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Thoughts about transitioning from the basic to clinical sciences in my second year of medical school
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Stiff Person Syndrome
So I was perusing through some charts today when I came across an interesting problem list.
1.) HTN (high blood pressure)
2.) DM (diabetes mellitus)
3.) Stiff Person Syndrome
Whoa, stop there. With all the medical jargon physicians...
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The Biopsychosocial Model of Health and Illness
Tomorrow afternoon, the last 20% of my psychiatry rotation's grade will be determined based on my ability to watch a 30 minute videotaped patient encounter, prepare a presentation, and then orally deliver the case...
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How To Properly Utilize A Medical Interpreter
I took four years of Spanish in high school and consider myself to be more-than-conversational in the language, but when it comes to especially emotional topics like discussing abuse or suicidal ideations, I prefer...
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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 an extremely insightful and approachable attending who motivated me to...
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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 Z's, psychiatrists try to understand an individual's "sleep hygiene" -...
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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 has etiologies ranging from the loss of a family member...
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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 American warrior -- an individual trained to show no fear,...
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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. Essentially, it involves jolting the brain to create a controlled...
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