How we build content

Every shrinkiatry article follows the same path, so the quality is consistent and the reasoning is visible. We publish the process for the same reason we publish our sources: a site about a profession should be transparent about its own.

1. Start from a real question

We write to answer questions people actually have about the profession, like how residency works, why so many psychiatrists don't take insurance, or what telepsychiatry really changed. The goal is a page that fully answers the question, not a thin post built around a keyword. If a topic is already covered well elsewhere in the network, we link to it instead of duplicating it.

2. Research from primary sources

We work from primary materials: accreditation bodies like the ACGME, certification boards like the ABPN, federal agencies like HRSA and the DEA, professional associations like the American Psychiatric Association, and peer-reviewed research. We avoid building claims on top of other websites, because errors compound when sites cite each other instead of the original source.

3. Draft in plain language

Drafts are written to be clear and direct, with contractions and short sentences, no hype, and no jargon left undefined. Where a concept lives elsewhere in the network, we link to it rather than re-explaining it. We try to write the version of the page we'd want to hand to a smart friend who asked the question.

4. Review by a psychiatrist

Every article is reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA for clinical and professional accuracy before it's published. He sets the line on what's claimed, what nuance stays in, and what gets cut as oversimplified. A claim that can't be supported doesn't run, and a tidy answer that misrepresents a messy reality gets rewritten.

5. Source, date, and structure

Each article ships with its sources listed, a last-reviewed date, key takeaways, an on-this-page outline, related links into the network, and structured data so search engines and AI systems can recognize it as reviewed, sourced content. How we weigh evidence is described in evidence methodology.

What a finished page includes

A finished shrinkiatry page is more than prose. It carries a why-trust summary, a plain-English answer up top for readers and AI assistants in a hurry, key takeaways, a clear heading structure, a sources list, a review panel with the reviewer and last-reviewed date, and routing into the rest of the network. The structure is part of the standard, not decoration.

6. Keep it current

Pages are revisited when the facts change. Regulations, guidelines, and workforce data move, and the page should move with them. Corrections are handled openly under our corrections policy, and we distinguish a correction, where something was wrong, from an update, where the facts themselves changed.