Friday thread

[Dazen]

Does clinical work pickup or slow down for you during the holiday season? Probably population specific. Wasn't there some very old research about this with kids and inpatient units?

I'm currently doing practicum at a rural community health center and it tends to get very busy around the holidays, especially with walk-ins and crisis appointments. Many of our patients have more time flexibility around the holidays so it's easier for them to come in. Add in the additional stressors coming up (especially family tension and grief) and beginning of the snowy weather causing more medical accidents and we have our hands full.

In other news, I fell victim to the Steam autumn sale yet again so will likely be filling many of my free hours from the semester ending with random video games interspersed with paper writing.

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[medium rare]

Does clinical work pickup or slow down for you during the holiday season? Probably population specific. Wasn't there some very old research about this with kids and inpatient units?

I am always busy but demand for services does get noticeably more intense over the holidays. Generally, Labor Day through December is a very busy time. I used to get a bit of a slow down after the first of the year, but the last several years have stayed busy. My cancellation list just gets a little thinner.

 

[medium rare]

Fortunate to have been able to snag the 170-piece Le Creuset Ultimate Cookware Set from Costco. Set me back a pretty penny but well worth it. Looking forward to unpacking that this weekend.

 

[AbnormalPsych]

Fortunate to have been able to snag the 170-piece Le Creuset Ultimate Cookware Set from Costco. Set me back a pretty penny but well worth it. Looking forward to unpacking that this weekend.

This one?

https://www.costco.com/le-creuset-marseille-170-piece-ultimate-cookware-set.product.4000302077.html

 

[medium rare]

This one?

https://www.costco.com/le-creuset-marseille-170-piece-ultimate-cookware-set.product.4000302077.html

Yep, that one.

 

[Doctor Eliza]

Does clinical work pickup or slow down for you during the holiday season? Probably population specific. Wasn't there some very old research about this with kids and inpatient units?

I feel like I have fewer people wanting to get in, but the people who I do see are more distressed.

 

[Sanman]

Fortunate to have been able to snag the 170-piece Le Creuset Ultimate Cookware Set from Costco. Set me back a pretty penny but well worth it. Looking forward to unpacking that this weekend.

Love my Le Creuset cast iron skillet but 170 pieces is a lot. Not sure I could use all of that.

 

[Sanman]

Does clinical work pickup or slow down for you during the holiday season? Probably population specific. Wasn't there some very old research about this with kids and inpatient units?

Depends on the population. Low to medium acuity and higher ses usually go down as people travel and vacation at that time. Lower SES a d substance abuse usually increase as you see a lot isolation and family discord/dysfunction play out. A lot these issues are tied to money, which does in fact buy happiness.

 

[R. Matey]

I got an offer this morning to republish one of my articles in HIGH-QUALITY journal.

Notoriety, here I come!

 

[Shiori]

Who are y'all following on Bluesky? Eiko Fried is always an instant follow anywhere I go.

 

[smalltownpsych]

Higher SES population here and we slow down over the holidays. So much so that I just close the whole office down from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day.

 

[Fan_of_Meehl]

I got an offer this morning to republish one of my articles in HIGH-QUALITY journal.

Notoriety, here I come!

"The truth shall set you free..." (but it's gonna piss a LOT of people off)

 

[medium rare]

Higher SES population here and we slow down over the holidays. So much so that I just close the whole office down from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day.

I do the same.

 

[Sanman]

Higher SES population here and we slow down over the holidays. So much so that I just close the whole office down from Christmas Eve to New Year’s Day.

The older I get, the more things like this matter to me. Horse trading for days off is really for the birds.

 

[Sanman]

 

[R. Matey]

I'm in the process of repealing and replacing my backyard, but it's done enough for the Easter egg hunt this weekend. Looking forward to that.

 

[WisNeuro]

I'm in the process of repealing and replacing my backyard, but it's done enough for the Easter egg hunt this weekend. Looking forward to that.

My backyard is a concept of a plan at this point.

 

[medium rare]

Three hour meeting with our architect today. In full on decision paralysis mode at this point.

 

[Shiori]

I have my first private practice clients! I feel like a big kid now.

 

[Doctor Eliza]

I have my first private practice clients! I feel like a big kid now.

Welcome to the dark side…. 🙂

 

[PsyDr]

Having happy hour with a bunch of my ortho buddies this weekend.

 

[Dazen]

Our semester ended this past week and I have choir concerts this weekend. It’s weird realizing that next year will be my last season of choir, since I’ll be applying to internship in the fall. It put into perspective how much of a life I’ve built here over the past four years