Graduation Photoshoot Ideas

This post includes affiliate links With graduation season on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking about your graduation photoshoot! Let’s be honest, in the Instagram era, if you don’t have a graduation photoshoot, did you even graduate?! Especially with most universities cancelling formal, in-person graduation ceremonies this year, graduation photoshoots will likely be a fun way for you to commemorate your hard work in school over the past few years. After high school, I spent a lot of time in higher education – nine years to be exact including college and graduate school. So when it came time for…

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Work From Home Bohemian Office

Working from home is a new way of life for many of us. We must now use or create new home offices to maintain productivity throughout the day. If you’re anything like me, you might not have enough space to dedicate an entire room as a home office. Thankfully, a wall or corner of a room is all you need to create a home office. I’m most productive when I feel calm and relaxed. My bohemian office space with bright tropical colors does just that! I hope that you get some inspiration from my bohemian office space to create a…

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Guide to Moving to Philadelphia for Residency – Housing

As a psychiatry resident in Philadelphia, I wanted to create a guide to moving to Philadelphia for residency for those who can’t visit the city before their move. Prior to residency, I lived in Philadelphia for medical school and business school for five years. So I’ve been here for quite some time now! Before I first moved to Philly, I was traveling in Europe while making arrangements to move to a new city. In other words, I know what it’s like to plan a move to a city without being able to visit in person. Over the past six years,…

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Substances of Abuse | Psychiatry in 60 Seconds

This post includes affiliate links Over 20 million Americans suffer from substance use disorders (SUD) that include a broad array of substances of abuse. For instance, opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder have been on the rise in recent decades, contributing significantly to the burden of disease in this country. However, many people do not even realize that they have an illness. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) – the psychiatrist’s guide for diagnosis – there are ten categories of substances with potential for disordered use. Substances of Abuse – Psychiatry in…

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What is Substance Use Disorder | Psychiatry in 60 Seconds

This post includes affiliate links Millions of Americans suffer from substance use disorder (SUD). For instance, opioid use disorder and alcohol use disorder have been on the rise in recent decades. However, many people do not even realize that they have an illness. Of note, SUD is not one illness. Rather, it is a collection of diseases representing ten categories of substances with potential for disordered use (e.g alcohol, cocaine, methamphetamine, Xanax, tobacco, etc.) According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) – the psychiatrist’s guide for diagnosis – there are 11 criteria that comprise…

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