April 16, 2021
Beyond earning a medical degree, completing residency, and obtaining board certification and licensure, a psychiatrist's career grows to be illustrious with wisdom, curiosity, intellect, aesthetic sensitivity, compassion, empathy, generosity, and more.
March 05, 2021
Catharsis expressed in a pen, it was a tool to get through the hard times, even medical school.
March 05, 2021
My life pasted on his wall to analyze, a flash of insight came to me: Training had begun.
February 11, 2021
The authors explore the impact of structural racism on psychiatry trainees and the patients they care for (and what can be done about it).
February 02, 2021
Unable to spend adequate time with patients, residents are not learning to function as doctors, but merely as technicians for the human body.
January 29, 2021
Psychiatric emergencies occur when a patient is a danger to self, to others, or is so psychiatrically impaired the patient cannot meet their own basic needs. How do such emergencies manifest?
December 07, 2020
As typically happens in the aftermath of suicide—years or even decades later—we wonder what we could have said or should have seen.
October 12, 2020
It is time for psychiatrists to tackle the toughest philosophical questions in their field.
October 15, 2019
In the spirit of honoring and guiding trainees, the authors provide advice to today’s psychiatric residents-the psychiatric leaders of tomorrow.
July 18, 2018
A clear problem creeping into the national dialogue is that patients with psychiatric issues all too frequently receive substandard medical care in the hospital setting. This points to the need to look for integrated approaches.