A Survival Guide for Psychiatric Residents

Relational Mental Health: Beyond Evidence-Based Interventions

“…Several authors have proposed measures to improve psychosocial support for residents, (Berg et al, 1980;Yager, 1974;Hales, 1980;Garrard et al, 1983), through the use of intervention techniques, notably involving participation in group psychotherapy activities (Sadok et al, 1969;Lomax et al, 1983;Willenbring et al, 1983;Lomax et al, 1983;Salvendy et al, 1983). Some authors have drawn attention to the importance of the problems of adjustment experienced by residents with foreign degrees in the United States, but other authors fail to confirm this.…”

The Ideal Psychiatry Training Program: A Resident's Viewpoint

“…A specific plan to approach each area should th en be decided. It is important for program design and morale that re sidents participate in these changes (5,27).…”

Occupational Therapy and Psychiatry

“…(24) A hiatus was forming between the two professions due to lack of communication, lack of a unified approach in occupational therapy (even today occupational therapists are often involved in a variety of techniques which have little to do with occupation of patients), and mere tolerance by psychiatrists who could not deny the presence of established occupational therapy departments. Now this situation is in danger of being aggravated by a renewal interest in psychiatric innovations where it appears that change, for change's sake, is doing away with old concepts (25,26,27) and, demanded by an increased social awareness, by a professional inflation in the health scene.…”