tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post1748051819471741059..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: Podcast #57: A Matter of National SecurityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-80846514858372080582011-04-17T12:50:50.474-04:002011-04-17T12:50:50.474-04:00Excellent post about security clearance questions....Excellent post about security clearance questions. This is the first opportunity I have had to read about this very germane issue. Questions about these clearances have been plaguing me for the past 10 years since 9/11. My biggest concern is the fine line we must walk between being supportive to a patient who is attempting to obtain gainful employment while also advising them that the nature of their illness may make obtaining a security clearance unreasonably difficult. For example, patients who have had histories of noncompliance with treatment, psychotic thinking, drug or alcohol abuse and missed appointments and violent behavior in the past or currently. <br />It happens more frequently than I would like, and it becomes a significant obstacle to maintaining a treatment alliance (Especially with patients who are probably most in need of treatment due to serious mental illness or documented substance abuse). My concern is that none of this time and care is compensated and the federal government needs to know that when a psychiatrist gives an answer in the affirmative on these forms, we probably will lose the the patient and a possible source of income so that answering these forms for active patients represents a conflict of interest for the patient as well as the psychiatrist. In addition, it is usually uncompensated.kamikaze1https://www.blogger.com/profile/00048253936578319783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-23906617698123912772011-04-09T10:42:14.461-04:002011-04-09T10:42:14.461-04:00who knows why people laugh? there have been theor...who knows why people laugh? there have been theories...<br /><br />aristotle...baudelaire... freud stealing from aristotle and baudelaire...<br /><br />i have to admit that when i saw this i howled. i don't love it solely because it is the ultimate expression of irrational and unfounded self-satisfaction, or that it turns a little problem into a mark of the ubermensch --(("neurosis or neurotic tendencies are a sign of superiority!)), i love it because it's a hardcover and it costs exactly $0.35...canadian! buy me a copy. my birthday is coming.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/youre-neurotic-Louis-Edward-Bisch/dp/B0007G1TD4Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-50769551873245290732011-04-07T09:39:58.630-04:002011-04-07T09:39:58.630-04:00Love the mugs and chocolate ducks!Love the mugs and chocolate ducks!tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121763456161256252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-5244852743600141492011-04-06T16:02:53.363-04:002011-04-06T16:02:53.363-04:00Thanks, Rachel. I learned a lot about that whole a...Thanks, Rachel. I learned a lot about that whole anthrax period.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04403399390420921365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-33267302265649721262011-04-06T10:24:43.779-04:002011-04-06T10:24:43.779-04:00Great podcast guys. The conversation on national s...Great podcast guys. The conversation on national security clearance was quite interesting. Good work!Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897760883997811787noreply@blogger.com