My psychiatry posting was a very enriching and eye-opening experience. Before this posting, I had a limited understanding of mental health disorders and often underestimated the importance of psychiatry as a clinical branch. During this rotation, I learned that psychiatry is not only about treating illnesses but also about understanding human behaviour, emotions, and social […]
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The Two Weeks That Changed My Opinion by Sneha Gupta
During this psychiatry posting, I had the opportunity to gain exposure to both outpatient and inpatient psychiatric services. I actively observed and participated along with residents in psychiatric history taking and Mental Status Examination (MSE), which helped me understand the systematic clinical approach to patients with mental illnesses. I learned about the diagnosis and management […]
My Psychiatry Posting Reflection: Two Weeks That Changed My View
I completed my psychiatry intern posting for a duration of two weeks. Before starting this posting, I had many misconceptions about psychiatry as a subject and about psychiatric hospitals. Like many people, I believed that psychiatric wards are frightening places, patients are violent, and treatments are harsh. I had also heard many negative things about […]
Inpatient Ward Experience of Resident: First Impression
It has been exactly two weeks since I began my journey as a first-year Psychiatry postgraduate resident at a teaching hospital, and I would like to reflect on my experiences in the psychiatric wards so far. I vividly remember my first day of ward rounds with my senior postgraduates, when I encountered a patient who […]
Psychiatry Residency: My First Steps by Dr. Ishani Vimal
It has been exactly fourteen days since I joined as a psychiatry postgraduate resident, and looking back, the experience has already started to reshape my perspective on psychiatry. Coming into a clinical setting after an internship was a bit overwhelming, and I’ll admit I am still very much in the adjusting phase. However, the transition […]
Are we living our lives, or just curating them? by Dr. Mahima Shivani
As a budding Indian psychiatrist, I increasingly observe a significant shift in psychosocial stressors affecting adolescents and young adults. While academic pressure, career uncertainty, and parental expectations continue to shape psychological distress, an additional and less openly acknowledged burden has emerged in the modern era – the pressure to visibly perform a desirable lifestyle. For […]
Learning Psychiatry as a Junior Resident: Beyond Diagnosis and Prescriptions – by Dr. Vaibhav Sunil Nawale
Stepping into psychiatry residency feels like crossing an invisible line, from watching to doing, from curious observer to responsible clinician. As junior residents, we suddenly become the first faces patients and families look to for answers. It is both exciting and intimidating. Very soon, I realised psychiatry is not just about nailing the right diagnosis […]
DO’s and DONT’s of MENTAL HEALTH – by Dr. Lonika R.
Mental health – a phrase we’ve heard countless times, yet often fail to understand truly. In the corridors of medical colleges, where stethoscopes swing and stress levels soar, mental well-being usually becomes the silent casualty of ambition. As medical students, we’re taught to examine, diagnose, and treat the body – but are seldom reminded to […]