Early Career Psychiatry

December 02, 2020

In their quest to become American doctors, international medical graduates face formidable obstacles. A psychiatrist from Libya explains how his colleagues can help them along the way.

October 12, 2020

It is time for psychiatrists to tackle the toughest philosophical questions in their field.

July 21, 2020

An early career psychiatrist and resident psychiatrist reflect on their racialized experiences in predominantly white spaces and the impact on their lives.

July 26, 2018

If we fail to cultivate and exercise virtues such as wisdom, curiosity, intellect, aesthetic sensitivity, compassion, empathy, and generosity, we fail to exemplify human flourishing.

September 12, 2017

A lighthearted exploration of Erikson’s stages through residency training.

May 03, 2017

In psychiatry, as in every field of medicine, there is still gender disparity in salary and promotion.

April 10, 2017

A psychiatrist realizes he is completely powerless against his patient's opiate addiction.

March 23, 2017

In a tale of two cases, the author comes to realize he is but one agent of change in the lives of his patients.

March 06, 2014

During the first year of her child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship, this psychiatrist received an invaluable lesson regarding the importance of “treating the whole patient” in this case, a 16-year-old patient who is pregnant.

September 30, 2013

If you could talk to a clinician-in-training about how they can better help people suffering from addiction, what would you say? A Q&A between Arjune Rama, MD, and comic Marc Maron.

September 05, 2013

What if someone with “prescriptive privileges” looked at superficial symptoms only, and ordered antipsychotics without considering the bigger picture?

May 16, 2013

Two problems persist in the treatment of severe mental illness that constitute a barrier to effective patient-centered care: excessive reliance on a limited number of antipsychotic medications at the expense of other effective treatments, and the underutilization of other evidence-based treatment options.

June 29, 2012

Psychiatry is a profession that deeply needs honest workers who are willing to seek a knowing ignorance, to be dissatisfied, and to refuse to conform-doing so in the interest of the truth and of the profession, seeing both as inseparable.

February 03, 2012

Father and son psychiatrists offer the following advice, in the Oslerian spirit of honoring and guiding trainees-today’s psychiatric residents-who will become tomorrow’s psychiatric leaders.

February 01, 2008

There are no books written by, or even about, locum tenens psychiatrists. Why is that? Why is their story-the story of psychiatrists who "hold a place," participate a bit, and then move on-not shared? Is there nothing in their experience worth sharing?