Three Problems with Current Clinical Models – Eric M. Plakun, at the Austen Riggs Center Centennial Conference
This video series is taken from our Centennial Conference and features excerpts from many of the presentations – check back often or bookmark the Riggs Blog to see new videos.
“There is an excessive focus on the biomedical at the expense of the biopsychosocial. . . . there are false assumptions that genes equal disease, that patients have single disorders that respond to single evidence-based treatments, that pills are the best treatment that we have.” states Dr. Plakun.
View more of Dr. Plakun’s remarks from his presentations, including the topics outlined below.
· The Bias Against Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
· Recovery is the Goal of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Treatment
· Managed Care and Mental Health Treatment
· Mental Health Parity: Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches
Eric M. Plakun, MD, DLFAPA, is the medical director/CEO at the Austen Riggs Center and American Psychiatric Association (APA) Board of Trustees member representing New England and Eastern Canada.
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