Dr. Keely Kolmes

Just a couple of weeks ago, New England Baptist Hospital banned Facebook and other social media sites due to concerns that hospital employees were sharing too much about patient care in their online updates. The hospital was reasonably concerned that workers might be violating HIPAA and other privacy policies.
Thanks to a post by Dr. V [...]

Psych Central posted a list today of their Top Ten Psych Tweeps, and I was honored to have been given number one spot in their list. What a lovely surprise to wake up to this morning!
While I had been using Twitter socially since 2006, it hadn’t occurred to me to create a professional Twitter presence [...]

I have been working on a series of articles about Managing Social Networking Sites as a Mental Health Professional. I had initially posted this one about Twitter on Links for Shrinks, but I’ve gotten a couple of requests from other mental health professionals who are not on that network who wanted to view it, so [...]

Tonight, I’ll be heading to Vancouver to attend tomorrow’s all-day Mental Health Camp (Un)Conference.
I’m very excited to be in a place with others who will be talking about erasing stigma towards mental illness and how social media can expand the possibilities for healing and support. Can blogging, Twittering, and Facebooking provide therapeutic healing?
Isabella Mori and [...]

I have finally created a professional Twitter account for those who want to get notices of my blog posts and other information over there. Feel free to follow me for updates regarding my practice as well as other mental health related news. Please note that I will only be following other established mental health professionals [...]