiatric Association
- Helping Children Cope with a National Tragedy, American Psychiatric Association
- How to Discuss Terrorism with Young Children, Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
- In the Aftermath of Terrorism, National Center for Children Exposed to Violence—Yale Child Study Center
- Psychoanalysts offer their expertise for helping children and adults deal with the trauma of the attack on America, American Psychoanalytic Association
- Advice on Communicating with Children about Disasters, American Academy of Pediatrics
Terrorism, Violence and the Elderly
- Emergency Message from CMS Concerning Payment of Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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