Zen Psychiatry
By Elana Miller, MD
When we see someone who is successful, or who has achieved something we want to achieve, we usually only pay attention to what happened after the tipping point. We mistake success for being easy …
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A patient came into the Emergency Room the other day in congestive heart failure. Because her heart was weak, fluid was backing up into her lungs, making it difficult to breathe. It came up in our …
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There's a new movement in town. Instead of amassing stuff for stuff's sake, people are realizing that less is more. All over the blogosphere (yes, I like to use words like "blogosphere" in casual …
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You might be an intern if...10. You've ever been crossing the street on your way to the hospital, and thought, "if I got hit by a car, at least I probably wouldn't have to go to work …
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So this post won't apply to everyone reading, but I actually get a decent amount of search traffic to this blog from terms like "should I go into psychiatry" (along with "medical school sucks," but …
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"Become skillful in regards to yourself and other through contact, from confronting and dealing with things, not from running away.Wherever it hurts, wherever there's friction, we must investigate. …
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