Last seen: Apr 3, 2010
We had a very disturbing physiology lab involving the death of a dog. But I graduated in 1986, when we still used stone tools and sat on bear skins.
Good luck Silverdragon. Each step along the path you have laid out will open up new options for you. Whether that ultimately involves becoming a psy...
Hmm. That's a shame. The site was quite a good one, I thought. Served a valuable function. I hope there is a turn around.
I think it is hard to make a general statement about how difficult it is to build a practice. But building a referral network that works for you is a...
If there's an informal notion of the more exalted : ) programs in the nyc metro area, perhaps it would include Columbia, Cornell, Mt. Sinai, and NYU....
Having done exclusively inpatient work initially and now exclusively solo private practice for the last 12 years, I can tell you that the stresses are...
No doubt it is difficult to put in the sacrifices necessary to get through medical training. Certainly the debt accumulation is stressful. I think i...
Dr. Admin has, as usual, provided an accurate and focused response which agrees with my own experience. I'll add a few things: 1) I can't understand...
These are two entirely different fields, not only in philosophy and aim, but in the nature of the way one's daily time will be spent. I would think y...
I'm just wondering why you want to have both degrees. Are you sure you have researched them adequately and understand the similarities and difference...
I finished my psychiatry residency in 1990. Yes, in general psychiatrists are paid more than psychologists, whether on an hourly basis or by salary. ...
Certainly. I would think that the vast majority of psychiatrists doing research do not have PhD's.
My feeling is that med school involves an incredible narrowing of focus compared to college, and why rush ahead into the narrow when you have a wonder...
Addendum: I don't work in a hospital now, but my impression is that the pressure of time, expectations and resources is greater there, in general. P...
Hi -- I posted about my private practice arrangements elsewhere, but to let you know, I think it's in many ways easier to go to a 4-day-a-week schedul...
Agree with Corpsman-up on just about everything. I think you may be sorely disappointed if you pursue a PsyD in the belief that you will be able to p...
I can't say I know the answer, but I sure believe your chances would be enhanced by demonstrating excellence in relevant science courses. You mention...
It is a long way between where you are now and being a psychiatrist specializing in eating disorders. You may find along the way that there are other...
There is alot of stuff -- in med school and in life -- you may have to learn or go through despite its being far from your main interest or objective....
I don't know how to site a post in another thread but I discussed options for supplementary psychotherapy training somewhere (but not exactly) around ...
I refer to nurse practicioners in private practice for services I feel individual nurse practicioners are skilled at. This collaboration doesn't bene...
I think in general there tends to be a good relationship between the two disciplines. While there is always the potential for conflict between people...
Agree with many pertinent points made by Corpsman-Up. I make it a practice when I hear negative critical comments about almost anything to ask myself ...
Not necessarily, although you may need to demonstrate good academic performance prior to acceptance. It will be crucial that you can provide an expla...
Good questions! I'll do my best: 1. A full practice might mean you are busy enough that you are not accepting new referrals. However, I personally ...
I believe the question is not so much how common is a practice such as I've described, but rather whether it is a realistic prospect for someone who d...
Well, I can't say I fully understand the situation. As I see it, there is a need for mental health professionals everywhere, and there may be more op...
So, to clarify the problem, is it that there would be no jobs in your area or that you feel that it would be difficult to start a private practice in ...
For me psychiatry offered the best balance among many competing priorities. These included, among many others, the necessity and opportunity to think...
Control of one's time as a psychiatrist has a lot to do with the setting in which one practices. The psychiatrist in private practice has freedom to ...
Psychotherapy is part of the training in all psychiatry residencies, but programs will vary considerably in how much time and energy is put into that ...
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If you check out my description of my practice and how I arrived at it, perhaps that will be one example to you of how one psychiatrist has built the ...
I agree that doing psychotherapy in addition to using other therapeutic modalities makes the work much more interesting and alive for me. It makes me ...
Undergrad studies may give you something of a theoretical underpinning to psychotherapy and psychology, but to learn to do psychotherapy involves furt...
Quite realistic, I believe, especially as a psychiatrist in private practice. I've posted on my practice as a psychiatrist, in which therapy or thera...
If you want to be a psychologist, you have to go where the training is. That's the only way to get the degree and training needed. You get the train...
If you have your mind made up to transfer, then I guess you have to live with the drawbacks as well as the advantages. Is it really going to matter a...
It helped me to work in a psychiatric hospital during a one-semester leave of absence from college. This is an option, although you will encounter pr...
Your notion of control of your schedule is one, among others, of the reason I became a psychiatrist. My father was a pulmonologist before he became a...
Ok, well as I said, my answer assumed the wearing of the ring. As to the scar, it is conceivable you could be asked. It probably will not prejudice ...
P.S. my response assumes the lip ring itself. Some barely noticeable scar may be of relatively little importance in the application, though you coul...
Is the small scar a big deal or the lip ring itself? Look, this is not really a question that can be answered definitively. Some interviewers will b...
Certainly the post-bac from a prestigious university would help, especially if you do well. However, med schools will look at everything. They won't...
I double majored too. It made sense because of my interest in philosophy and neurobiology. I have to say that I do think it helped my med school app...
About stigma and the choice of psychiatry: Another point I'd offer is that working with mental illness can be stressful emotionally. Especially when...
Agree in general with many points. Some comments: [there are a decent number of open slots for psychiatry residents because there is a need for psyc...
Like anywhere, the programs with the greatest prestige are more competitive to get into. But there are alot of programs in NY, and psychiatry is not ...