http://purplesque.vox.com/library/posts/tags/psychiatry/page/1/ Pull down your pants and slide on the ice en Vox Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:59:40 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss psychiatry http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/another-day-at-work-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/another-day-at-work-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/another-day-at-work-1.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:59:40 -0700 She had been evaluated by a senior resident and transferred to me for further management. He had started her on an anti-depressant that she quit taking before she saw me. It raised my blood pressure too much. My body is so damaged, I have to be v... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/another-day-at-work-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd50100a7f5f273000e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> life psychiatry http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/random-thoughts-3.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/random-thoughts-3.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/random-thoughts-3.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:49:50 -0700 My psychotherapy supervisor is a great teacher, somebody who can draw thoughts out of you that you didn't know existed. Today, I discovered that the idea of being a 'provider' taking care of a 'client' is not a comfortable one. I believe that a do... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/random-thoughts-3.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd500fad6a5670d0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> random thoughts psychiatry doctor patient relationship http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/movies-and-madness.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/movies-and-madness.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/movies-and-madness.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:06:01 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398f1188f0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398f1188f0004-50si" alt="Napoleon_dynamite" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As an educational endeavor, our department is organizing movie nights every other week. People gather together to watch a movie related to mental health. There is food beforehand and a discussion afterwards. This is what we saw tonight. Afterwar... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/movies-and-madness.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd500f48cef94260003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> funny movies weird napoleon dynamite psychiatry http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/status-post-call.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/status-post-call.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/status-post-call.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 29 Mar 2008 05:01:02 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398ead1e90005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398ead1e90005-50si" alt="Tshirt" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Yesterday was the call from hell. I discharged two patients, saw seven in the ER, admitted five. Everything from drug-induced psychosis to schizophrenia to a stroke. ( The patient had a stroke. Call a neurologist. Do NOT call a psychiatrist to ma... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/status-post-call.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd500f48ce930120002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work psychiatry residency post call http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/another-day-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/another-day-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/another-day-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:37:59 -0700 Running late for the morning research seminar, I have twenty minutes to see the new patient on the floor. Time enough, I think, as I walk in the door. 'Hi, I'm Dr. P, I'll be taking care of you while you're here on our unit.' She asks for my cre... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/another-day-at-work.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd500f48ce469380003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work mania psychiatry residency http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/saturday-morning-reading.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/saturday-morning-reading.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/saturday-morning-reading.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:05:27 -0800 At Furious Seasons, Phillip Dawdy talked about the stabbing of a psychologist in NYC, going by the assumption that the murderer was a patient. That let loose a furore of protests/angry comments/anti-psychiatry posts. He followed with a post about ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/saturday-morning-reading.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd500f48cfa5e180001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> blogs psychiatry http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/blogging-about-bulimia-could-hurt-you.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/blogging-about-bulimia-could-hurt-you.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/blogging-about-bulimia-could-hurt-you.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 02 Feb 2008 16:29:40 -0800 The New Jersey Law Journal published this story. The plaintiffs are suing in federal court in Newark, N.J., on behalf of their minor children, who have been denied benefits by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. Horizon claims tha... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/blogging-about-bulimia-could-hurt-you.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398d8cd520005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> blogs psychiatry http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/friday-evening-7-pm.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/friday-evening-7-pm.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/friday-evening-7-pm.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:38:52 -0800 Hi. I'm a psychiatrist. Your doctors asked me to come by and see you. Why? Do they think I'm crazy? No..well, they wanted to see if we could talk about your alcohol use, and if we could help you in any way. Hm. So why are you here? Pancreatit... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/friday-evening-7-pm.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398d61b630002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work whine psychiatry http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/cool-stuff-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/cool-stuff-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/cool-stuff-1.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 22 Jan 2008 15:12:10 -0800 A mash-up of Gnarls Barkley's Crazy [love the Rorschach effects in the video] and The Avalanches' Frontier Psychiatrist by Laptop Punk. Utterly cool, more so if you listen to the originals separately. Found it via Mind Hacks. I love that blog. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/cool-stuff-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398d52a020005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music blogs psychiatry http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/think-of-me.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Purplesque) http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/think-of-me.html?_c=feed-rss http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/think-of-me.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:26:23 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd2b5f0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd2b5f0002-50si" alt="Hospital cell- 1773" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd2d010002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd2d010002-50si" alt="Medicine chest" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd255b0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd255b0001-50si" alt="Tranquilizer Chair" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd25730001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd25730001-50si" alt="Lancets, scarificators and cupping glasses" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd49de0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd49de0003-50si" alt="Manacles" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd2dc80002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd2dc80002-50si" alt="The first electroshock machine" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd3dc60004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd3dc60004-50si" alt="Hospital room in 1845" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd44590005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd44590005-50si" alt="Phrenology bust" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd2e590002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd2e590002-50si" alt="ECT machine" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd3acc0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd3acc0004-50si" alt="Patient casebook- John M Galt II" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd42340005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd42340005-50si" alt="Enema syringe" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd45c40005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd45c40005-50si" alt="Leather restraints" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd28c70001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd28c70001-50si" alt="Straitjacket" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd29130001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd29130001-50si" alt="Utica Crib/ Mesh bed" /></a> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/photo/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd31bc0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd31bc0002-50si" alt="A patient&#39;s cup" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered minds, Colonial Williamsburg, VA, was the first mental hospital in America. The Hospital admitted its first patient in 1773. It had 24 cells, which were not all filled until the 1800s. James... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://purplesque.vox.com/library/post/think-of-me.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd971973d74cd500e398cd33330002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> williamsburg psychiatry history of psychiatry restraints psychiatric treatment primitive ect machines public mental hospital