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How can deep brain stimulation help people with eating disorders? What role do psychiatrists play in supporting expectant mothers? Hear from trainees and consultants alike about the most rewarding aspects of their jobs.
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Bloods, sweat and…lots of tea: a day in the life of an on-call psychiatric trainee
Wonder what it’s like to be on call for a large psychiatric hospital? Trainee psychiatrist Dr Kay Sunderland takes us minute-by-minute through a fast-paced day supporting acutely unwell patients.
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View from the front: three perspectives on military psychiatry
Working with NATO, training to evacuate from helicopters, tackling the Himalayas ... Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Charlie Tweed and his two colleagues explore some of the surprising and challenging opportunities they’ve ...
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Five things you (probably) don’t know about forensic psychiatry
In the first blog of our Choose Psychiatry series, Dr Stania Kamara takes us behind the scenes of the criminal justice system, as she explains some of the lesser-known aspects ...
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Providing support in the justice system
Dr Kathleen Levick, an ST4 intellectual disability psychiatrist based in South London, reflects on her experiences getting to know inmates and defendants in the criminal justice system.
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