OBJECTIVE The authors sought to determine the prevalence of threats and assaults by patients on psychiatry residents, their consequences, and the perceived adequacy of supports and institutional responses. METHOD Authors conducted an anonymous survey of 519 psychiatry residents in 13 psychiatry programs across the United States. The survey questionnaire inquired about residents' experiences o...

In this commentary, we explore the clinical and educational implications of the study by Recupero and Harms on the standard of care (SOC) as it pertains to obtaining psychiatric outpatient clinical records of prior treatment. We discuss differences between the legal and clinical SOCs and make recommendations to incorporate risk management training and education about the medicolegal aspects of ...

107 ISSN 1758-2008 10.2217/NPY.12.75 © 2013 Future Medicine Ltd Neuropsychiatry (2013) 3(1), 107–115 Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Boston, MA, USA Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue – Rabb 2, Boston, MA 02115, USA Sentara Neurology Specialists, Norfolk, VA, USA *Author for correspondence: Tel.: +1 617 667 2300 ext. 14233; Fax: +1 617 667 5575; a...

A LTHOUGH A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE literature exists on how psychiatrists develop professionally,‘-g three important areas remain inadequately documented. First, doubts remain about the ideologic orientation of residents toward psychiatry. Second, how psychiatry residents perceive the value of various treatment modalities used in psychiatry is essentially undetermined. Third, the actual experience th...

OBJECTIVE To determine which methods best prepare psychiatry residents for the certification exam, and ultimately for practice, to facilitate appropriate residency program curriculum changes. METHOD We sent an anonymous survey to all final year (that is, PGY5) Canadian university-affiliated psychiatry residents, regarding frequency and diversity of observed interviews, form of feedback delive...

This article reviews the various definitions of case formulation, differences between diagnosis and case formulation, how case formulation for the child patient differs from the adult patient, and case formulation in the context of residency training, including challenges for residents transitioning from adult psychiatry. It presents a suggested structure for constructing a biopsychosocial form...

G lazier and colleagues1 describe the considerable difficulty exhibited by nonpsychiatrist physicians in correctly identifying obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) caseness and show that misidentification was associated with treatment recommendations that were not evidence based. While disconcerting, the findings are not particularly surprising and are suggestive of significant gaps in mental he...

INTRODUCTION With changes in duty hours and supervision requirements, educators have raised concerns about erosion of patient care ownership by resident physicians. However, the definition of ownership is unclear. This qualitative study investigated definitions of ownership in medicine and psychiatry faculty and residents. METHODS The authors distributed an anonymous online survey regarding d...