To my patients,

The time has come that I am reaching retirement. I have known some of you for a long time, and others not so long, but I will be sad to leave you. I estimate a retirement date of the first of February 2012.

People are asking me for referrals. Unfortunately, I am the only psychiatrist with a practice like my own, which I have had for 25 years. In the beginning there were other doctors, but they retired, left town, etc. so there is no one psychiatrist I can send you to who is just like me.

Many of you are seeing me basically for medication. This can be handled several ways:

If you are a veteran, contact the VA and find out your mental health benefits
If you are a student, the Student Health Center
Meadows Hospital outpatient Clinic
Bloomington Hospital Behavioral Health Clinic
Your family doctor – if you don’t have one get one!
Finding a psychologist or a licensed social worker as a therapist, who will then refer you to whichever physician they use for medication. This may be the best idea of all.
For those of you who can afford to pay more than I charged, Dr. Polly Lybrook and Dr. Michael Kane are in the red pages of the phone book.

I urge you to make arrangements to see another therapist as soon as possible, as there might be a waiting list. I will not be handling requests for medication after February 1st, 2012.

Many of you have a balance due on your account. Please let me go into my retirement with all accounts paid up. I have loved working with you all and will miss you, but I will also enjoy my privacy.

Very sincerely yours,
Linda Figen MD

Linda Figen, M.D.

Psychiatrist

To my patients,