We came to see Dr. Ruthven because my current doctor is in another city, and at the time, traveling was an undue hardship for both my husband and me. We'd been keeping up on the latest news out of JHU and a therapist friend recommended...
Read MoreWe came to see Dr. Ruthven because my current doctor is in another city, and at the time, traveling was an undue hardship for both my husband and me. We'd been keeping up on the latest news out of JHU and a therapist friend recommended Dr. Ruthven as a "conservative" w/r/t medications. Dr. Ruthven was polite, thorough, and seemed to have a current-ish working knowledge of medications--specifically he seemed understanding of my desire to discontinue a particularly dangerous medication I've been on for years. Dr. Ruthven's conventional medical paradigms notwithstanding, he seemed genuinely interested in helping me. I got the sense from him that he's invested in helping improve quality of life by making sure the most conservative dosages of medications are used. And while he did get a few details incorrect in his clinical notes (mainly the impression that I've been using a medication daily that isn't meant to be used daily since 2013, which is wholly inaccurate), he was helpful in reaffirming the careful tapering of the medication we came to see him about, and gave us different angles on how best to accomplish that. All in all, we concluded together that staying with our current doctor was the best course, but the experience with Dr. Ruthven was overall positive. I think he listens carefully, pays attention, and seems genuinely interested in helping. Unfortunately, he seems unaware of his medical biases, because 'when you're a hammer, everyone and thing's a nail.' It's too bad Our medical providers can't expand their usage of tools to include some gentler, more inclusive mindsets. While he is a younger Doc, he confirmed what we already knew: the new breed of psychiatric clinicians are still being taught the same nonsense, and thinking outside any boxes isn't an option--not if they want to be employed. That's not on him, it's simply an unfortunate state of affairs that speaks to broader systemic failures.
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