books about residency

[sjones]

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I just read "In a house of dreams and glass" by Robert Klitzman. Anyone know of any other good books about psychiatric residency?

 

[prominence]

can u give a brief description of this book?

 

[sjones]

It's about Dr.Klitzman's residency training. Many stories about psychiatric patients, attendings, hospital politics and everything else that goes along with a pychiatric residency.

 

[PsychMD]

Of Two Minds: The Growing Disorder in American Psychiatry
by T. M. Luhrmann

Don't be put off by the rather depressing title. It is a book written by an anthropologist who followed lots of psych. residents around and documented some of their thoughts/feelings about their training and the field they were in the process of discovering. It is pretty realistic.

 

[Smitty]

Out of Its Mind-Psychiatry in Crisis by J. Allan Hobson and Jonathan A. Leonard

 

[PublicHealth]

Of Two Minds: The Growing Disorder in American Psychiatry
by T. M. Luhrmann

Don't be put off by the rather depressing title. It is a book written by an anthropologist who followed lots of psych. residents around and documented some of their thoughts/feelings about their training and the field they were in the process of discovering. It is pretty realistic.

Luhrmann is a great book. It's arguably the most objective account of modern psychiatry and psychiatric training currently available. Anthropology's ethnographic approach to research is fascinating.

While well-written, the Hobson book referenced above is highly biased and is more of a historial portrayal of psychiatry. I don't recall it discussing modern psychiatric residency training in any detail. The first few chapters provide a layman's review of basic neuroanatomy and neurophysiology 😴. Latter chapters are spent discussing "neurodynamics," which is basically Hobson's ill-fated attempt to rename the biopsychosocial model.

 

[Smitty]

Yes, it is true that Hobson is not exactly reinventing the wheel with his "neurodynamics", however the book does give some insight as to why psychiatry training is in some cases subpar and some (I repeat SOME) psychiatry residents are not exactly the sharpest tools in the shed. I do share Hobson's lament regarding the lack of integration of new discoveries in neuroscience (arguably the most exciting thing occurring in medicine) with therapies to treat mental disorders. If psychiatrists don't integrate science with therapy, who will? Neurologists? They're too busy with, well...neurology. Psychologists? They're bright, but about as medically sophisticated as my aunt Hilda.


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[purpledoc]

I just read "In a house of dreams and glass" by Robert Klitzman. Anyone know of any other good books about psychiatric residency?

Are you only looking for books about psychiatry residency? There is a really great book written by the chief psychologist at Bellevue, Frederick Covan, called Crazy All The Time, which follows eight postgraduate psychology interns at Bellevue during their year-long experience. It's a fun book that really should be read by interns-to-be in both psychiatry and psychology.

There is also a book called Psychward by Stephen Seager, about his psychiatry internship year, but I haven't read it and can't really tell you anything about it. That's the only other book I know of that hasn't been mentioned yet.

 

[Allotheria]

"If psychiatrists don't integrate science with therapy, who will? Neurologists? They're too busy with, well...neurology. Psychologists? They're bright, but about as medically sophisticated as my aunt Hilda. "

Ummm.... What about Clinical Health Psychologists who have an emphasis on medicine and therapy as part of their training?

 

[Allotheria]

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