Benji Waterhouse
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But now, with the benefit of experience and being more informed, by far the biggest thing that I'm fearful of is that, as a psychiatrist, I am maybe causing more harm than good. But maybe if I wanted things to be black and white, I should have specialized in radiology.
But now, with the benefit of experience and being more informed, by far the biggest thing that I'm fearful of is that, as a psychiatrist, I am maybe causing more harm than good. But maybe if I wanted things to be black and white, I should have specialized in radiology.
I remember when I started at medical school, I was sitting in a great old lecture theater, wearing a stiff white coat, and our plummy dean was saying to us, your main job as future doctors is to keep your patients alive. Into my fresh notebook, I wrote, keep patients alive. And then I underlined it.
I remember when I started at medical school, I was sitting in a great old lecture theater, wearing a stiff white coat, and our plummy dean was saying to us, your main job as future doctors is to keep your patients alive. Into my fresh notebook, I wrote, keep patients alive. And then I underlined it.
I remember when I started at medical school, I was sitting in a great old lecture theater, wearing a stiff white coat, and our plummy dean was saying to us, your main job as future doctors is to keep your patients alive. Into my fresh notebook, I wrote, keep patients alive. And then I underlined it.
By the end of the six years, though, I realized that I was less interested in the body and more into the mind. And so I hung up my now stained lab coat and specialized in psychiatry. I now know that people are quite confused about the difference between a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a psychic.
By the end of the six years, though, I realized that I was less interested in the body and more into the mind. And so I hung up my now stained lab coat and specialized in psychiatry. I now know that people are quite confused about the difference between a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a psychic.
By the end of the six years, though, I realized that I was less interested in the body and more into the mind. And so I hung up my now stained lab coat and specialized in psychiatry. I now know that people are quite confused about the difference between a psychiatrist, a psychologist, and a psychic.
So just to quickly explain, psychiatrists are medical doctors who usually specialize in more serious mental illnesses, things like schizophrenia, and can prescribe medications. And boy, do we.
So just to quickly explain, psychiatrists are medical doctors who usually specialize in more serious mental illnesses, things like schizophrenia, and can prescribe medications. And boy, do we.
So just to quickly explain, psychiatrists are medical doctors who usually specialize in more serious mental illnesses, things like schizophrenia, and can prescribe medications. And boy, do we.
We also have the power to kind of detain or section people, which is like a strange superpower that allows us to lock a person up in a psychiatric hospital against their will and even force them to take medication without breaking the terms of the Geneva Convention.
We also have the power to kind of detain or section people, which is like a strange superpower that allows us to lock a person up in a psychiatric hospital against their will and even force them to take medication without breaking the terms of the Geneva Convention.
We also have the power to kind of detain or section people, which is like a strange superpower that allows us to lock a person up in a psychiatric hospital against their will and even force them to take medication without breaking the terms of the Geneva Convention.
kind of sad but what's considered necessary evil to keep patients and society safe there are a lot of unfair i think misconceptions about psychiatrists that like the male ones all have mad families themselves and like wear cashmere jumpers and have beards which just isn't true this is a machine washable wool polyester mix
kind of sad but what's considered necessary evil to keep patients and society safe there are a lot of unfair i think misconceptions about psychiatrists that like the male ones all have mad families themselves and like wear cashmere jumpers and have beards which just isn't true this is a machine washable wool polyester mix
kind of sad but what's considered necessary evil to keep patients and society safe there are a lot of unfair i think misconceptions about psychiatrists that like the male ones all have mad families themselves and like wear cashmere jumpers and have beards which just isn't true this is a machine washable wool polyester mix
It is true, though, that one of my motivations for becoming a psychiatrist was hoping to get my hands on the secret codes to fix my own slightly dysfunctional family. So I remember turning up optimistically on my first day as a psychiatrist, enthusiastic to get my hands on these secret codes. Instead, I was given a strangle-proof lanyard, a panic alarm, and self-defense training.
It is true, though, that one of my motivations for becoming a psychiatrist was hoping to get my hands on the secret codes to fix my own slightly dysfunctional family. So I remember turning up optimistically on my first day as a psychiatrist, enthusiastic to get my hands on these secret codes. Instead, I was given a strangle-proof lanyard, a panic alarm, and self-defense training.
It is true, though, that one of my motivations for becoming a psychiatrist was hoping to get my hands on the secret codes to fix my own slightly dysfunctional family. So I remember turning up optimistically on my first day as a psychiatrist, enthusiastic to get my hands on these secret codes. Instead, I was given a strangle-proof lanyard, a panic alarm, and self-defense training.