MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'clients'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:28:23 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4862626&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F25%2Ffinding-a-male-therapist-take-two%2F I had about 10 people forward me the New York Times article on the dwindling number of men going into counseling professions. Most of them know that male psychology is an area of special interest to me, and I’m also one of the only male therapists that they know. It has been interesting for me to learn that some controversy has emerged from the article, and the rationale for there being cause for alarm. The article essentially made the case that if fewer men go into counseling professions, then fewer men may want to attend because they feel more comfortable talking about certain topics with other men. Dr. Grohol wrote a fabulous piece on this blog yesterday making the counter-point that there is no research evidence to support that view. While I also understand this to be true, I sti... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4862626 Wed, 25 May 2011 21:08:17 +0100 4862626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3029868&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fcan-therapy-really-change-your-brain%2F In this study they used Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) which looks through the lens of both cognitive and interpersonal issues. It would be interesting to know how other theoretical orientations would fare. There is a lot known about the power of oxytocin (the hormone of love) to bond people together but oxytocin can also be an ally to encourage therapeutic change. According to Linda Graham, MFT and trainer on the integration of relational psychology, mindfulness and neuroscience, it is “the neurochemical basis of the sense of safety and trust that allows clients to become open to therapeutic change.” It was a class I recently took with Linda, “The Neuroscience of Attachment,” that left me feeling so inspired about the implications of this in my practice. As a therapist, it’s ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3029868 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:25:33 +0100 3029868 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719789&cid=t_104524_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F08%2F13%2Fpros-and-cons-of-thin-clients-with-an-emr%2F This is the second guest post by Bill Horvath II describing the pros and cons of thin clients with an EMR.  Also, take a look at his first entry discussing the pros and cons of laptops with an EMR. Thin Clients Overview An office which chooses this approach will typically have one thin client terminal in each exam room, as well as in each physician’s office, and at stations occupied by non-mobile staff who need access to computerized records.  The terminals are typically managed or ‘driven’ by a server, which provides applications, data storage, and administrative control over the whole system.  Remote access to charts is usually provided via application server software. Pros Easy To Use – Thin clients don’t have to be carried or pushed from room to room, and don’t requ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2719789 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 15:38:19 +0100 2719789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2302556&cid=t_104524_165_f&fid=36770&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmetaot.com%2Fblog%2Fyoga-and-stroke Hello, As a Masters of Occupational Therapy student, I am undertaking a project exploring benefits and application of Yoga for post stroke clients. There is lot of research supporting the benefits of applying Yoga for various disabilities but there seems to be lack of literature on how to adapt Yoga for post stroke clients. I wish to evoke a discussion on how yoga is being adapted and applied with stroke clients and with what therapeutic gains. I invite your participation in the discussion about Yoga and stroke at my blogsite, http://strokeofyoga.blogspot.com/. What is likely to emerge out of this is a real-time, practice-based information on the topic. So, please come and share your experiences, ideas, and suggestions about the topic and join in an open & healthy discussion with... meta-ot blogs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2302556 Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:52:05 +0100 2302556 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1458506&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2008%2F05%2F21%2Fthe-psychiatrist-under-the-table%2F Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav (1772-1810) is a brilliant and controversial figure in Hasidic Judaism, perhaps best known for his spiritual “tales” (Steinsaltz, 1993). One of Rebbe Nachman’s most famous stories, as re-told by Rabbi Alan Lew (Lew, 2008), is about a Prince “…who came to believe he was a turkey. He took off all his clothes and got under the table and lived there on scraps and crumbs and bones. The King called in many doctors, but none of them could cure him. Finally, he called in a certain wise man, who took off his own clothes and sat down under the table with him. I am a Turkey, the prince told him. ‘I am a turkey too,’ the wise man said. The two of them sat there together for a very long time and then the wise man said, ‘Do you think a turkey can’t we... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1458506 Wed, 21 May 2008 13:49:21 +0100 1458506 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1241913&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=34949&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbehavioralhealth.typepad.com%2Fmarkhams_behavioral_healt%2F2008%2F02%2Fintimidation-mi.html "I know I can be intimidating. I think it's because I fear rejection so I want the other person to know all the bad things that have happened to me in my life to see if they still want to develop a relationship with someone like me." "That's interesting," I say. "How does this work for you?" "I don't want to waste time on a relationship if later on when they find out the bad things about me, they are only going to reject me. So I tell them too much, too quick, right up front." "And what do you think might work better?" I say. "Like you said, probably if I relaxed and went slower." "Are you going to try that?" I ask. "Yeah. I couldn't do any worse than I am doing now." (Source: Markham's Behavioral Health) Markham's Behavioral Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1241913 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:08:23 +0100 1241913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1239269&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=34949&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbehavioralhealth.typepad.com%2Fmarkhams_behavioral_healt%2F2008%2F02%2Fforever-ours-re.html Janis Amatuzio, M.D., a forensic patholigist, has written a neat little book entitled Forever Ours: Real Stories of Immortality and Living from a Forensic Pathologist. It is a short book, beautifully and succinctly written about families she has known and experiences she has had as a coroner investigating the deaths of loved ones. The stories she tells of afterlife experiences are believable, respectful, heart warming, and intriguing. If you are interested in this kind of subject matter this is a good book to start with. If you already have read books about life after death, there is little that will be new here, but the presentation is respectful, succinct, straight forward, and because of that presentation well worth reading. I recommend this book. Link: Amazon.com: Forever Ours: Real... Markham's Behavioral Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1239269 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:23:07 +0100 1239269 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1207395&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=34949&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbehavioralhealth.typepad.com%2Fmarkhams_behavioral_healt%2F2008%2F02%2Flife-on-the-men.html This fall, 2008, I will have been in the Mental Health field for 40 years. In addition I have raised 9 children of my own with my wife, and now I have 10 grandchildren. I feel over the hill in some ways working in my private practice, being an agency executive, and teaching undergraduate social workers. Recently though, for the first time in a long time, I agreed to accompany a 16 year old client and his mother to an IEP meeting at his high school. The meeting was called to discuss his returning from a special ed 12:1:1 classroom to normal programming. I was appalled at the arrogance of the Principal who lectured the mother and the student about his zero tolerance policy for misbehavior and seriously questioned whether the student was prepared to function in this "higher expectat... Markham's Behavioral Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1207395 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:14:45 +0100 1207395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1076244&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=34949&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbehavioralhealth.typepad.com%2Fmarkhams_behavioral_healt%2F2007%2F12%2Fbreaking-down-b.html On December 2, 2007, Reuters HealthDay published an article based on a survey described in a recent issue of the journal, Pediatrics, dealing with parents thoughts and feelings about end of life care for their dying child. According to the HealthDay article, the areas parents identified as needing improvement are listed in the quote below.The areas identified by these parents as needing improvement included: The need for honest and complete information from care-givers. The parents didn't want doctors and nurses to keep information from them to protect them. "What we cannot handle is not knowing what is going on," one parent wrote. Coordination of care and communication. Rather than having every doctor caring for a child present their opinion to parents -- which sometimes di... Markham's Behavioral Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1076244 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:43:36 +0100 1076244 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=691255&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=34949&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbehavioralhealth.typepad.com%2Fmarkhams_behavioral_healt%2F2007%2F06%2Fwhen-the-border.html Borderline Personality Disorder can manifest itself in mutliple ways. In her book, Understanding The Borderline Mother, Dr. Christine Lawson describes four role types which BPD is exemplified by: the Waif, the Hermit, the Queen, and the Witch. These role types are not mutually exclusive and characteristics of these types over overlap and inter mix. The Waif seems to want soothing and often leaves others feeling helpless because she is often inconsolable. As Dr. Lawson writes that the Waif might say, "I can't allow myself to need your help and be in control at the same time."  The irony is that the Waif feels that in accepting help she is loosing control. The Waif can self soothe with the compulsive use of alcohol, drugs, money, food, sex, work, and likes to play the role o... Markham's Behavioral Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=691255 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:19:15 +0100 691255 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=682866&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=34949&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbehavioralhealth.typepad.com%2Fmarkhams_behavioral_healt%2F2007%2F06%2Fgrowing_up_in_t.html Christine Lawson writes in her book, Understanding The Borderline Mother, "Children with borderline mothers adjust to the chaos of their lives by learning to expect the unexpected. They associate love with fear and kindness with danger. Craziness becomes normal, and life without chaos may seem boring. They may grow up without recognizing healthy love." p.28 -29.A little further down on page 29 Dr. Lawson writes further, "Children of borderlines may tune out by dissociating and disconnecting from their environment." p.29 It is a comon experience for people in relationship with a person with borderline disorder to wonder who is crazy "me or them?" Attempts to please, placate, clarify, correct are often met with an escalation of conflict not resolution. The pers... Markham's Behavioral Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=682866 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:50:21 +0100 682866 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=485752&cid=t_104524_109_f&fid=35044&url=http%3A%2F%2Fadultaddstrengths.com%2F2007%2F03%2F02%2Fadhd-is-treatable-a-point-some-people-forget%2F Healthoma has a blog post titled ADHD is treatable. Great title and great point. via Your ADD/ADHD news ADD blog carnival The causes are linked to genes and to the environment—they are not caused by an excessive intake of sugar or by any other medication. Typically, another family member may have also suffered from it and this is also a sign. Some people especially men with ADHD stay in denial about having ADHD, in some cases they need to be on their 2nd or 3rd wife until they clue in. Or their 4th or 5th job they’ve been fired from/had to quit before getting fired. Adults with ADHD have higher divorce rates and higher rates of maritial instability. Some of the adult ADD clients I’ve coached have high stimulation jobs and excel at work but are on the verge of divorce at home ... Adult ADD Strengths blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=485752 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 00:07:11 +0100 485752