Committed : dispatches from a psychiatrist in training

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Stern, Adam (Psychiatrist), author.

ISBN:

9780358434733

Physical Description:

xv, 303 pages ; 22 cm

Contents:

Welcome to Longwood -- The golden class -- It will pass, and you will be fine -- First paycheck party -- The mythical day team -- Mania -- The lightbulb has to want to be changed -- These are bad, but I think you can do worse -- Night float -- Controlled chaos -- Insomnia and electric shocks -- Bread-and-butter medicine -- Stern and sons -- A face worth licking -- Tongue-tied cherry stems south of the border -- Like the first year, but more -- Unwelcome departures -- Snoozers lose -- Tell me what brings you in to the office -- The irresistible lure of delivering Chinese food -- Just needing some air -- Some kind of chicken sociopath -- Like free therapy -- The joy and sorrow of musical staircases -- EXP -- An office with a window -- Friends don't have sleepovers -- Don't just do something, sit there -- Being present -- California nightmares -- Not my choice -- The match redux -- I've got muscles -- An impostor once more -- This is where change happens.

Abstract:

Grey's Anatomy meets One L in this psychiatrist's funny and moving memoir about his residency at Harvard Medical School.

Personal Subject:

Stern, Adam (Psychiatrist)

Corporate Subject:

Harvard Medical School.

Subject Term:

Psychiatrists -- United States -- Biography.

Residents (Medicine) -- United States -- Biography.

Psychiatry -- Study and teaching (Residency) -- United States.

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Grey's Anatomy meets One L in this psychiatrist's charming and poignant memoir about his residency at Harvard.

Adam Stern was a student at a state medical school before being selected to train as a psychiatry resident at one of the most prestigious programs in the country. His new and initially intimidating classmates were high achievers from the Ivy League and other elite universities around the nation. Faculty raved about the group as though the residency program had won the lottery, nicknaming them "The Golden Class," but would Stern ever prove that he belonged?

In his memoir, Stern pulls back the curtain on the intense and emotionally challenging lessons he and his fellow doctors learned while studying the human condition, and ultimately, the value of connection. The narrative focuses on these residents, their growth as doctors, and the life choices they make as they try to survive their grueling four-year residency. Rich with drama, insight, and emotion, Stern shares engrossing stories of life on the psychiatric wards, as well as the group's experiences as they grapple with impostor syndrome and learn about love and loss. Most importantly, as they study how to help distressed patients in search of a better life, they discover the meaning of failure and the preciousness of success.

Stern's growth as a doctor, and as a man, have readers rooting for him and his patients, and ultimately find their own hearts fuller for having taken this journey with him.

Notes

ADAM STERN, MD, is a psychiatrist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and an assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has written extensively about his experience as a physician including in the New York Times , the Boston Globe, and the American Journal of Psychiatry . He lives with his family near Boston.

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Stern debuts with a mesmerizing memoir of the four years he spent in a psychiatry residency program at Harvard. He joined the staff in 2010, as part of a group of 15 residents, and was charged with observing patients in the emergency room and the psych ward, and working the grueling "night float," which required working two consecutive weeks of overnights. While he admits that "managing patients was a never-ending maelstrom of chaos and uncertainty," Stern came to understand that psychiatry is all about helping patients become their best selves "in spite of, or even because of, the immense challenges they face." Throughout, he paints sensitive and often touching portraits of his patients, who dealt with everything from paranoia to anorexia to severe depression. In spending "half my day as a reflective window" for others' struggles, he often carried their despair with him. At the same time, he writes, these intense trials led to deep bonds with the other residents--one of whom would eventually become his wife--and taught him how "to purposefully keep moving forward." Compassionate and candid, this is as human as it gets. Agent: Karen Murgolo, Aevitas Creative Management. (July)

Prologue	p. xiii
Part 1 Year One
1 Welcome to Longwood	p. 3
2 The Golden Class	p. 14
3 It Will Pass, and You Will Be Fine	p. 20
4 First Paycheck Party	p. 33
5 The Mythical Day Team	p. 38
6 Mania	p. 46
7 The Lightbulb Has to Want to Be Changed	p. 55
8 These Are Bad, but I Think You Can Do Worse	p. 59
9 Night Float	p. 69
10 Controlled Chaos	p. 78
11 Insomnia and Electric Shocks	p. 85
12 Bread-and-Butter Medicine	p. 96
13 Stern and Sons	p. 107
14 A Face Worth Licking	p. 112
15 Tongue-Tied Cherry Stems South of the Border	p. 117
Part 2 Year Two
16 Like the First Year, but More	p. 125
17 Unwelcome Departures	p. 136
18 Snoozers Lose	p. 145
19 Tell Me What Brings You into the Office	p. 155
20 The Irresistible Lure of Delivering Chinese Food	p. 165
21 Just Needing Some Air	p. 176
22 Some Kind of Chicken Sociopath	p. 183
23 Like Free Therapy	p. 190
24 The Joy and Sorrow of Musical Staircases	p. 198
25 EXP	p. 205
26 An Office with a Window	p. 211
27 Friends Don't Have Sleepovers	p. 217
Part 3 Years Three and Four
28 Don't Just Do Something, Sit There	p. 229
29 Being Present	p. 243
30 California Nightmares	p. 255
31 Not My Choice	p. 264
32 The Match Redux	p. 273
33 I've Got Muscles	p. 279
34 An Impostor Once More	p. 285
35 This Is Where Change Happens	p. 292
In Memoriam	p. 298
Acknowledgments	p. 300

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