“A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession.” During the 20th century, these famous words from Dr. Martin Henry Fischer (1879-1962) were often quoted to s…
Category: Psychiatry
Healing through books: bibliotherapy’s impact [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Attorney Andrea Sonnenberg joins us to delve into the transformative power of bibliotherapy. Join us as we explore how literature can be a potent tool for addressing mental health challenge…
Beyond resilience: the urgent call for “soul talk” in medicine
Burnout: “An erosion of the soul caused by a deterioration of one’s values, dignity, spirit, and will.” – Christine Maslach (The Truth about Burnout by Maslach and Leiter) “Shredding of the soul.” – Rita Nakashima Br…
Conquering childhood trauma: the power of EMDR therapy
I sat at my desk in my 6th-grade classroom, my anxiety mounting. I counted down the minutes until the big hand on the clock above the chalkboard finally reached noon. As my classmates emptied out of the room, headed to the cafeteria for lunch, my palms…
Conquering childhood trauma: the power of EMDR therapy
I sat at my desk in my 6th-grade classroom, my anxiety mounting. I counted down the minutes until the big hand on the clock above the chalkboard finally reached noon. As my classmates emptied out of the room, headed to the cafeteria for lunch, my palms…
Unlocking the hidden potential of trauma [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! We sit down with Edith Shiro, a clinical psychologist, as she takes us on a journey through her book, The Unexpected Gift of Trauma. Prepare to gain a deeper understanding of trauma and its…
Traditional Chinese medicine’s holistic approach [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join us as we delve into the world of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Jinguan Yang, a psychiatrist, will help us explore how TCM views the skin, muscles, collagen, blood vessels, and bo…
Healing the mind and body
An excerpt from The Healing Book. When Allie’s canoe tapped the dock in Iquitos, Peru, she didn’t know which was greater: her exhaustion or her anticipation. After hours on the Amazon River, she was sticky with sweat, and her arms and legs …
How one doctor’s stories transform lives [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join Laya Jalilian-Khave, a physician and post-doctoral fellow in psychiatry. Laya shares her profound journey from medical school in Tehran to practicing medicine in diverse settings, incl…
Revolutionizing health care: Rethinking burnout and resilience
I read all the time about the strategies and measures physicians and other health care professionals take to mitigate, reduce, or immunize themselves against burnout, moral distress, and empathic strain. We have been talking about this for decades, wit…
