An Excellent Resource for Financial Help for Medications

NeedyMeds
Many people have found this to be a useful resource for getting free or low-cost medications.

KSU program supports rural families

Kansas Rural Family Helpline
This program run by Kansas State University seeks to meet the special needs of rural families in Kansas.

Wyoming Network for Telehealth

Wyoming Network for Telehealth
This is a way for patients to connect with doctors and for doctors to work together.
Rural areas of Kansas face similar problems to Wyoming.

Health Care Notification Network

Health Care Notification Network
Promises to let you know by email about medication recalls, alerts, warnings, and national public health emergencies.

ATA - American Telemedicine Association

ATA - American Telemedicine Association
A comprehensive resource.

It's no LOL: Few US doctors answer e-mails from patients - Yahoo! News

It's no LOL: Few US doctors answer e-mails from patients - Yahoo! News
As doctors, we will have to find a way to do this.

Propranolol for PTSD: Blunting Memories and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Propranolol for PTSD: Blunting Memories and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
A concise article on this subject in the news.
Personally, I like to see any information on generic medications that have general usefulness.

National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative

National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative
Electronic prescribing is now a reality. I am working on using this but it has not quite happened yet for me. What are other's experience with this service.

SF Bay Pediatrics talks about Google Apps

SF Bay Pediatrics talks about Google Apps

This is a video about a physicians group who is using Google apps. I am impressed with the possibilities and I'm looking forward to getting started.

Links Relevant to Psychiatry

brent.menninger - Links Relevant to Psychiatry

From professional organizations to self-help groups

KPScomcom - TOPEKA-AREA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH C.E. PROGRAMS

TOPEKA-AREA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH C.E. PROGRAMS

This is the list of behavioral health continuing education programs at the Pozez Educational Center in Topeka.

KPScomcom - Kansas Psychiatric Society Communications Committee

KPScomcom - Kansas Psychiatric Society Communications Committee Website

To publish files to the Internet, a Web address is needed. This one is temporary.

I am working on a website that will have more capabilities and allow us to have discussions online and an awesome web presence. This is a short video on Google Apps.

If you want to know more check out this presentation.

With this off-the-shelf technology, why do we have to wait on the APA to come up with something from scratch?

Do All Roads Lead to Rome? New Findings on Borderline Personality Disorder -- Gabbard 164 (6): 853 -- Am J Psychiatry

Do All Roads Lead to Rome? New Findings on Borderline Personality Disorder -- Gabbard 164 (6): 853 -- Am J Psychiatry

This recent article by Glen Gabbard is of particular interest to me. As you know, Dr. Gabbard will be speaking in Topeka on September 12, 2008 in an all-day workshop.

I am familiar with the Dialectical Behavior Style of treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Kernberg's transference-focused psychotherapy is an intriguing alternative to DBT because it is so dramatically different

Also, I would like to ask Dr. Gabbard if he would allow videotaping of his presentation so that it could be made available to the KPS members.

Current Applications of Clinical Genetic Testing for Psychiatric Practice

Current Applications of Clinical Genetic Testing for Psychiatric Practice

I found this article by Dr. Mrazek

Starting out with Some Odds and Ends

KPS Communications Committee Blog

At the Kansas Psychiatric Society meeting in Topeka Kansas, Dr. Shaikh mentioned the Area 4 members had created a blogspot.

Using inspiration from Area 4, this will be the site of the KPS communications committee on-going cyberspace meeting. There will be much more to come. This is just a place to get started.

Dr. Bill Hale was interested in the autogenic exercise relaxation program which has MP3 audio that I recorded and put on my website.

We also discussed the story in the news is that Botox is having long-term side effects. Follow this link

If you are interested in how the botulism toxin works: follow this link

I was also asked about a program that is useful for bringing one's billing in-house. At our practice we use Therapist Helper

Feel free to jump in and add your own comments.

Brent Menninger, MD
brent.menninger@gmail.com