Metro Health Psychiatry Residency Evidence Based Mental Health Journal is a joint resident and faculty led monthly research journal, which aims to enhance our access to new research articles published in all subspecialties of psychiatry. We hope to encourage scholarship and participation to enhance our knowledge of the leading research in our field.

OBJECTIVE This study compares the views of psychiatry residency training directors about psychiatry and mental health training in the primary care programs in their institutions with those of the primary care residency training directors. METHODS A 16-item questionnaire surveying specific areas of training and perceived adequacy of current teaching was distributed to 1,544 U.S. primary care a...

evaluation of the psychiatry residency graduates knowledge and competencies has traditionally relied on the individual patient assessment (ipa) method (1,2). however, this method is unreliable and its outcome depends to a large extent on the luck of the draw (3-5). past research has shown that objective structured clinical examination (osce) method has many advantages over ipa (6-9). as a resul...

OBJECTIVE Mental health professionals are increasingly aware of the need to incorporate a patient's religious and spiritual beliefs into mental health assessments and treatment plans. Recent changes in assessment and treatment guidelines in the US have resulted in corresponding curricular changes, with at least 16 US psychiatric residency programs now offering formal training in religious and s...

David L. Perez *, John Torous [1_TD$DIFF], Adam P. Stern , Jaya L. Padmanabhan , Matcheri S. Keshavan e Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Boston, MA, USA Brigham and Women’s Hospit...

Since July 2013, 20 trainee participants have completed the quality improvement curriculum within the Indiana University Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, including 7 otolaryngology residents, 6 otolaryngology-bound medical students, and 7 psychiatry residents. Nine faculty and staff attended. Participants were highly satisfied with the quality and effectiveness of the program. ...

Physical exhaustion, anxiety, stress, and sleep deprivation are common in the life of a physician. Residents of Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine, and Obstetrics and Gynecology work around 80 hours per week in their residency years. Residency training is physically demanding and highly stressful, and can become even difficult if the female resident is pregnant. ...

Introduction Mental health disparities based on minority racial status are well characterized, including inequities in access, symptom severity, diagnosis, and treatment. For African Americans, racism may affect mental health through factors such as poverty and segregation, which have operated since slavery. While the need to address racism in medical training has been recognized, there are few...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to assess the attitudes of psychiatry trainees toward neuroscience education in psychiatry residency and subsequent training in order to inform neuroscience education approaches in the future. METHODS This online survey was designed to capture demographic information, self-assessed neuroscience knowledge, attitudes toward neuroscience education, preferen...

BACKGROUND Quality improvement (QI) education in residency training is important and necessary for accreditation. Although the literature on this topic has been growing, some specialties, in particular psychiatry, have been underrepresented. METHODS We developed a didactic and experiential QI curriculum within a US psychiatry residency program that included a seminar series and development of...