In the last semester of my residency, I was chatting with an attending over lunch about one of my patient's depressions. He was an insightful, smooth, and efficient psychiatrist, in his mid-fifties, and a valuable problem solver in most clinical situations I stumbled into. Yet, other than what I'd observed through our patient interactions, I … Continue reading Newsletter #68: A Happier Kind of Disheveled
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Written in the Stars: Psychiatry and Me
I’m a psychiatrist. Every so often, whether I’m walking along the stream in our neighborhood, drinking freshly poured-over coffee, or watching sports, this fact enters my awareness. Even now, six years after committing to become a shrink, it still makes me chuckle. I don’t laugh because of the stereotype or because of any residual disdain … Continue reading Written in the Stars: Psychiatry and Me
The Truth in a Thousand-Yard Stare
I recently devoured The House of God. What a book, outlining the fictional intern year of Dr. Roy G. Basch, which makes one think about the empty promises of medicine. It makes one wonder if it was worth it.
