Receiving an M.D. from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium which was followed by his internship and residency in Neurology and Psychiatry at the ULB-Erasme Medical Center, Belgium; Dr. Serge Przedborski received his Ph.D. degree in Neurological Sciences from, ULB School of Medicine, Belgium. Subsequently, his postdoctoral research was done at Columbia University, where he became As...

A disability assessment for non-therapeutic reasons is the most common evaluation requested of treating psychiatrists. Mental disorders affect approximately 20 percent of Americans each year. People who are unable to work need some financial assistance. As part of the system, it's our goal to assist them in this process. When a disability claim is filed, psychiatrists take into account the indi...

Objective To characterize junior residents' perspectives on the purpose, value, and potential improvement of the final year of medical school. Methods Eighteen interviews were conducted with junior residents who graduated from nine different medical schools and who were in internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry programs at one institution in the United States. Interview transcripts were c...

SUMMARY After many years of mental healthcare reform there is still a lot unease among patients about workers’ lack attention to their daily needs and the tensions ambiguities that accompany attempts integrate condition into lives. Person-centred care often presented as solution, but term refers differing approaches further specification depending on problem it aims resolve. This article presen...

Information technology is growing at a tremendous rate, becoming a part of all aspects of the practice of psychiatry. Medical informatics is the study of the use of information in medicine. As information management becomes a greater part of the definition of psychiatric practice, it becomes critical that an understanding of medical informatics principles as applied to psychiatric practice shou...

With the continued growth of the sub-specialty of forensic or sociolegal psychiatry, various models for providing theoretical and clinical experience to the trainee have been proposed.H In large part, these models for training have been based upon specific assumptions as to the primary function of the sub-specialty. For example, Pollack,4 who defines forensic psychiatry as "limited to the appli...

The overwhelming majority of physicians possess fine moral character and are accustomed to academic and professional success. After a lifetime of focused endeavor, they have little experience with being “called to the principal’s office,” let alone being questioned by police. Privileged with the honor and authority of their position, they may not recognize their vulnerability to allegations of ...

BACKGROUND Internship and residency are difficult times with novice practitioners facing new challenges and stressors. Junior doctors may experience burnout, a syndrome that encompasses three dimensions: emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and reduced personal accomplishment. While there is some existing literature on the prevalence of burnout in junior doctors, there are few studies on int...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS An increased frequency of patient handoffs has occurred as a result of the new resident work-hour restrictions that have recently been instituted. Inadequate handoff of patient care has been associated with adverse patient events due to residents being unprepared for events that happen during cross cover periods. The objective of our study was to develop and test the effec...