Residents' Voices

For Residents

COVID-19: A psychiatry resident’s perspective

Author:: Roshan Chudal, MD, PhD

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I have observed a wide range of human emotions and behavior—many of them familiar and predictable, some abysmal, and...

For Residents

Love in the time of coronavirus

Author:: Brent D. Schnipke, MD

Several months ago, I sat with a woman just a few days after the emergent Cesarean section delivery of her first child.

For Residents

Missing pieces

Author:: Garrett Rossi, MD

When we blindly follow algorithms, we fail to see the untapped potential to help patients that resides outside of these strict guidelines.

For Residents

Ketamine and serotonin syndrome: A case report

Author:: Clay Gueits, MD; Martin Witkin, DO

This case describes a patient with serotonin syndrome, which might have been induced by ketamine.

For Residents

Legalization of marijuana and youths’ attitudes toward its use

Author:: Allen Dsouza, MD

The legal status of marijuana has changed a great deal during the last 4 decades.

For Residents

Career Choices: Psychiatric oncology

Author:: Saeed Ahmed, MD; William Pirl, MD, MPH, FACLP, FAPOS

In this Career Choices, Saeed Ahmed, MD, talked with William Pirl, MD, MPH, FACLP, FAPOS, about psychiatric oncology.

For Residents

Feigning alcohol withdrawal symptoms can render the CIWA-Ar scale useless

Author:: Martin R. Witkin, DO

The Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment for Alcohol–Revised (CIWA-Ar) scale is a well-established protocol that attempts to measure the...