Tag: psychiatry

  • 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 first month. Guess it makes sense – I ended my internal medicine (IM) rotation at the VA, and now I’ll be starting psychiatry there. Another month of interacting with veterans…

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  • Delirium and Loved Ones

    Delirium is a neuropsychiatric condition characterized by an acute, fluctuating course, and changes in one’s arousal and attention span. In other words, a patient may seem fine in the morning, have virtually no attention span during afternoon rounds, and be back to normal by dinner time. Conditions like Alzheimer’s are…

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