Certina Ho, Eulaine Ma, Wei Wei, John Teshima, Shaheen Darani
{"title":"Customized Faculty Development for Psychiatry Teachers and Educators: From Needs Assessment to Program Evaluation.","authors":"Certina Ho, Eulaine Ma, Wei Wei, John Teshima, Shaheen Darani","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02214-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02214-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145205279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wayles Haynes, Alexandra Roesch, Heidi Rishel Brakey, Jenny Davis, Jeremy Miller, Julie Salvador
{"title":"General Psychiatry Resident Perceptions of Geriatric Psychiatry: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Wayles Haynes, Alexandra Roesch, Heidi Rishel Brakey, Jenny Davis, Jeremy Miller, Julie Salvador","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02231-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02231-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>As the population of older adults with mental health needs grows, there is an increasing demand for geriatric psychiatrists, but the workforce is shrinking. This study investigated psychiatric residents' perceptions of geriatric psychiatry to understand why fewer psychiatrists choose to specialize in geriatric care and ways to counteract this trend.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted two focus groups with first- and second-year general psychiatry residents at the University of New Mexico to understand perceived challenges and benefits of geriatric psychiatry as a profession. We analyzed transcripts using an exploratory qualitative, thematic, team-based approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Analysis revealed primary themes of perceived challenges, perceived benefits, and learning goals. Within perceived challenges included sub-themes \"subspecialty-related\" (lack of personal value or meaning, it is too demanding, and too complex), \"patient-related\" (lack of knowledge, low confidence, futility, lack of connection, and moral injury), and \"system-related\" (low resources, stigma, and discrimination). Likewise, perceived benefits had sub-themes \"subspecialty-related\" (impactful, engaging, and meaningful), \"patient-related\" (rewarding), and \"system-related\" (needed). Finally, residents discussed learning goals they wanted (e.g., managing complex pharmacology and medical comorbidity; late-life developmental theory, legal concerns, and ethics) and did not want (e.g., redundancy in MoCA teaching).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Without urgent attention, the patient-provider mismatch in psychiatric care for older adults will continue to grow. Residents' negative and positive attitudes provide insights into barriers and opportunities to address the shrinking number of geriatric psychiatry fellows.</p>","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145205239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Between Deference and Voice: Bridging Psychology, Psychiatry, and Cultural Identity in Clinical Training.","authors":"Chloe Lau","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02242-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02242-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145205259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathleen Singh, Mandy Esliger, Mark Bosma, Maia von Maltzahn, Cindy Shearer, Luc Rivet, Cheryl Murphy
{"title":"Building Capacity Through Simulation: A Novel Approach to Teaching Capacity Assessment Skills to Geriatric Psychiatry and Geriatric Medicine Residents.","authors":"Kathleen Singh, Mandy Esliger, Mark Bosma, Maia von Maltzahn, Cindy Shearer, Luc Rivet, Cheryl Murphy","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02213-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02213-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145205248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laura Cardella, Adriane M Dela Cruz, Riley D Machal, Eva Waineo, Sindhu A Idicula, Erin Malloy
{"title":"Facilitated Group Mentoring in an Academic Medical Society: Creating Community to Support Well-Being and Professional Development for All Members.","authors":"Laura Cardella, Adriane M Dela Cruz, Riley D Machal, Eva Waineo, Sindhu A Idicula, Erin Malloy","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02202-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02202-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145205311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patients Who Taught Me Identity: Reflections from a Medical Student in Plastic Surgery.","authors":"Swetha Reddy","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02254-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02254-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145205262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mark H Townsend, Karen Szauter, Ronja R Bodola, Karen G Martinez-Gonzalez, Grace H Lee, Erin C Capone, Ruth E Levine
{"title":"Climate Change and Natural Disaster: Toward a Faculty Development Toolkit.","authors":"Mark H Townsend, Karen Szauter, Ronja R Bodola, Karen G Martinez-Gonzalez, Grace H Lee, Erin C Capone, Ruth E Levine","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02194-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02194-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145136177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amy E Manley, Paul Moran, Jelena Savović, Lucy Biddle
{"title":"Understanding Medical Students' Decision Making in Relation to Seeking Help for Mental Health Problems.","authors":"Amy E Manley, Paul Moran, Jelena Savović, Lucy Biddle","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02212-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02212-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This qualitative study explored medical students' decision making in relation to seeking help for mental health problems.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Fourteen medical students participated in a set of three semi-structured interviews. Interviews explored students' experiences of distress and professional help-seeking for mental health problems. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>All students experienced \"stress\" and seven had previously sought help. In deciding whether to seek help, students considered the meaning of difficult feelings, often attributing them to a stressful career. They considered mental health problems to be a sign of \"weakness\" which threatened their valued professional identity as a \"strong\" caregiver. Students questioned the acceptability of seeking help for mental health symptoms and believed they should know better than to seek help inappropriately. Concerns about confidentiality and career implications also led to reluctance to disclose symptoms, particularly thoughts of self harm. Busy timetables and distant clerkships imposed additional practical barriers to accessing support.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The study highlights the complex interplay of individual, social, and cultural factors influencing medical students' help-seeking decisions. The findings resonate with sociological models of help-seeking, emphasizing the role of identity and perceived norms in shaping decisions. Medical educators should emphasize the importance of mental health in clinical as well as pastoral settings, and challenge unhelpful professional norms and stigma towards mental illness. Greater recognition of students' tendency to downplay suicidal thoughts may aid professionals in providing appropriate and timely support.</p>","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145123861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alan H Shu, Anna Shvartsur, Matthew E Hirschtritt, Nirmala Ramalingam, Drew J Maygren
{"title":"Development and Evaluation of an Introductory Course Series on Geriatric Mental Health for General Psychiatry Residents.","authors":"Alan H Shu, Anna Shvartsur, Matthew E Hirschtritt, Nirmala Ramalingam, Drew J Maygren","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02189-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02189-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145123915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}