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I'm finding myself with some extra time and would like to read some books for leisure... can anybody suggest anything good for a future psychiatry resident/psychiatrist? Thanks!
 
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce Perry
 
I've heard the Hunger Games is fantastic.
 
Sharpie1 said:
I'm finding myself with some extra time and would like to read some books for leisure... can anybody suggest anything good for a future psychiatry resident/psychiatrist? Thanks!
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"Hater" and "Dog blood" by David Moody are pretty good.
 
I read the game of thrones series in around 6 weeks as a 4th year and it was well worth it. The problem is that now I'll be waiting 1-6 years for the next installment
 
Well, at least George R.R. Martin is still alive. I got into the Wheel of Time series and then Robert Jordan went and died before he finished it. Fortunately, the Sanderson ones are still pretty good, though I haven't read the most recent yet.
 
I feel like I've been the right kind of nerd, seeing as I've read the Stieg Larrsson trilogy, the hunger games trilogy, and am in the middle of the 2nd game of thrones. Harry Potter and LOTR go without saying.

In more seriousness, Mark Vonnegut's "The Eden Express" solidified my decision to go into psychiatry more than any other book. It's Kurt Vonnegut's kid, now a pediatrician at MGH, having his first psychotic break and getting treatment for it while he's in a hippy commune in Vancouver. Warning: the dog dies. I can still break down in tears every time I read that page. My amygdala is so broken.
 
Thank you all! I'll check the library for these
 
Oh, goodness, most of these books are totally not for me (as far as the series).
 
Last three good books I read I would recommend to a future psychiatrist:

Indiana, Indiana - Hunt

Marriage Plot - Eugenides

Other People - Amis
 
Being someone who is usually into nonfiction and who runs away from fantasy, I am actually enjoying reading the harry potter series to my 5 year old daughter. We just played out the sorting hat scene with her stuff animals last night. No one "matched" into the slytherin house.
 
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I've heard so many great things about these books, but I just can't get myself to read them. I saw the original movie...It just seems like the books would be too depressing.
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All that, and vaguely creepy, too...think "Borderline PD with touch of Aspergers finds empowerment in complicated relationship with man twice her age..."

But still a ripping good read.
 
billypilgrim37 said:
I feel like I've been the right kind of nerd, seeing as I've read the Stieg Larrsson trilogy, the hunger games trilogy, and am in the middle of the 2nd game of thrones. Harry Potter and LOTR go without saying.

In more seriousness, Mark Vonnegut's "The Eden Express" solidified my decision to go into psychiatry more than any other book. It's Kurt Vonnegut's kid, now a pediatrician at MGH, having his first psychotic break and getting treatment for it while he's in a hippy commune in Vancouver. Warning: the dog dies. I can still break down in tears every time I read that page. My amygdala is so broken.
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Winter is coming....
 
Sharpie1 said:
I'm finding myself with some extra time and would like to read some books for leisure... can anybody suggest anything good for a future psychiatry resident/psychiatrist? Thanks!
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Born to Run
Under the Banner of Heaven
 
billypilgrim37 said:
I feel like I've been the right kind of nerd, seeing as I've read the Stieg Larrsson trilogy, the hunger games trilogy, and am in the middle of the 2nd game of thrones. Harry Potter and LOTR go without saying.
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Harry Potter? A childrens book?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsIgS...endscreen&NR=1
In more seriousness, Mark Vonnegut's "The Eden Express" solidified my decision to go into psychiatry more than any other book. It's Kurt Vonnegut's kid, now a pediatrician at MGH, having his first psychotic break and getting treatment for it while he's in a hippy commune in Vancouver.
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He cites reading a passage in Dostoyevski "The Brothers Karamazov" as the begining of his recovery. I'd certainly recommend that to anyone before I recommended HP of LOTR. LOTR just being a discription the British Class system. Orcs are the working class once you know that the rest is obvious. Take a look at Prince Charles small finger on his left hand the next time you see a photo. oh hell....
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Read the book or just go here and get bladdered....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle_and_Child one is as good as the other imo.
 
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billypilgrim37 said:
In more seriousness, Mark Vonnegut's "The Eden Express" solidified my decision to go into psychiatry more than any other book. It's Kurt Vonnegut's kid, now a pediatrician at MGH, having his first psychotic break and getting treatment for it while he's in a hippy commune in Vancouver. Warning: the dog dies. I can still break down in tears every time I read that page. My amygdala is so broken.
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One of the programs I was just at is having him for Grand Rounds...I can't remember which, but I want to say Northwestern?
 
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