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Everything you might want to check about who runs shrinkMD, who oversees the content, and the standards we hold ourselves to. Most links point off shrinkmd.com so you can confirm them with a third party.
Author and medical director
shrinkMD content is written or reviewed under the clinical direction of:
Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA. Board-certified psychiatrist, founder and medical director of shrinkMD and The Shrink Network.
- ORCID: 0009-0009-1090-4373: persistent researcher identifier
- Wikidata: Q139822307: public knowledge-graph entry
- NPI Registry: 1467680660: federal provider record
- LinkedIn profile
- shariqrefai.com: canonical author page
Current clinician panel
- Matthew George, PMHNP: psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner, practicing under Dr. Refai's medical direction.
Dr. Refai serves as medical director and clinical supervisor. New clinicians are listed here as they join.
Editorial and evidence standards
- Editorial policy: how content is written, reviewed, and corrected
- Medical disclaimer: what shrinkMD content is and isn't
- Clinical claims cite primary or authoritative sources: clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews, FDA labeling, and federal health agencies.
- We don't publish ratings, star scores, or review markup in structured data.
Network membership
shrinkMD is the clinical care site of The Shrink Network, a group of related mental health sites founded by Dr. Refai. Links between network sites are related-entity links, not independent endorsements.
- The Shrink Network on Wikidata: Q139972275
- shrinkMD on Wikidata: Q139976539
- shrinkMD organizational NPI: 1821826025
How to cite shrinkMD
APA: shrinkMD. (Year). Page title [Web page, medically reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA]. https://shrinkmd.com/page-slug
Machine-readable files
- /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt: summaries for AI systems
- /ai.txt: AI usage and citation policy
- /humans.txt: people behind the site
- /rss.xml and /feed.json: article feeds
- /sitemap-index.xml: every sitemap
- /index.json and /downloads.json: Shrink Network indexes
- /.well-known/security.txt: security contact
Compliance
- LegitScript certification is shown in the site-wide trust bar.
- HIPAA notice of privacy practices and website privacy policy.
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