Friday, May 30, 2014

Mood Spectrum In Elderly: Home Visits for Psych Patients

Speaker Experience Highlights:

Dr. Weisblatt received his medical degree from SUNY Downstate and completed his residency in Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He served for fifteen years on the psychiatric teaching faculty at Einstein and for eight years on the faculty at SUNY Downstate. He is boarded in General and Geriatric Psychiatry and served on the Consultation Liaison Service, consulting on elderly medical and surgical patients while at Einstein.

He has spoken widely on the topic of accurate diagnosis and effective treatments especially in complicated patients with mood disorders. He is an active member of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He originated and authored the “Clinician’s Corner” column in Bipolar Magazine and has served as an expert consultant to the federal government in both the U.S. and Canada as well as state and local governments and healthcare organizations throughout North America. He maintains offices in Greenwich, CT and Pocono Pines, Pa.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Action Alert! Please support the National Nurse Act!

We urge you to support H.R. 485, The National Nurse Act of 2013, which would establish a National Nurse for Public Health. What does this mean to us? This means, The National Nurse will serve as our voice in advancing the nursing profession in areas of research and career development and recrutiment.The National Nurse will have a duty equivalent to the Deputy Surgeon General. That's a good thing!
To show your support contact your legislators now.
 http://www.house.gov/representatives/ and http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm.