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Table of Contents

President’s Message 2-3

Meet your new Executive Director 6-7

Slowly Working Toward More Treatments for Depression in Bipolar II Disorder 8-9

Adventures with Adversity: Navigating Adversity in Ethics and Licensing 10-12

MUSINGS... To Cry or Not to Cry? That is the Question 15-16

Residency Update: San Mateo Combating Opioid and Meth Epidemics in the Age of COVID 16-18

Legislative Update for 2022 19-21

APA Assembly Notes 21-22

In this Issue

By: Peter Forster, MD ~ Editor

In the first edition of 2022 we welcome a new Executive Director. Maggie Furrow has already impressed
us with her energy and commitment to improving the organization. Her self introduction highlights the
personal qualities that make her such a good match for our DB. Michael Ostacher updates us on the
treatments for bipolar depression, particularly bipolar 2 depression. He gives us a well balanced review
of existing treatments and discusses the new indication bipolar depression indication for lumateperone.
We would love to hear from our readers about this article, is it something you would like to see more of?
Click on the Letters to the Editor link and let us know. There are two articles from our hard working Mem-
ber Resource Committee, an interview with Marv Firestone, who has been our DB's expert on the ethical
issues for many years, and information about the Pop In Power Hour series. Norman Reynolds writes
about the challenge many of us face in clinical practice... how much do we share of ourselves with our
patients. When is it appropriate to cry when we hear about a terrible tragedy, as we do in the course of
our work? Our San Mateo residents write with passion and clarity about the barriers that still exist to get-
ting treatment for people who are wrestling with substance use and mental health problems. The barriers
they are struggling to remove have been there for decades and the energy they bring to the process of
change is refreshing and necessary. A brief piece about the DEI Committee's shared movie and discus-
sion experience reminds me of the film series that Francis Lu hosted for many years as part of our annual
meeting. There is something about a film that can catalyze a discussion about a controversial topic. Fi-
nally Paul Yoder updates us on the governor's budget and the many opportunities for new funding to ad-
dress mental health problems in our state.

We are in an unprecedented time.
One not experienced before.

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