Ren Belcher

Oct 7, 2024 | psychiatrictimes.com | Ren Belcher |Sarah Keltz

Case 1On your emergency department (ED) shift, you are psychiatrically evaluating a patient for erratic behavior. She shows signs of psychosis but objects to treatment and to staff corresponding with personal or professional contacts. You notice phone numbers for collateral contacts in her chart and are considering whether to call for more information despite her objection.

Dec 1, 2023 | mdedge.com | Renee Sorrentino |Ren Belcher |Rachel Maclean |Susan Friedman

After several months of difficulty living in her current apartment complex, Ms. M asks you as her psychiatrist to write a letter to the management company requesting she be moved to an apartment on the opposite side of the maintenance closet because the noise aggravates her posttraumatic stress disorder. What should you consider when asked to write such a letter? Psychiatric practice often extends beyond the treatment of mental illness to include addressing patients’ social well-being.

Aug 4, 2023 | psychotherapy.psychiatryonline.org | Rachel Maclean |Scott R. Beach |Robert Waldinger |Ren Belcher

AbstractPsychotherapy supervision is an essential component of graduate medical education in psychiatry. However, most psychotherapy supervisors have never had training specific to supervision, and the requisite skills have received little attention in the literature. The authors of this article describe the first year of a pilot project that was aimed at fostering interest and skill in psychotherapy supervision among senior residents.