Polymath
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Joined: Sep 6, 2004
Last seen: Apr 3, 2010
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Animal Testing

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.

17 years ago
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I must be out of my mind?!?

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...

17 years ago
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activity on site

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.

18 years ago
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18 years ago
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private practice vs. hospital

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...

18 years ago
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Re: Elective rotations

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....

18 years ago
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private practice vs. hospital

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...

18 years ago
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family & med school?

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...

18 years ago
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Re: Licenses (and couple of other questions)

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...

18 years ago
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Re: career

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...

19 years ago
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help please

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...

19 years ago
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Ph.D vs PsyD

I finished my psychiatry residency in 1990. Yes, in general psychiatrists are paid more than psychologists, whether on an hourly basis or by salary. ...

19 years ago
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Zoophys or A&P

Certainly. I would think that the vast majority of psychiatrists doing research do not have PhD's.

19 years ago
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Zoophys or A&P

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...

19 years ago
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private practice?

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...

19 years ago
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private practice?

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...

19 years ago
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Ph.D vs PsyD

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...

19 years ago
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is there hope?

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...

19 years ago
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how easy is it to specialize in psych?

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...

19 years ago
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Re: How do you deal with blood and guts if you want to be a

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....

19 years ago
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Medical School Reputation

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 ...

19 years ago
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psychiatric nurse practitioners?!

I refer to nurse practicioners in private practice for services I feel individual nurse practicioners are skilled at. This collaboration doesn't bene...

19 years ago
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psychiatric nurse practitioners?!

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...

19 years ago
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Negative connotations to psychiatry?

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 ...

19 years ago
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Re: Predicament

Not necessarily, although you may need to demonstrate good academic performance prior to acceptance. It will be crucial that you can provide an expla...

19 years ago
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Psychology vs psychiatry

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 ...

19 years ago
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Psychology vs psychiatry

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...

19 years ago
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Re: thinking Outloud

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...

19 years ago
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Re: thinking Outloud

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 ...

19 years ago
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motivation, the psychology or medicine?

For me psychiatry offered the best balance among many competing priorities. These included, among many others, the necessity and opportunity to think...

19 years ago
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psychiatry and therapy

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 ...

19 years ago
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psychiatry and therapy

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 ...

19 years ago
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psychiatry and therapy

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 ...

19 years ago
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psychiatry and therapy

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 ...

19 years ago
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psychiatry and therapy

Undergrad studies may give you something of a theoretical underpinning to psychotherapy and psychology, but to learn to do psychotherapy involves furt...

19 years ago
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psychiatry and therapy

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...

19 years ago
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Re: thinking Outloud

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...

19 years ago
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terrible obstacle in the way of premed classes

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...

19 years ago
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What is your life like?

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...

19 years ago
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What is your life like?

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...

19 years ago
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Want a lip ring - considering medical school

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 ...

19 years ago
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Want a lip ring - considering medical school

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...

19 years ago
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Want a lip ring - considering medical school

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...

19 years ago
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Post bac programs

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...

19 years ago
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Is it realistic to double major?

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...

20 years ago
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Psychiatry and Competitive Residency Programs

About stigma and the choice of psychiatry: Another point I'd offer is that working with mental illness can be stressful emotionally. Especially when...

20 years ago
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Psychiatry and Competitive Residency Programs

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...

20 years ago
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Psychology vs psychiatry

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 ...

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