Best Psychiatry Textbooks for Dedicated Residents, Attendings, and PMHNPs

Across the five years of my time as a physician – four as a resident and one as an attending – I’ve come to use a select few psychiatry texxtbooks quite frequently. These textbooks help me with diagnosis, medication management, and psychotherapeutic care of my patients. This blog post briefly lists those psychiatry textbooks, while my YouTube video goes into a bit more detail about why I selected each of these books. If you’re interested in psychiatry, I believe you should have and USE these textbooks, especially early in your career! As an FYI, links in this blogpost help support…

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My First Year As An Attending Psychiatrist

I’m Bacckkkk!!!! Welcome or welcome back to my blog!!!! If you’re new here, I’m an attending psychiatrist who started blogging as a medical student in 2018 as a way to reflect on my journey in medicine. I grew professionally and personally all while documenting the journey on this blog and social media. If you’re interested in learning what it’s like for a Barbadian, Christian, business-minded woman to find her way in the field of medicine, I encourage you to go back to my first-ever blog post and follow the journey from there. I, personally, go back and read old blog…

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3 Ways to Improve Christian Mental Health in Church Communities

What is Christian Mental Health Christian Mental Health addresses the importance of Christian culture regarding mental health. First, mental health is the emotional, behavioral, and cognitive well-being of an individual based on biology, neurology, environment, social interactions, and more. Mental illness occurs when there is a disruption to the emotions, behaviors, or thoughts of an individual that leads to challenges in day-to-day functioning. As Christians, many of us have heard sermons or other teaching saying “you can’t worry and pray at the same time” or “cast your burdens onto God.” Sometimes, these sayings are helpful reminders that God is an…

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Entering PGY4 Year of Psychiatry Residency – Joys and Wishes

Hi there! It has been a WHILE since I last wrote a blog post! So much has gone on in the world and my life over the past couple of years. Can you believe I’ve entered my PGY4 year of psychiatry residency?!? There’s so much to catch you up on, but let’s start at the beginning. Navigating the Pandemic as a Psychiatry Resident It is so hard to wrap my head around the fact that we have been navigating a global pandemic for over two years. So much about our day to day lives have changed. On top of that,…

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Christian Apparel: Jesus + Therapy

Christian Mental Health is an underappreciated but extremely important aspect of Christian living. Jesus+Therapy is a Christian apparel brand that offers you the opportunity to bring awareness to the intersection of faith and mental health. Yes, we should rely on God for ALL aspects of life. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:2 However, God also provided us earthly resources to tackle the physical and mental challenges of life. Jesus+Therapy apparel is for you if…

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