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Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH

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Back at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting again, in person

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: June 16, 2022

I went to the APA annual meeting in New Orleans and am so glad I did.

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Depression in homeless patients: What can be done?

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: April 14, 2022

We need more action to provide appropriate and compassionate care for those who are unhoused and ill.

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Opinion

It feels like COVID is closing in

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: December 2, 2021

How can we as a psychiatric community get us through this pandemic?

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COVID-19, hearings on Jan. 6 attack reignite interest in PTSD

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: July 30, 2021

Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie says she counsels patients with PTSD about “three buckets” of treatment.

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Opinion

Lessons learned from battlefield can help civilian psychiatrists

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Harold S. Kudler, MD
Rachel Yehuda, PhD
Capt. (Ret.) Robert Koffman, MD
Publish date: January 29, 2021

Like combat troops, health care workers step back from their own needs in favor of the mission, several experts say.

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Opinion

COVID-19 and the psychological side effects of PPE

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: September 17, 2020

If health care workers cannot tolerate PPE, use desensitization- and anxiety-reducing techniques to help them. said Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie....

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Opinion

Human sitters in the COVID era

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: June 9, 2020

There are really no data upon which to base any sound ethics judgment about what should be tried, said Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie.

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Opinion

Psychiatric patients and pandemics

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: March 16, 2020

We have decided to restrict visitors out of the concern that one may infect a ward of patients and staff.

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Opinion

What psychiatrists can do to prepare for the coming pandemic

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: March 10, 2020

Encourage patients to have an adequate supply of medications, said Dr. Cam Ritchie.

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Opinion

Preventing suicide in the military

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: October 6, 2019

Dr. Cam Ritchie discusses the many efforts taken by the military aimed at suicide prevention.

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Opinion

Veterans are not ‘ticking time bombs’

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: November 12, 2018

Cam Ritchie issues a call for celebrating veterans and warns against stigmatizing them.

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Opinion

For most veterans with PTSD, helping others is a lifeline

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: October 16, 2018

Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie says treatment should be structured so that patients can continue to work.

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Article

Talking to military service members and veterans

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: October 24, 2016

Dr. Ritchie, a former military and current VA psychiatrist, offers advice to civilian clinicians about how to connect with service members and...

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News

Book Review: Recounting of war, exposure therapy offers lessons

Author:
Col. (Ret.) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPH
Publish date: April 30, 2015
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