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Nov 13, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Tomi Mitchell |Christine Tran-Boynes |Nathaniel Arana |Sheila Nazarian
After more than a decade in private practice, taking care of tens of thousands of patients—everything from preconception to hospice care—I’ve learned how important it is to set and protect your boundaries. I’ve worked in various environments throughout my career, from running my own multidisciplinary medical center to being part of other practices. If I had to choose, I would prefer to be part of an established practice.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Diana Londoño |Emily Watters |Nicole Cifra |Christine Tran-Boynes
Intimacy starts outside the bedroom. Most people think intimacy occurs inside, but it seems to me this could not be farther from the truth. Intimacy is a taboo topic in our society. I am not referring to only physical intimacy but also emotional and spiritual. For some reason, it makes us uncomfortable; it rattles us. Intimacy is about honesty, love, and connection. It starts with connection, but the other pillars are essential.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Christine Tran-Boynes |Danielle Kelvas |Michele Luckenbaugh
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Watch on YouTube. Catch up on old episodes!In this episode, we welcome Brooke Kempf, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, to debunk common myths about schizophrenia and promote a more accurate understanding of the condition. We’ll explore misconceptions about the causes and effects of schizophrenia, the impact of socioeconomic status, and the role of genetic and environmental factors.
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Jul 13, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Greg Smith |David Coulter |Christine Tran-Boynes |G. Richard Olds
The obvious answer is just that, of course. I would save my wife and myself. Everything else is replaceable—well, almost everything. Read on. Twenty years ago, before the launch of the iPhone and before social media ruled the world, two of the most important things in any traditional American family’s house were the family Bible and the family’s pictures. I will leave the Bible and commentary on it for another question on some other day. The pictures, though, ah, the pictures.
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Jun 28, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Damane Zehra |Christine Tran-Boynes |Caissa Troutman |L. Joseph Parker
I think the greatest quality in humans that makes them far superior to other creatures is the ability to think and act on their own free will. But there is another ability that makes us unique: the gift of feeling emotions and the capacity to love. Unconditional love makes you a kid. I feel as if it deprives you of your cognitive ability to judge someone. It clouds your vision to see the shortcomings or negative qualities of a person when you are high on emotions. Love is silly like that.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Grace Torres-Hodges |Curtis G. Graham |Sheila Nazarian |Christine Tran-Boynes
I often find that many doctors come to me with doubts and are grappling with the idea that they don’t know how to manage the business aspects of their private practice. However, in working with them, most come to the realization that the truth is that the skills required to run a successful medical practice are not as foreign as they may think. In fact, they are deeply rooted in the very expertise that we each have honed through the years of our medical training.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Courtney Markham-Abedi |Christine Tran-Boynes |Allison R. Linehan |Stephen Foley
At the beginning of a career – sometimes when viewed through rose-colored glasses not yet spoiled by reality – you hope to be able to lose loss to stay away. Somehow you feel like if you just try hard enough – practice psychiatry in the best way possible you can somehow prevent death by suicide. This is obviously magical thinking, and you begin to realize that there will be a loss.
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Jun 1, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Greg Smith |Nicholas Bascou |Christine Tran-Boynes |Steven Reidbord
I am now in the twilight of my psychiatric career. Yes, I can write that without wincing now, almost, well, maybe just a little. I have made decisions in the last twelve months that have changed my daily schedule, my work life, and my relationships profoundly. Everyone around me, including friends, family members, and even some of my coworkers, thought that I was retiring. It’s not working any longer. Quitting. Hanging up the spikes. Of course, that has not been true at all.
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May 10, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Nneka Unachukwu |Sheila Nazarian |Christine Tran-Boynes |Pat Rich
It is not news that private practices are struggling to thrive. Challenges such as decreasing reimbursements, higher cost of service delivery, attracting and retaining great staff, and increasing administrative burden are closing practices daily. While many of these systemic challenges are outside our direct control, there are actions we can take immediately to increase our probability of success. Adopt the attitude of an entrepreneur.
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Apr 24, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Jillian Rigert |Naomi Tweyo Nkinsi |Christine Tran-Boynes |Judy Salz
In 2016, I sat on a hospital bed in Utah, having flown from North Carolina for specialized medical treatment as my life was slowly slipping away from starvation. During this time, I was in the Air Force and an oral and maxillofacial surgery resident completing the medical school portion of my training, which I loved. On paper, I had made it. I was finally living the dream I had crafted for myself—so why did I feel so unworthy?
