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Residents Corner

Residents Corner

Psychiatry residents can carve out a career in the area of psychiatry that interests them. If drawn to specialized topics, such as atypical bipolar disorder, club drugs, glutamate transporters, or genetic links to autism, then they should pursue those avenues.

Outpatient psychiatry is a critical experience in becoming an independent psychiatrist.

Refractory psychiatric illnesses are no different from complicated infectious diseases in that they both require multiple concurrent medications and treatment modalities.

When you have a strong team, you can provide quality mental health care and have an immensely satisfying career—even in the middle of a cornfield.

My advice to residents is that you remain open to the opportunities that surround you every day as you continue your education and professional training.

As the end of this psychiatrist's intern year approached, a chief resident told her that second year is the year “you really become a psychiatrist.”

During my career—initially as a caddy and now as a psychiatry resident—I’ve had the immense privilege of listening to the stories of others. Here's one of those stories.

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