Last Day of Psych at the VA
At 4:45pm on Friday afternoon, I left the VA after four works of working in the outpatient psych clinic. I was privileged to have...
Insomnia and Sleep Hygiene
Sleep changes go hand in hand with common psychiatric conditions like depression and mania, but before jumping to drugs to help you catch some...
Depressive Disorders
Depression is the most common psych condition I've come across during my time at the Veterans Affairs hospital. It permeates all age groups and...
Lessons from a Psych Patient
Today I had the esteemed privilege of interviewing a veteran in the psych clinic. I also had the rare experience of witnessing this prototypic...
Electroconvulsive Therapy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is routinely used to treat refractory depression and catatonia, especially in the elderly where pharmacotherapy could result in undesirable side effects....
