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Philosophy
Dr. Sivak believes in a private confidential setting that provides state of the art
outpatient psychiatric care.
In today's healthcare world, the emphasis in his practice is on the
"back to basics", namely the therapeutic alliance between the physician
and patient. The hallmark of this alliance is the emphatic process where the
patient is not enabled, but educated and encouraged to take a active role in their psychiatric care
and well being. This can facilitate the opportunity for the patient to achieve the
highest possible level of functioning, the ultimate goal of the outpatient
psychiatric treatment.
The back to basics approach shifts the focus from the corporatization of health care
and moves the priority from image to basic professional, ethical, and
competent physician care. This helps return more dignity to a person,
when they are in the role of the patient and in need of psychiatric care.
A patient does better when they feel they are treated like a person and not
like a number. When a person feels more dignity and better about the care they are
receiving they are more likely to take an active role in working toward and
maintaining optimum health.
Dr. Sivak ascribes to the Biopsychosocial model in psychiatry. While training
at The University of Rochester, one of the many mentors was Dr. George Engel, the
founder and developer of the Biopsychosocial
model. This humane approach to patient care
supports the
understanding of the person, not simply from a
biological or disease
standpoint but from an emotional and socio-cultural
perspective
incorporating all aspects of the persons
life and their world around them.
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