Shrink Rap

When Clinkshrink, Roy, and I started Shrink Rap in April of 2006, I had no idea of the places that blogging would lead me.  We started blogging, and I became a tad obsessed.  We all loved the blog, the people we met, and the stimulating discussions and...

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/06/24/finding-hope-suicide-special-report-full-show.cnn
If you are someone with suicidal impulses, please do watch Finding Hope, it was an excellent show.  The host, Anderson Cooper, as well as many of the guests, have lost a family member to suicide....

Today seems like a good day to talk about assessing suicide risk.
As psychiatrists, we see many people who think about suicide -- suicidal ideation is a common symptom of clinical depression.  In fact, it's very difficult to get a depressed patient into the hospital if they are not thinking about suicidal. Insurers...

Heidi Bunes, ClinkShrink, Dr. Joanna Brandt, Dinah
This year's annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was held from May 5th-9th at the Javits Center in New York City.  Let me tell you about it!
First of all, we were so excited that our book, Committed: The Battle Over Involuntary Psychiatric Care was awarded this year's Carol Davis Ethics Award for outstanding contribution to the literature in the ethics of psychiatry.  We are pictured here...