MS2
Thoughts about transitioning from the basic to clinical sciences in my second year of medical school
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Group Therapy Sessions
Over the past week, I’ve sat in on several group therapy sessions for those coping with depression, treatment-resistant mental illnesses,…
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First Day of Psychiatry
For the next two months, I’ll be hearing the most intimate details of my patients’ lives. I will come across…
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Beginning of Psychiatry
Beginning Monday, I’ll be working in the Comprehensive Mental Health Program at the VA Hospital as part of my psychiatry rotation’s…
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My Brain MRI
As part of a Baylor Med neuroscience study assessing the relationship between empathy and memory, I got paid $35 to…
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