Residents' Voices
For Residents
Promoting wellness during residency
The rate of burnout among physicians is disturbingly high, and wellness promotion is needed at all levels of training.
For Residents
Family therapy and cultural conflicts
I recently had the privilege of treating a family who spoke my first language, Hindi.
For Residents
Proactive consultation: A new model of care in consultation-liaison psychiatry
Proactive consultation can provide prompt care, lower the rate of complications, and reduce the length of stay.
For Residents
How to make psychiatry residency more rewarding
During my residency, I have taken advantage of several opportunities that helped me develop and become more confident as I assumed the role of...
For Residents
Embracing therapeutic silence: A resident’s perspective on learning psychotherapy
There is a tendency among young psychiatric residents, including me, to experience significant anxiety when providing outpatient psychotherapy for...
For Residents
Was this your first one? Lessons in empathy and mourning
“Was this your first one?” You might be asked this question in several circumstances. Was this your first 5K run? Was this your first time taking...
For Residents
Yoga’s lesson for a young psychiatrist
I have often turned to yoga for my own reprieve; I find the heat, breath, and movement exhilarating. Training to become a yoga teacher has taught...
For Residents
Diagnosed with a chronic illness: Should you tell your patients?
Physicians are not immune to chronic illness.
For Residents
Career Choices: Directorship/leadership
In this Career Choices, Cornel Stanciu, MD, talked with Thomas Penders, MS, MD. For most of his career, Dr. Penders has practiced in directorship...
For Residents
‘Robotripping’: What residents need to know
Dextromethorphan (DXM) is commonly found in over-the-counter (OTC) cold and cough preparations.