Opinion
Diminishing number of clerkship sites poses threat to psychiatry training
Psychiatrists in the broader clinical community are positioned to help medical schools expand their clinical sites.
Article
Persistent altered mental status
Mr. O, age 24, presents to the ED weak, sluggish, and incoherent. He has a history of schizophrenia and poor medication adherence. What could be...
Opinion
Revamping mentorship in medicine
Leaders must determine whether mentorship has been used to protect the status quo or move the culture forward, say Dr. Jacqueline Posada and Dr....
Opinion
Are psychiatrists more prepared for COVID-19 than we think?
Psychiatrists are on the cutting edge of how to address the pandemic of fear and uncertainty gripping individuals and society across the nation,...
Opinion
CME in the time of COVID-19
Annual medical conferences usually are a great way to get an infusion of CME credits, brush up on cutting-edge treatments, and review the basics,...
Opinion
Reflections on providing on-call overnight care for psychiatric patients
Dr. Jacqueline Posada says results from her “emotional pain scale” for residents show the physically and emotionally taxing nature of being on...
Opinion
Personal models of illness
Dr. Posada shows how cognitive flexibility or reframing can shape the lives of patients and loved ones.
Opinion
The challenges of dating
Dating during residency is a job unto itself – one that I didn’t expect to balance alongside my long and frequently odd hours of work. To make...
Article
Developing a personal scale for evaluating agitation on inpatient units
Dr. Jacqueline Posada shares her personal scale for measuring and responding to agitation on the psychiatric inpatient unit.
Article
Navigating the ambiguity around whether to admit or discharge
In residency training, each patient encounter trains us in the challenging practice of risk assessment in potentially dangerous situations.