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Polls Close in Late March
Voting for the U.S. News & World Report Best Psychiatric Hospital ranking is taking place now through late March, 2024 and the Austen Riggs Center would appreciate your support. Read below for information about the survey and voting, or log in to your Doximity account.
About the Survey:
- Psychiatry is one of only three specialties in the annual survey in which voting is based solely on expert opinion.
- Board-certified Psychiatrists are eligible to vote in this category.
- You may vote for up to five hospitals. The order in which you list the hospitals does not matter.
- As was the case last year, voting can only be conducted online, via Doximity.
To Access the Survey:
- Doximity has sent emails to its members about the annual survey with instructions on how to access it.
- If you do not receive that email, Doximity-registered users can vote by going to this site: https://www.doximity.com. (You may also access it via the Doximity app.)
- The home page will give you the option to sign in if you're already using Doximity or find your profile.
- Once logged in, click on the U.S. News button or graphic on the homepage.
- If you have difficulties completing the survey, you may reach out to usnews@doximity.com.
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Resources for Clinicians
Though the Riggs is small in size, the education, advocacy, research, and treatment approach we share with psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals has had a big impact on mental health care.
Education: The Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy of the Austen Riggs Center provides extensive education and clinical training for professionals in all stages of their careers. These offerings include our Fellowship, the Elective in Psychodynamic Psychiatry, and the Erikson Scholar Program. In addition, we deliver dozens of live and on-demand CE/CME courses featuring experts from around the nation. The presentations—most of which are free of charge—cover topics including diversity and racism, teletherapy, resilience, the psychological impact of the pandemic, and many others.
Advocacy: Our initiatives range from supporting local community partnerships to working at the national level to facilitate equitable access to care, implementation of the mental health parity law, and reduction of health disparities. Our medical director, Eric M. Plakun, MD, served as plaintiffs’ expert in mental disorders in the landmark Wit v. United Behavioral Health federal class action, and we have partnered with others to create numerous tools, such as templates and guidelines for medical necessity letters, that you can use to help your patients get the insurance coverage they deserve.
Research: Riggs clinicians and scholars conduct mental health research studies that further knowledge and understanding in psychiatry. Areas of specialization include suicide prevention, psychodynamic psychopharmacology, post-traumatic stress disorder, and collaborative care, among others.
Treatment Approach and Outcomes: With over 100 years of experience, the Austen Riggs Center has an established reputation as a leader in psychodynamic psychiatry and psychotherapy and in work with complex “treatment-resistant” patients. Indeed, we “wrote the book” on psychodynamic approaches to treatment-resistant disorders, Treatment Resistance and Patient Authority: The Austen Riggs Reader. Our individualized treatment features an integrated and interdisciplinary team approach and takes place in a voluntary, open setting built on balancing patient freedom with responsibility. Our outcomes reflect the value of that approach.
We invite you to take advantage of these resources and learn more about us by exploring our website or emailing us directly at info@austenriggs.net.