A Jam Made of Young Borderlines
On call in the ED last night, I had a tidal wave of jam. But it was a jam made mainly of young borderlines. This is what borderline (cuddly toy subtype) looks like:
Tagged: Psychiatry
Crack is Whack
Just another emergency call night: States cameras in house and being poisoned by walls. States weakness and cp. taking crack for pain and energy without relief No relief even with crack? What is the...
More Reasons Why Overnight Call and Night Float Sucks
Animals exposed to the aberrant light cycle maintain daily corticosterone rhythms, but the overall levels of corticosterone are increased. Despite normal circadian and sleep structures, these animals show increased depression-like behaviours and impaired hippocampal...
Leeches, Stat!
Had a hunch, ran some iron studies on a patient with some atypical psychotic features (and smearing poop everywhere!) They are positive for iron overload… hemochromatosis. Now my plan to order leeches (stat!) to...
Sleeping Beauty!
I was called to the ED to eval an unresponsive pt for whom cardiac workup had been negative (was clammy, looked a bit like shock, and even had the defibrillator hooked up…). But luckily...
Spring Madness
I had to round on five different acutely bipolar manic involuntary patients this morning. I learned that I am a Clone a Devil a Master of Truth Machines The Real Deal
Psychiatric Call Boy
“I was literally standing in the drug-rep spot begging for a minute of this doctor’s time, like a cocker spaniel begging for a leftover piece of meat from the table … It was like...
That Stiff Upper Marshmallow-Free Lip
Low [marshmallow] delayers, the children who rang the bell quickly, seemed more likely to have behavioral problems, both in school and at home. They got lower S.A.T. scores. They struggled in stressful situations, often...
People in Motion, People in Motion
Been a while since an update. Matched into Psych in CPMC in San Francisco. More to follow…