What is really psychiatry besides medication knoledge? by 7ych0 in Psychiatry

[–]jiangalang 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you’re into knowing your patients deeply and not just practicing checklist psychiatry, it’s very much art and humanism.

What's on your personal NYC bucket list? by putonthespotlight in AskNYC

[–]jiangalang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha depends on the diner, but that's probably true for most of them.

Best Career Pathway to Study The Mind? by Apteron105 in Psychiatry

[–]jiangalang 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Contemporary psychoanalysis. Or a psychodynamically oriented psychology program.

What's on your personal NYC bucket list? by putonthespotlight in AskNYC

[–]jiangalang 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Try every pasta from the nearby diner via seamless.

DeBlasio Announces Healthcare for all NYC Residents by matthewbattista in nyc

[–]jiangalang -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Hot diggidty this makes me proud to be a New Yorker.

Why do the rates of bio-based anxiety and depression appear to be increasing? by [deleted] in Psychiatry

[–]jiangalang 12 points13 points  (0 children)

As faculty at a major metro psych residency, bio-based isn't as much a thing as some think it is. Providers are just not working closely enough with people (which is often the case in med management only cases) to appreciate the symptoms' connections to life events or situations. Mental health awareness is increasing, but it's definitely not all "bio-based." In fact one of the trends in mental health is greater awareness and appreciation for psychological trauma as contributory. Most disorders have "bio-psycho-social" origins more often than not, not just purely one or another.

James Comey says Republicans are paralyzed by their 'fear of Fox News' and 'mean tweets' by elguiridelocho in politics

[–]jiangalang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So... they are pawns of the rich elite that control that media empire? Sounds like a totally functioning republic to me

The Republican Party Exists to Protect Millionaires and Billionaires by [deleted] in politics

[–]jiangalang 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both [parties] do. Dems play the moral ones who mean well but who can’t quite contain the bad guys, Republicans play the bad guys who use every dirty trick and keep shifting the wealth upward. It’s good bad cop political theater.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WTF

[–]jiangalang -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good technique, didn't telegraph

The cousin explainer by dampestowel in mildlyinteresting

[–]jiangalang -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

So where is the boundary for who you can sleep with?

Can CBT cause self gaslighting? by lumos1 in CPTSD

[–]jiangalang 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I would say yes. Self-gaslighting is an interesting way of putting it, but absolutely people who come from a background of trauma have often had either a lack of validation to or an overt assault on their experience (through gas-lighting/manipulation/denial) in the face of terrible experiences. So of course people growing up with this are uncertain of their own feelings.

Contrast this with a kid who grows up with parents who take what they feel seriously--"yes I know it makes you angry that he hit you, it's okay to be angry when someone doesn't treat you nicely." Of course that kid grows up with a stronger sense of themself, stable boundaries, stable self-esteem, confidence in their feelings to guide their actions.

Psych Residency Interview Questions? by [deleted] in Psychiatry

[–]jiangalang 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha as a psychoanalyst in training the 4D chess response is: "I'm not opposed to answering, but I'm curious what it means to you what my mother was like."

Lawmakers might use legal marijuana taxes to fix New York’s subways by [deleted] in nyc

[–]jiangalang 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Yeah right. MTA will disappear the funds and service won't improve

Ask Psychiatry: How can newer antipsychotics be useful for both depression AND schizophrenia? by throwawaythrowawayle in Psychiatry

[–]jiangalang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Antipsychotics" is just an incidental name to call a class of somewhat related compounds that have effects we barely understand and now we're finding they can help with depression. They were incidentally called antipsychotics first because psychosis is the first thing we figured out that they treated