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A Systematic Approach for the Interview of the Application to Psychiatry Specialty Training: The “I AM” Approach

AimsJob interviews are the platform for employers to identify suitable candidates for vacant posts, i.e. those who are able to demonstrate a certain set of competencies specified in the job description. In the recent psychiatry specialty training (ST) application process, candidates are required to propose a management plan for two complex scenarios. This interview can be stressful given the high-stakes nature of the outcome, i.e. the successful enrolment into a training programme of a preferred deanery. Candidates who are unable to have an organised approach to problem-solving will likely have an unfavourable result. To overcome this difficulty, a simplified “I AM” approach is being proposed to assist applicants to organise their thoughts during their ST application interview.MethodsThe “I AM” approach stands for “Issues, Assessments, and Management”, which is adapted from the “Handbook of Psychiatry: Surviving Consultation Viva Examination of Malaysian Conjoint Board”. The “Issues” are the problems identified in a scenario, “Assessments” are the investigation required to get a clearer picture of the problems, and “Management” is the action plan to solve the problems. This approach was piloted with five applicants of ST in psychiatry prior to their interview practices.ResultsFor a complex clinical case scenario, the “I AM” approach can be put into the matrix of 3 × 3 tables together with a biopsychosocial model to ensure the issues in different domains are explored thoroughly. Further sub-classification into necessary subheadings, including ideas, concerns, and expectations from different parties, can be included in the assessment matrix. Lastly, a management plan using a multidisciplinary team and collaborative decision-making model with the patient and family can be proposed. For a complex managerial scenario, the seven pillars of the National Health Service's clinical governance model involving different stakeholders can be incorporated into the “I AM” approach to explore problem-solving strategies from different angles. Positive reactions had been received from all five trainees (Kirkpatrick's Evaluation Model Level One).ConclusionThe “I AM” approach can be flexibly applied in different problem-solving scenarios and it works well with other models. The approach may be limited by inadequate information and a failure to prioritise. Further systematic evaluation of the effectiveness and generalisability of the “I AM” approach to other disciplines is required.

Deregulated MicroRNAs Associated With Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders caused by aging. Alzheimer discussed his findings on the brain pathology and symptoms of presenile dementia publicly on 3 November 1906, at the Tubingen meeting of the Southwest German Psychiatrists. The attendees at this lecture seemed uninterested in what he had to say. Following the lecture, Alzheimer published a short paper summarizing his lecture; in 1907 he wrote a larger paper detailing the disease and his findings. Kraepelin first named the disease as Alzheimer's disease in Handbook of Psychiatry in the chapter on Presenile and Senile Dementia in 1910. Dr. Alois Alzheimer, characterized the disorder with the presence of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary triangle (NFT) in the patient’s brain. Recently, studies exhibit that miRNA plays a role in moderating expression of the AD-related genes as well as subsequent phenotypic manifestation. Additionally, a number of studies indicate that miRNA is deregulated in AD human brain. In this review we focused on three aspects of the roles of miRNAs in the development of the Alzheimer’s disease: 1) During the progress of the disease, miRNA’s expression mutates and plays a pathological impact on the pathogenesis. Therefore, identifying and analyzing the expression of the microRNA will provide an insight on the pathogenic. 2) Since a single miRNA may have multiple gene targets in Alzheimer’s disease it is necessary to identify differently expressed miRNAs (DEM) and differently expressed genes (DEG). 3) Since miRNA’s target multiple genes through pathways, they make complex regulatory networks, and search of such networks allows better understanding and modeling the biological system of the disease.

Books: In Pursuit of Memory: the Fight Against Alzheimer’s

Joseph Jebelli John Murray, 2017 , HB, 320 pp, £18.99, 978-1473635739 Joseph Jebelli is a researcher at the Institute of Neurology at University College London, working on rats genetically programmed to develop Alzheimer’s disease — specifically, on immune stimulation of microglial cells in the hope that this will make some contribution to an eventual cure. He begins with an account of the first formal description of the disease by Alois Alzheimer in 1906, whose presentation to a psychiatric convention was met with a distinctly uninterested response from his psychoanalytically inclined audience. His work was rewarded in 1910 when Kraepelin, in his Handbook of Psychiatry , used the term ‘Alzheimer’s disease’ for the first time. Moving on to describe the major research findings to …

Joseph Lévy-Valensi (1879–1943)

Joseph Lévy-Valensi was born in Marseilles in 1879. In 1899, he was appointed hospital intern in Paris where his subsequent career took place. In 1914, Chief Resident under Déjerine at the Salpêtrière Hospital, he served in WWI, was wounded and decorated with the Légion d’Honneur. In 1929, he was appointed Professor in Professor Henri Claude's service at the CMME (Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l’Encéphale: Clinic of Mental and Encephalon Illnesses) of the Sainte-Anne Hospital and held that position for thirteen years. Author of a Précis de psychiatrie (Handbook of Psychiatry) which was published three times. In 1926, 1939 and 1948 (posthumously), he also authored several communications at the Société Médico-psychologique. In 1939, he was appointed Professor of History of Medicine and was then mobilized again. Taken prisoner at the Military Hospital where he was serving, he was liberated soon after. In 1942, he was proposed to the chair of the CMME by its Faculty Council in spite of the ban promulgated by the 1940–1941 Vichy “Statut des Juifs” (the Jewish Statute). Later, Joseph Lévy-Valensi sought refuge in Nice where in 1943 he was arrested at the train station on his way to Paris. He was imprisoned in Drancy and deported by convoy to Auschwitz, arriving there on November 23, 1943 and gassed soon after. His death will be known only after the liberation of the camp in 1945. As mentioned, in 1948 his Précis de psychiatrie was published for the third time. In 2012, the new Sainte-Anne Hospital building for the Clinique des Maladies Mentales et de l’Encéphale was given his name.

The Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Residency Handbook of Psychiatry

The Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Hospital Residency Handbook of Psychiatry

Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry (2nd edn), David Semple & Roger Smyth, Version 1.1.0 for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. Oxford University Press/MedHand Mobile Libraries, 2009, €44.99.

The first edition of the Oxford Handbook of Psychiatry became ubiquitous quickly after its publication in 2005, rapidly appearing in the pockets and bags of medical students and junior medical staff alike. However, this 976-page volume was criticised for its ‘ bulkiness’[1][1] and thus the

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine, 2nd edition

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine, 2nd edition

Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law, 4th ed

Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law, 4th ed

Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law

Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article Book Forum: Consultation-Liaison PsychiatryFull AccessHandbook of Psychiatry in Palliative MedicineSAXBY PRIDMORE, M.D., SAXBY PRIDMORESearch for more papers by this author, M.D., Hobart, AustraliaPublished Online:1 Oct 2002https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.159.10.1796-aAboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail The flyleaf of this book, authored by many well-credentialed people, states that it complements the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine(1). It has two forewords and one preface. There are 43 contributors and 28 chapters. The majority of the authors are from the United States; most of the remainder are from Canada, with a couple from the U.K. and one from Israel. A little more than half of the authors are medical doctors; the rest are psychologists, nurses, and social workers. This is a serious book.Repetition is inevitable in such a lengthy, authoritative textbook about a highly specialized activity, but the repeated points are important ones. Thus, those of us who read it from cover to cover will benefit from the retelling.Part 1 has seven chapters grouped under the heading Psychiatric Complications of Terminal Illness. Chapter 3, “Diagnosis and Management of Depression in Palliative Care,” is comprehensive without presenting new material. Chapter 6, “Delirium in the Terminally Ill,” is tight and punchy and mentions sedation with the anesthetic propofol.Part 2 has four chapters grouped under the heading Symptom Management. Chapter 8, “Physical Symptom Management in the Terminally Ill: An Overview for Mental Health Professionals,” includes pain of course, as does chapter 9, “Psychiatric Aspects of Pain Management in Patients With Advanced Cancer and AIDS.” This is a weakness of the book, perpetuation of the brain-mind division. Naturally, these chapters deal with many of the same subjects. Pleasingly, both give permission to use stimulants. In chapter 11 there is consideration of “the mechanism by which psychological distress is transduced into fatigue.” Again, the supposed brain-mind division emerges and, in this instance, quite misleadingly. In a revision the authors might consider the term “organism distress.” The authors helpfully inform us that when stimulants are used, the rate of discontinuation due to side effects is less than 10%. If I were to be stranded on a desert island and could only take one chapter of this book, I would pick chapter 8.Part 3 has five chapters on Psychotherapeutic Intervention and Palliative Care. Chapter 13, “Existential Psychotherapy in Palliative Care,” is esoteric, reminding us that Nietzsche advised separating from our own thoughts. It is doubtful that most dying people are in a position to pursue this advice. Chapter 14 summarizes the supportive relationship for dying patients. In chapter 15, cognitive behavior therapy lays claim to relaxation training, hypnosis, and other techniques that antedate the main body of cognitive behavior therapy by 50 years.Part 4 has two chapters on Pediatric Palliative Care. Despite my claim to have read every page in the book, I skim-read these; such is my personal difficulty with this area.Part 5, Family and Staff Issues, has four chapters and involves much repetition. Chapter 21, “Burnout and Symptoms of Stress in Staff Working in Palliative Care,” does not provide an adequate definition of the term “burnout,” whose time appears to have passed. It gives a picture of a trunk and branch system of a tree, designating it “A Visual Model of Hospice Nursing,” and a picture of a plant root system, designated “The Root of Hospice Caregiving.”In part 6, Ethical and Spiritual Issues, which has four chapters, chapter 24, “Addressing the Needs of the Patient Who Requests Physician-Assisted Suicide or Euthanasia,” is a useful piece of work that makes no pretense at having found the answers. This chapter is quite similar to chapter 4 in part 1, “Suicide, Assisted Suicide, and Euthanasia in the Terminally Ill.”Part 7 has two chapters on Research Issues and is weak. Chapter 27 states that “audit of the psychiatric aspects of palliative care is underdeveloped” and recommends remedial action. Chapter 28 is a mere five pages long (including references). It acknowledges the lack of research in the field but is optimistic about the opportunities for research in the future.This is a valuable reference book for the libraries of universities, hospitals, and workers in this highly focused field. It does not set out to be an easy-to-read introduction for the general psychiatrist and does not accidentally achieve that end.Edited by Harvey Max Chochinov, M.D., Ph.D., and William Breitbart, M.D. New York, Oxford University Press, 2000, 435 pp., $79.50.Reference1. Doyle D, Hanke G, MacDonald N (eds): Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, 2nd ed. New York, Oxford University Press, 1999Google Scholar FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited byNone Volume 159Issue 10 October 2002Pages 1796-a-1797 Metrics PDF download History Published online 1 October 2002 Published in print 1 October 2002

Handbook of psychiatry in palliative medicine

Handbook of psychiatry in palliative medicine

How to Get the Most Out of Your PDA

How to Get the Most Out of Your PDA

Book Review: Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Care

Book Review: Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Care

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine

Director, Palliative Medicine Program University of Alabama at Birmingham 1700 7th Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35294 Email: [email protected]

Book Review: Handbook of psychiatry in palliative medicine.

Book Review: Handbook of psychiatry in palliative medicine.

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine

Handbook of Psychiatry in Palliative Medicine

Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law, 2nd ed

Back to table of contents Previous article Next article ArticleNo AccessClinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law, 2nd edHARVEY BLUESTONEHARVEY BLUESTONESearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:1 Apr 2006https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.149.8.1104AboutSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail "Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law, 2nd ed." American Journal of Psychiatry, 149(8), pp. 1104–1105 Access content To read the fulltext, please use one of the options below to sign in or purchase access. Personal login Institutional Login Sign in via OpenAthens Purchase Save for later Item saved, go to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry $35.00 Add to cart PPV Articles - American Journal of Psychiatry Checkout Please login/register if you wish to pair your device and check access availability. Not a subscriber? Subscribe Now / Learn More PsychiatryOnline subscription options offer access to the DSM-5 library, books, journals, CME, and patient resources. This all-in-one virtual library provides psychiatrists and mental health professionals with key resources for diagnosis, treatment, research, and professional development. Need more help? PsychiatryOnline Customer Service may be reached by emailing [email protected] or by calling 800-368-5777 (in the U.S.) or 703-907-7322 (outside the U.S.). FiguresReferencesCited byDetailsCited byKaplan and Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 7th ed., vols. 1, 2JOSEPH T. ENGLISH, M.D., 1 February 2002 | American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 159, No. 2New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry, vols. 1, 2JOEL YAGER, M.D., 1 February 2002 | American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 159, No. 2Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law, 3rd ed.HARVEY BLUESTONE, M.D., 1 February 2002 | American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 159, No. 2 Volume 149Issue 8 August 1992Pages 1104-1105 Metrics History Published online 1 April 2006 Published in print 1 August 1992

Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law

Clinical Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law

Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law

Handbook of Psychiatry and the Law