Comments for Lockup Doc http://lockupdoc.com Correctional Psychiatry Blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:09:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Psychiatry Needs to Market Itself Better to Medical Students by Lockup Doc http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/psychiatry-needs-to-market-itself-better-to-medical-students/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Lockup Doc Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:09:32 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2212#comment-268 Toni-generally speaking, it's entirely appropriate for primary care docs to prescribe psychiatric medications. In my experience, they do vary widely in training and comfort level with psychiatric issues, though. I can appreciate that you were not comfortable taking medication from a doctor you didn't feel was listening to you. Thegirl-thanks for your feedback. Let me know if you have questions about going into psychiatry! Toni-generally speaking, it’s entirely appropriate for primary care docs to prescribe psychiatric medications. In my experience, they do vary widely in training and comfort level with psychiatric issues, though. I can appreciate that you were not comfortable taking medication from a doctor you didn’t feel was listening to you.

Thegirl-thanks for your feedback. Let me know if you have questions about going into psychiatry!

]]> Comment on Psychiatry Needs to Market Itself Better to Medical Students by Thegirl http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/psychiatry-needs-to-market-itself-better-to-medical-students/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Thegirl Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:11:40 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2212#comment-267 I agree very much with your post. I had a great rotation, which has confirmed that I want to follow psychiatry as a career. Even the people who didn't want to become psychiatrists who shared my rotation walked away with positive impressions and a lot of knowledge. On the other hand, my other friends who were interested in psychiatry were completely turned off by the experiences they had on their rotations elsewhere. It wasn't the patients or the work, but the way they were taught and interacted with the psychiatrists that had the greatest impact on their impression of it as a career. They went from being interested to being completely against the idea, which is sad. I agree very much with your post. I had a great rotation, which has confirmed that I want to follow psychiatry as a career. Even the people who didn’t want to become psychiatrists who shared my rotation walked away with positive impressions and a lot of knowledge.

On the other hand, my other friends who were interested in psychiatry were completely turned off by the experiences they had on their rotations elsewhere. It wasn’t the patients or the work, but the way they were taught and interacted with the psychiatrists that had the greatest impact on their impression of it as a career. They went from being interested to being completely against the idea, which is sad.

]]> Comment on Psychiatry Needs to Market Itself Better to Medical Students by Toni http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/psychiatry-needs-to-market-itself-better-to-medical-students/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Toni Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:00:48 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2212#comment-265 My PCD was trying to push anti-depressants on me. We had not really even established a relationship, and i always felt as though he wasn't listening to me at all. I changed doctors eventually. Very difficult to find a good doctor when you have substandard medical insurance and are poor. You get the worst or the worst in many cases. The bottom of the barrel. Is it appropriate for A PC doctor to prescribe phycological type drugs to a patient he doesn't know very well, and with no back ground himself in psychiatry? I thought not at the time and felt the drugs i was given were way off base for me-my depression, I believe was "situational". My PCD was trying to push anti-depressants on me. We had not really even established a relationship, and i always felt as though he wasn’t listening to me at all. I changed doctors eventually. Very difficult to find a good doctor when you have substandard medical insurance and are poor. You get the worst or the worst in many cases. The bottom of the barrel. Is it appropriate for A PC doctor to prescribe phycological type drugs to a patient he doesn’t know very well, and with no back ground himself in psychiatry? I thought not at the time and felt the drugs i was given were way off base for me-my depression, I believe was “situational”.

]]> Comment on Unexplained Physical Symptoms May Indicate Alexithymia by Lockup Doc http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/unexplained-physical-symptoms-may-indicate-alexithymia/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Lockup Doc Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:04:02 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2124#comment-261 <a href="#comment-258" rel="nofollow">@Toni </a> Most people who have this are not sociopaths. The article and website I linked to in my post give more info. @Toni Most people who have this are not sociopaths. The article and website I linked to in my post give more info.

]]> Comment on Unexplained Physical Symptoms May Indicate Alexithymia by Lockup Doc http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/unexplained-physical-symptoms-may-indicate-alexithymia/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Lockup Doc Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:01:06 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2124#comment-260 Thank you! There is believed to be overlap between alexithymia and Asperger's. Thank you! There is believed to be overlap between alexithymia and Asperger’s.

]]> Comment on Unexplained Physical Symptoms May Indicate Alexithymia by Chrysalis http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/unexplained-physical-symptoms-may-indicate-alexithymia/comment-page-1/#comment-259 Chrysalis Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:24:29 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2124#comment-259 Very interesting. I thought of Asperger's as I read. You have some great information on your site. Very interesting. I thought of Asperger’s as I read. You have some great information on your site.

]]> Comment on Unexplained Physical Symptoms May Indicate Alexithymia by Toni http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/unexplained-physical-symptoms-may-indicate-alexithymia/comment-page-1/#comment-258 Toni Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:20:46 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2124#comment-258 Strange and foreign for me to perceive this type of behavior. Almost sounds like the kind of individual/s who are sociopaths-and such yet the absence of fantasy part doesn't ring correct? Sad. What causes this? Appears they are lacking something very important, but can't place my finger on what that could be. I wonder what the opposite of this type of behavior would be labeled?, lol...someone who likes to express their feelings often. Interesting. Strange and foreign for me to perceive this type of behavior. Almost sounds like the kind of individual/s who are sociopaths-and such yet the absence of fantasy part doesn’t ring correct? Sad. What causes this? Appears they are lacking something very important, but can’t place my finger on what that could be.

I wonder what the opposite of this type of behavior would be labeled?, lol…someone who likes to express their feelings often.

Interesting.

]]> Comment on When Should Psychiatrists Discuss Their Own Lives With Patients? by Grand Rounds 6:24. Pain and Suffering edition | Health Blog http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/when-should-psychiatrists-discuss-their-own-lives-with-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Grand Rounds 6:24. Pain and Suffering edition | Health Blog Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:06:04 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2079#comment-257 [...] Lockup Doc discusses the conditions under which a psychiatrist might discuss his private life. Example fitting our theme: when a psychiatrist and patient are both mourning the loss of a child. [...] [...] Lockup Doc discusses the conditions under which a psychiatrist might discuss his private life. Example fitting our theme: when a psychiatrist and patient are both mourning the loss of a child. [...]

]]> Comment on When Should Psychiatrists Discuss Their Own Lives With Patients? by Health Business Blog » Blog Archive » Grand Rounds 6:24. Pain and Suffering edition http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/when-should-psychiatrists-discuss-their-own-lives-with-patients/comment-page-1/#comment-256 Health Business Blog » Blog Archive » Grand Rounds 6:24. Pain and Suffering edition Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:02:36 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2079#comment-256 [...] Lockup Doc discusses the conditions under which a psychiatrist might discuss his private life. Example fitting our theme: when a psychiatrist and patient are both mourning the loss of a child. [...] [...] Lockup Doc discusses the conditions under which a psychiatrist might discuss his private life. Example fitting our theme: when a psychiatrist and patient are both mourning the loss of a child. [...]

]]> Comment on The Explosive Medical School Moment by Chrysalis http://lockupdoc.com/2010/03/the-explosive-medical-school-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-255 Chrysalis Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:59:24 +0000 http://lockupdoc.com/?p=2260#comment-255 All I could think of was- poor baby. I can just hear the repeated roars of medical students at your expense. You so know they talked about that for some time to come, all while still chuckling and grimacing. You know they were just glad it wasn't them! Well....at least you didn't have to "chip" away at it. All I could think of was- poor baby. I can just hear the repeated roars of medical students at your expense. You so know they talked about that for some time to come, all while still chuckling and grimacing. You know they were just glad it wasn’t them! Well….at least you didn’t have to “chip” away at it.

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