psychiatry

Need some advice. I have this new patient with an interesting medication regimen. This patient takes Effexor Xr (75 mgs), Lamictal (75 mgs), Klonopin (1-2 mgs daily prn), Propranolol (10 mgs prn for anxiety attacks). Had Dx of GAD, MDD, ADD. The patient has a rather large history of...

Hello Everyone, I am an MD and will apply for psychiatry residency this year and I have a question regarding my PS. I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder at the first year of my Medical School. With this experience, I understood how patients feel like, what they are going through...

Hello. I've been long time lurker here on SDN, this is my first post though. I'm 4th year medical student (from a 6 year program) and for about a year I'm very confused what i want to do later on. So I figured out maybe someone will have some useful tips or information for me. So here's some...

Hi all, This is my first post. A long time lurker of the forums too. I am a US IMG , big 4 Carib 2015 grad, with step 1/ step 2ck /cs score of 250+/250+/ first attempt. Planning to apply for psych. I recently visited Roanoke/ Blacksburg region in relation to an assignment of my fiance at...

I am currently interested in becoming a general surgeon or a psychiatrist. What are the cons of each specialty and how can I decide? What should I choose and what are the common personalities of each? (My personality is an INFJ) Im compassionate, kind, caring and hardworking, but im impatient...

I am currently interested in becoming a general surgeon or a psychiatrist. What are the cons of each specialty and how can I decide? What should I choose and what are the common personalities of each? (My personality is an INFJ) Im compassionate, kind, caring and hardworking, but im impatient...

Hi all, I'm slowly building an arsenal for reading up on my patientseach night. That "100 papers to read in years 1-2" seems good. Does anyone have a good resource on sleep disorders? Journals, a chapter in textbooks, one page guidebook, etc. Google is failing me in this regard.

In my ongoing quest to decide between Neurology and Psychiatry, I've decided that in the future i would most likely want to have a private practice and wanted your help in comparing the two by answering a few questions about a typical Neurology practice. 1 . I've heard that most neurologist...

Ok So pretend my mother or sister fainted or had a seizure or a cut from a knife. Will a Psychiatrist be able to help treat the problem and save them? In other words, can a psychiatrist diagnose other illnesses other than depression or schizo from outside?

Hello, I really wanna become a psychiatrist in the ER setting. I want to help the mentally ill and give consults to emergency physicians. How do you become a ER Psychiatrist and what are the pros and cons?? How much do you get paid? What do I have to do?

Current first year medical student here interested in becoming a psychiatrist. I have found articles similar to the one below suggesting psych is becoming more drug based than patient based over the last years or so...which disappoints me somewhat. Are the majority of psych docs still having 50...

Hello iamsolemn, I am a freshman in high school and see a huge opportunity in this career path. Not many people are employed here compared to all the other medical fields and pay very well. I was wondering, does this job deal with consoling and social science/humanities or is this all entirely...

How much can you expect to get paid as a locus tenens psychiatrist if you're willing to travel anywhere in the country? Can anyone give me an average daily rate? Also, can you expect to be occupied every month with a locum tenens gig? Wondering if you can work it as a full time job in...

I've just had my clerkships in psych (MS3) and find it absolutely fascinating. I'm more interested in the biological aspect of psychiatry. I would like to take it up in my residency but I'm worried that I'll lose out on most of the "solid" subjects of medschool. Makes it look like it'll be a...

So I matched into psychiatry and I am ecstatic. I applied to psychiatry and internal medicine (as a back up) and I was about 75% sure I wanted psychiatry, and 25% IM. So, I went with my gut. As happy as I am, I feel as though I am going to miss IM. But the thought of rounding for countless...

When reading discussions on here it seems psych locums gigs pay maybe a little more than 100/hr. Of course location and other factors affect these numbers, but the impression I get is that if money were the only factor, one could reliably work year-round at around 150/hr. Then I see things like...

For those in private practice, what routine labs do you order and how often? How often do you order specialized labs (i.e. TSH for depression /bipolar, LFT for mood stabilizers, kidney function test for lithium, metabolic profile for atypicals, etc.)? Do you order enough labs to make...

Just curious: is taking organic chemistry over the summer (the entire year in 9 weeks) looked down upon by admissions committees? I am a junior with a 3.8 gpa trying to get up to speed with science classes after making the decision to try to be a Psychiatrist the end of my sophomore year. -...

Hello, Iam a bit confused between the diference in Neuropsychiatry or Neurology + psychiatry fellowship and Iam somehow unable to find the right answer on my own. So what can I do after Neuropsychiatry fellowship and what does it have to do with behavioral neurology which I often see together...

Hi everyone, Anyone else apply to CSU, LA's postbacc program? I applied to the option 2 program. I really hope i get in, since i would love to move to California and make it my new home. I was already accepted to Portland State's postbacc program, so I will go there this summer if I am not...

Hello, I am an IMG, completed all three USMLE steps and applying for a Washington State Medical license. Completed a 5 year residency in child psychiatry abroad and worked as a medical director of an outpatient clinic and inpatient unit abroad. Does anyone know if there are any options for a...

I've wanted to be in this field sense a young age mainly because of the treatment and care that my psychiatrists have given me for my various problems mainly my horrible anxiety. However after reading and looking up some recent stuff I see that this could be the case I just left the military my...

Hello, I'm a student from Asia. I finished high school two years ago and had to do a gap year in order to retake Mathematics, Physics and Advanced Mathematics to qualify myself for acceptance into science based fields. Ever since I was a child, I was given a headstart in English by my parents as...

Intern here interested in Addiction Psych. I was curious, if one were an addiction specialist seeing a patient that works in the medical field for an intake, and they tell you the addiction has gotten to the point where they are going to work intoxicated, is one obligated to report the patient...

CSU LA's program seems to be my last option. Does anyone know what they expect from an applicant? As I stated in my previous post, I've take some(and did badly but passed)science courses in the past. This has been the dark shadow over my previous applications. My legit explanation of why I had...

Which one of these paths would make you the most amount of money by the age of 40? (Assuming you're finishing medical school at 24/25) A. Psychiatry Choosing a psychiatrist residency (starting at the age of 25), in which you do the most moonlighting you can legally do (~80-100 dollars per hour)...

Are there any fellows who are boarded in psychiatry on this list living in or near Minneapolis? Would be interested to talk.

I'm a psych resident and cover the ED at a couple hospitals. We don't have a dedicated psychiatric ED, or even space for these patients in the ED. At Hospital One: psych and ED have a great relationship; we do not d/c psych patients from the ED in the middle of the night, as it's thought to not...

Hello SDN! I recently had a Transitioning to Practice lecture discussing the steps we need to be taking as residents to prepare for life post-residency (all four years of residents took part in the lecture). An attending leading the lecture shared a story of a resident in our program who was...

Aloha everyone, I wanted to introduce our program's joint SDN account with this general information thread. We hope to engage the SDN community and answer as many questions as we can regarding our program for the years to come. As a current resident, I will be primarily responding to posts...

It's the start of interview season! Use this thread to post your impressions of the programs as you go along so that you and others can benefit. Collective wisdom is more beneficial than you might think! Also, it is unhelpful to post your reviews afterwards (after the match, later in the...

Did anyone apply to this new program ? Did you receive an interview invite? thoughts?

Hello All! I'm in my last year of residency in Psychiatry. I have 16 years of National Guard time and am in drill status currently. I used the Army National Guard ASR program as a medical student and am currently getting loan repayment, year for year to the tune of $40K (actually $30K after...

Good evening, I am in process of making it through my M.A. in Forensic Psychology in US and will most likely relocate to Canada after I'm done. I am still torn between Clinical Psychology PhD and Psychiatry. I have the better knowledge base for the first, and will probably take me less years...

(I apologize in advance, I'm not really sure which forum is the most appropriate for this type of discussion) Good evening, I am in process of making it through my M.A. in Forensic Psychology in US and will most likely relocate to Canada after I'm done. I am still torn between Clinical...

Good evening, I am in process of making it through my M.A. in Forensic Psychology in US and will most likely relocate to Canada after I'm done. I am still torn between Clinical Psychology PhD and Psychiatry. I have the better knowledge base for the first, and will probably take me less years...

Hi SDN! I'm an intern over at Northwell Health's (formerly North Shore - Long Island Jewish) psychiatry residency program. Interview season can be tough, so I'd like to make it easier by answering your questions about the program and resident life. I'm just three months into the program and...

Hi all! I have recently thought about moving my career path from psychology to psychiatry. I have been researching into the differences between the two careers in the long run, as well as the focus of each. I believe that I would prefer psychiatry much more. I am concerned however about the...

Hello, I am a pre-med student in S.Florida who has interests in pursuing psychiatry after I graduate. As I began to study for the MCAT and later begin the application process to medical school I would really like to incorporate volunteer experience to my curriculum vitae. However, due to obvious...

Hey everybody! Not sure if this is the appropriate place on SDN to ask this, but I have a few questions regarding my competitiveness for psychiatry residencies. I'm a 4th year student at an average medical school in the midwest, received all passes and 1 honors in M1-2 years and all B's in M3. I...