Psychiatry_

I am and I also work right now with 3 DO psych residents. I don't think the touching thing has anything to do with their choice...I agree though that psych and osteopathic philosophy seem like an excellent mixture.

 

Great question, something I've been wondering as well. I would assume that it is up to the individual to due their best to implement OMT... such as during the H&P's. There are probably at least a few psychological conditions arising out of a somatic disorder, in which OMT could be an effective part of the treatment plan.

 

i am! psych is at the very top of my list. another thing that seems cool to me is to do a psych/im residency. then i could use omm on the im patients. can't psych people also do pain fellowships? in that case, you could definitely use omm.

 

I am thinking of psychiatry and worked with a psychiatrist DO. She works in a state hospital and state law forbides practicing OMM in a state hospital here in NY, but she still loves it.

 

I have heard about a 5 yr combined Psych/family medicine residency... you might want to look into that... unfortunately, I never bookmarked the website for the residency.

 

there are those, but there's also psych/im ones, too. for some reason, i'd so much rather do im than fp. i like the idea of primary care, but fp is just not for me.

 

There are a handful of psych/fp programs. I believe they're listed on FREIDA or whatever it is.

What would make more sense to me is EM/Psych. Imagine how marketable you'd be to an ER. I don't think it's really feasible as there probably isn't much overlap in the two.