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Career Choices: Forensic psychiatry

Author:: Saeed Ahmed, MD; Paul S. Appelbaum, MD

In this Career Choices, Saeed Ahmed, MD, Addiction Psychiatry Fellow at Boston University Medical Center/Boston University School of Medicine,...

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A kick to kick off residency

Author:: Mihir Upadhyaya, MD

If my motivation to become a doctor was ever the supposed glamour and prestige conferred once “MD” is added to your name, that delusion was...

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Career Choices: Academic psychiatry

Author:: Saeed Ahmed, MD; Donald W. Black, MD

In this Career Choices, Saeed Ahmed, MD, Chief Resident at Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York, talked with Donald W. Black,...

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The importance of engaging with local mental health organizations

Author:: Shane Burke, MD

“Hi Dr. Burke, thanks for coming in today. My daughter struggles with depression and I feel like every time I try to reach out, I hit a dead end...

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Paternalism vs autonomy: Why watching our words is important

Author:: Suhas Chandran, MD

Two patients were admitted to our unit at the same time: Mr. P, age 27, an architect with unspecified personality disorder, and Mr. D, age 62, a...

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Treating military members, veterans, and their families

Author:: Justyna T. Wadolowski, DO, Maj, USAF, MC

I had the unique opportunity to attend a civilian medical school followed by residency and fellowship training along civilian providers, and I...

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Career Choices: Addiction psychiatry

Author:: Saeed Ahmed, MD; Cornel Stanciu, MD

In this Career Choices, Dr. Ahmed talked with Dr. Stanciu, an addiction psychiatrist who provides support to clinicians managing patients with...

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The blinding lies of depression

Author:: Ming Lien, DO

Numb and empty, I continued to drive home in a daze. My mind focused only on the light ahead changing from yellow to red.

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The effect of collateral information on involuntary psychiatric commitment

Author:: Martin Witkin, DO

Collateral information is a key component obtained during the psychiatric admission process whereby clinicians gather information provided about...

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A transgender adolescent with chronic pain, depression, and PTSD

Author:: Valeria Karina Anaya, MD

X, a 17-year-old Mexican-American transgender male, experienced a traumatic brain injury 4 years ago and subsequently developed PTSD.

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Resilience: Our only remedy?

Author:: Mena Mirhom, MD

Resilience is like patience; we all wish we had more of it, but we hope to avoid getting it the hard way.

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