After I finished the surgery rotation, I began the psychiatry rotation. What a difference! They are literally night and day from each other, or at least in my opinion. Truth be told, I didn’t think I would love my psychiatry rotation as much as I did. Every attending and resident I came across was so […]
“You’re having a stroke. Welcome to psychiatry.”
Halfway through my psychiatry residency, I was told to go to a new hospital in San Francisco. “You’re on consult. Meet the resident on the 9th floor at 8 am.” So I wondered. After 2 weeks working with patients who were involuntarily admitted to the inpatient psychiatry unit, I would be working with a different […]
Working With the Homeless
In my first week of rotations, I was assigned to work in our inpatient psychiatry unit in San Francisco. The unit works with a huge population of homeless patients. It’s interesting that the many homeless individuals are diagnosed with a mental illness, as well as substance use disorder. In listening to patients and speaking to […]
