Summary: May 13, 2007: Topics include: # Happy Mother's Day! # Turkewicz law blog a hit with Clinkshrink. Her recommendations? Malpractice Primer and Economics. # Q&A: Zoe Brain asks "Is there a Standard of Care for GIDNOS in the case where the patient is intersexed? And does the degree of intersex affect the therapeutic regime, and if so, how? I'm familiar with the WPATH (Formerly HBIGDA) v6 SOC for GID. But once a diagnosis of GIDNOS is established, the SOC does not appear to apply."Answer: Huh? (We did the best we could.) Also, see Farmer v. Brennan. # APA says people with Medicare Part D having trouble getting their psychiatric medications. Also, discussion of the "donut hole." # Medical Truth in Advertising bill: Is your "doctor" really a doctor? # Ethical conundrums: trains and Tarasoffs and guns (oh my!). Also, Maryland's problematic law requiring reporting of childhood abuse, even if you are now 90 or you don't know who the perpetrator is. And, what do you do with a dead astronaut on the way to Mars? # If Dinah had Lost It in Space, she Wishes she would have a Crystal Ball. # A shrink like me? Send us your general questions at mythreeshrinksATgmailDOTcom.Go to http://mythreeshrinks.com for show notes with links.
