Comments on: Anecdotes: Psychiatry http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anecdotes-psychiatry Medical Tragicomedy Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:21:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: enrico http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-498 enrico Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:32:51 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-498 See, that's why I could never go into psychiatry. After hearing "being breast fed 'raw alcohol from my mother’s tits'”, I'd come back after my shift was over to talk more and get nothing done. See, that’s why I could never go into psychiatry. After hearing “being breast fed ‘raw alcohol from my mother’s tits’”, I’d come back after my shift was over to talk more and get nothing done.

]]> By: Old MD Girl http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-499 Old MD Girl Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:12:33 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-499 What keys said is basically true. I was shadowing an oncologist the other day who was managing a patient with multiple cranial nerve palsies. She couldn't remember how to test the function most of the cranial nerves and then she laughed, "I'll just call a neurology consult anyway!" The only things that I find scarier about Psychiatry than the above scenario is that a) psychiatric symptoms are a lot more subjective than "patient cannot adduct rt eye," and b) often they will have an NP do all the medical management. What keys said is basically true. I was shadowing an oncologist the other day who was managing a patient with multiple cranial nerve palsies. She couldn’t remember how to test the function most of the cranial nerves and then she laughed, “I’ll just call a neurology consult anyway!”

The only things that I find scarier about Psychiatry than the above scenario is that a) psychiatric symptoms are a lot more subjective than “patient cannot adduct rt eye,” and b) often they will have an NP do all the medical management.

]]> By: MSG http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-500 MSG Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:43:19 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-500 Actually I meant side effects from other drugs, not their own. They do understand those quite well. And yes, I don't like Psych that much. Actually I meant side effects from other drugs, not their own. They do understand those quite well.

And yes, I don’t like Psych that much.

]]> By: keys http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-502 keys Fri, 16 Nov 2007 23:26:57 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-502 whoa! it sounds like MSG has got some hating words towards psych docs! I agree that the awful side effects of the drugs that they prescribe stink but thats not their fault and they do know how to manage them well. you are right--managing a pt medically is not what they are known for, but thats sorta how medicine is working these days---everyone is getting so specific they don't know how to deal with anything else anyway.... whoa! it sounds like MSG has got some hating words towards psych docs! I agree that the awful side effects of the drugs that they prescribe stink but thats not their fault and they do know how to manage them well.
you are right–managing a pt medically is not what they are known for, but thats sorta how medicine is working these days—everyone is getting so specific they don’t know how to deal with anything else anyway….

]]> By: MSG http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-501 MSG Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:59:21 +0000 http://www.agraphia.net/anecdotes-psychiatry/#comment-501 Awesome? Not really. I think most head shrinkers are poor examples of physicians and are dangerous. I've rarely had an experience with a Psychiatrist that made me feel they understand medicine - at all - and can properly take care of patients. Side effects of drugs are often taken as "new psychiatric manifestations" and the need to intervene beyond adding more psychotropic drugs is often ignored. For whatever reason they are still trained as MD's, but they honestly aren't. Awesome? Not really. I think most head shrinkers are poor examples of physicians and are dangerous. I’ve rarely had an experience with a Psychiatrist that made me feel they understand medicine – at all – and can properly take care of patients.

Side effects of drugs are often taken as “new psychiatric manifestations” and the need to intervene beyond adding more psychotropic drugs is often ignored. For whatever reason they are still trained as MD’s, but they honestly aren’t.

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