Why I love being a #psychiatrist:
* Get to really know patients
* Lots of time to explore life and concerns in context
* Talk therapy, behavioural therapy, medication therapy, somatic therapy, and medical knowledge all available to benefit my patients
#choosepsychiatry #meded
* Get to really know patients
* Lots of time to explore life and concerns in context
* Talk therapy, behavioural therapy, medication therapy, somatic therapy, and medical knowledge all available to benefit my patients
#choosepsychiatry #meded
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* Make local systemic change recommendations for my patients school, family, supports, and actually be treated like an expert
* Available by email to all 11000 former patients of they ever need me, and happy to help if I can
* doing research in a very needed space
* Make local systemic change recommendations for my patients school, family, supports, and actually be treated like an expert
* Available by email to all 11000 former patients of they ever need me, and happy to help if I can
* doing research in a very needed space
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* Study the most common cause of death in the first 4 decades of life
* Work with patients as a whole in a system that wants to medicalize them
* Have awesome colleagues who understand the need to work together for support and reduce/discuss vicarious trauma
* Study the most common cause of death in the first 4 decades of life
* Work with patients as a whole in a system that wants to medicalize them
* Have awesome colleagues who understand the need to work together for support and reduce/discuss vicarious trauma
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* My daily job involves seriously thinking, advocating, and addressing socioeconomic and systemic inequalities (a shared frustration with patients but sooooo rewarding)
* My equipment: me, another person, and a pen, and sometimes something to do sit on
* My daily job involves seriously thinking, advocating, and addressing socioeconomic and systemic inequalities (a shared frustration with patients but sooooo rewarding)
* My equipment: me, another person, and a pen, and sometimes something to do sit on
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* I know I'm in a field where I am sorely needed which is its own reward but also job security
* Generally body fluids are not a part of my medical specialty (but because I had awesome medical training, it ain't no thing when it is!)
* I know I'm in a field where I am sorely needed which is its own reward but also job security
* Generally body fluids are not a part of my medical specialty (but because I had awesome medical training, it ain't no thing when it is!)
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* I've been able to address and remove many of my judgments and biases and always remember that every patient, regardless of what they've done, deserves excellent medical care. Blame has no place in psychiatry.
* I've been able to address and remove many of my judgments and biases and always remember that every patient, regardless of what they've done, deserves excellent medical care. Blame has no place in psychiatry.
