by Michael Heitt | Sep 24, 2013 | benefits of therapy, Disruptive Professionals, human behavior, policies and procedures, Psychotherapy
My friend and colleague, Mike Plaut, has another paper out (actually it’s still in press) in the Journal of Health Care Law and Policy. Mike’s writing is great – almost conversational – so I always enjoy reading his stuff. In this paper he...
by Michael Heitt | Sep 19, 2013 | Disruptive Professionals, human behavior, risk assessment
I just found an interesting article that is still in-press about fitness for duty evaluations for physicians. A significant part of my practice is devoted to assessing and addressing issues related to physician (and other professional) impairment and disruptive...
by Michael Heitt | May 21, 2013 | Disruptive Professionals, human behavior, risk assessment, workplace violence
The ApA put out a brief about a study published in Comprehensive Psychiatry which noted correlations between aggressive behavior and being fired from jobs. The brief nicely noted that people who self-describe as frequently engaging in aggressive behaviors (disruptive...
by Michael Heitt | May 21, 2013 | Disruptive Professionals, disruptive students, human behavior, workplace violence
It has long been understood that bullies typically have been bullied themselves. A few months ago I came across an interesting write up about the correlation between bullying behavior (and victimization from such behavior) and psychiatric illness. In a study...
by Michael Heitt | Apr 27, 2012 | Disruptive Professionals, human behavior, Human Resources, policies and procedures
Here is a Pennsylvania case in which a woman was fired from her job and denied unemployment insurance payments after being accused of engaging in disruptive behavior at work. What I found interesting about this case was how low the threshold for termination was. The...
by Michael Heitt | Mar 29, 2012 | Disruptive Professionals, human behavior
There was a very nice, honest piece in the Op-Ed section of the NYT recently about doctors’ feelings and why they lie (or don’t tell the whole truth) to their patients. The physician/author candidly shared some very personal feelings and stories about...
