{"id":39,"date":"2009-05-31T23:17:49","date_gmt":"2009-06-01T06:17:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.stevenreidbordmd.com\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2024-10-22T10:46:34","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T17:46:34","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blog.stevenreidbordmd.com\/?page_id=39","title":{"rendered":"About this blog"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I am a board-certified psychiatrist with a full-time office practice in San Francisco, California. \u00a0My 30 years of experience includes a strong academic component: I’ve served on the teaching faculty of three Bay Area medical centers, I have a background in psychotherapy research, and for 14 years I was chair of the CME (continuing medical education) Committee at the hospital where I teach courses to psychiatry residents. \u00a0My clinical practice skews toward dynamic psychotherapy, although I also prescribe medication when indicated, and am open to other approaches. \u00a0I have a longstanding interest in psychiatric and medical ethics, and a healthy skepticism of commercial influences on medical practice.<\/p>\n

I added this blog to my practice\u00a0website<\/a> in the fall of 2008, making it one of the oldest psychiatry blogs anywhere. It allows me to write about aspects of psychiatry that interest me, and it also serves to educate patients, would-be patients, and the general public.<\/p>\n

Topical, civil comments on the posts are welcome from anyone; you don’t have to register. \u00a0You may comment on posts anonymously \u2014 just leave the Name, Mail, and Website fields blank. \u00a0If I publish your comment, your stated name and any URL, but not your email address, will be visible publicly. \u00a0Please use your own discretion about identifying yourself.<\/p>\n

Comments are moderated, which means I read them before they appear on the site. \u00a0(Also, a great deal of commercial spam is filtered out.) \u00a0You can use this moderation process to leave me a non-urgent message. \u00a0For example, to suggest a topic for a future post, or to ask a general-interest question pertaining to psychiatry or mental health that I can address in a future post, you can do so by commenting on any post and including a clear message that your comment is not<\/strong>\u00a0intended for publication. \u00a0Note: \u00a0This is not a good way to reach me urgently. \u00a0If you are a patient of mine, or are thinking about becoming one, call my office instead.<\/p>\n

Unless you clearly specify otherwise, I assume all submitted comments are intended for publication. \u00a0Before posting a comment that shares personal issues or touches on sensitive matters, please consider whether you’d like a large population of strangers to read it, even anonymously. \u00a0I may edit or delete comments that are slanderous, obscene, very lengthy, or just reflect very poor taste. \u00a0I also consider it impolite for commenters to condemn the very existence of the field being discussed, or to assume evil intent by its practitioners. \u00a0Thus, while I am happy to engage readers who are critical of specific aspects of psychiatry \u2014 I may very well agree with you \u2014 this blog is not a soapbox to proclaim psychiatry\u00a0worthless or evil as a whole. \u00a0You’re free to express that view, you just can’t use my blog as your mouthpiece.<\/p>\n

For a number of years I also cross-posted some of the material here to “Sacramento Street Psychiatry<\/a>” on the Psychology Today<\/a><\/em> site. \u00a0Some posts appear on KevinMD<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

As of spring 2024, I also have a YouTube channel called “More Than Meds<\/a>.” I post a new video every Wednesday. To be honest, I’m directing more of my effort there these days. Check it out.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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