Breanna C Keepers, Melissa R Arbuckle, Deborah L Cabaniss
{"title":"No Prep? No Problem: Making Journal Club Accessible.","authors":"Breanna C Keepers, Melissa R Arbuckle, Deborah L Cabaniss","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02148-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02148-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143957854","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, Carol A Mathews, Susan M Voglmaier, Matthew E Hirschtritt
{"title":"Minding the Research Mentorship Gap During Psychiatry Residency.","authors":"Alan H Shu, Carol A Mathews, Susan M Voglmaier, Matthew E Hirschtritt","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02144-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02144-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143958708","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}
Yekaterina Angelova, Roaa Jambi, Marie Thearle, Chibuzo Ukonu, Omar Mirza
{"title":"A Penny Learned: A Pilot Study on Financial Confidence and Wellness in Urban Community Hospital Psychiatrists.","authors":"Yekaterina Angelova, Roaa Jambi, Marie Thearle, Chibuzo Ukonu, Omar Mirza","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02147-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02147-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This pilot study examines the perceived value of financial education and whether a brief didactic intervention improves financial confidence and sense of well-being for attending and resident psychiatrists.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An anonymous survey was administered to attending and resident psychiatrists before and after a brief seminar on common financial topics. Aggregate data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Unpaired t-tests were used to compare the pre- and post-seminar data due to anonymity of responses and high attrition rate.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 36 participants (14 men and 22 women) who completed the pre-seminar survey, 7 (19%) had student loans, 30 (83%) had no prior financial education, 33 (92%) considered financial literacy valuable, and 28 (78%) believed that finances were related to wellness. Financial confidence was normally distributed and averaged 54% of the possible maximum. Men trended toward higher financial confidence (p = 0.06). Financial confidence was not associated with age, race, level of training, or debt. Burnout was generally low in this cohort. No significant differences in the perceived value of financial literacy, relationship between finances and wellness, or financial confidence before and after the financial seminar were identified (p = 0.37), though the post-seminar survey had only 14 (39%) respondents.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although the power of this study was insufficient to demonstrate an association between formal didactics and improvement in financial confidence and burnout, psychiatrists perceive significant value in such education. Findings additionally suggest possible gender differences in financial confidence, reflecting larger systemic inequities in physician financial wellness.</p>","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143958707","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":"A Balanced Perspective on Digital Culture : Social Media and Youth Mental Health. Edited by Vicki Harrison, Anne Collier, and Steven Adelsheim; 2025, American Psychiatric Association Publishing; pp. 294. $58.00 Paperback.","authors":"Mary K Morreale","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02146-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02146-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143959705","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}
John H. Coverdale, Andreea Seritan, Enrico G. Castillo, Rashi Aggarwal, Lia A. Thomas, Mary K. Morreale, Anthony P. S. Guerrero, Alan K. Louie, Richard Balon, Eugene V. Beresin, Adam Brenner
{"title":"A Challenge to In-Person Academic Conferences During the Climate Emergency","authors":"John H. Coverdale, Andreea Seritan, Enrico G. Castillo, Rashi Aggarwal, Lia A. Thomas, Mary K. Morreale, Anthony P. S. Guerrero, Alan K. Louie, Richard Balon, Eugene V. Beresin, Adam Brenner","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02142-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40596-025-02142-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":"49 3","pages":"213 - 217"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143955153","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":"Genetics Training in Canadian Psychiatry Residency Programs: a Survey of Residents and Program Directors.","authors":"Mark Ainsley Colijn","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02149-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02149-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Genetic testing in psychiatry is currently indicated under certain circumstances and making a correct diagnosis in this context may have important clinical implications. Although the use of genetic testing will likely become increasingly relevant to psychiatric practice in the coming years, only a few studies to date have explored the degree to which this topic is covered in psychiatry residency programs, and none have exclusively focused on Canadian programs. As such, the purpose of this study was to better understand the degree to which Canadian psychiatry residents receive training in genetics, and to explore their understanding of, and opinions about this important clinical topic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study anonymously surveyed (using Qualtrics) both residents and program directors at psychiatry residency programs across Canada between October and November of 2024.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighty residents and seven program directors participated. All seven program directors estimated that their respective programs included 1-3 h of teaching on the topic of genetics. While the vast majority of residents had never ordered genetic testing of any kind and did not feel competent doing so, most residents and program directors alike appear to believe that the field of genetics is relevant to the practice of psychiatry and that residents should receive training in this area.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>As the field of psychiatric genetics appears to represent a somewhat neglected educational topic among Canadian residency programs, it is recommended that a greater national effort be made to develop and implement curricular activities designed to address this gap in training.</p>","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143959706","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}
Marie Soller, Mary Moffit, Christie Kesserwani, Benjamin Ladd
{"title":"Patterns and Correlates of Utilization of Mental Health Services, Distress, and Flourishing Among Academic Medical Trainees and Faculty Throughout the COVID Pandemic and Beyond","authors":"Marie Soller, Mary Moffit, Christie Kesserwani, Benjamin Ladd","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02139-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40596-025-02139-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><p>The COVID pandemic struck after decades of high distress among clinicians, but little is known about their utilization of mental health services. This investigation examines peri-pandemic mental health services utilization by academic medical trainees and faculty, including levels of distress and flourishing among utilizers.</p><h3>Methods</h3><p>Authors examined psychological and psychiatric service utilization through an academic medical center’s wellness program between 2019 and 2023. Program utilizers consenting to research completed standardized measures of distress and flourishing. Statistical analysis compared results including demographic correlates during four intervals: before the COVID pandemic, before and after vaccine availability, and after the state of emergency was lifted.</p><h3>Results</h3><p>Of the 1212 individuals who utilized the program, 697 consented to research participation. Utilization rates ranged among eligible trainees between 26.4% (273/1032) and 36.0% (378/1050) and faculty between 6.4% (125/1946) and 8.2% (213/2592) per 9-month interval. Utilization was more intensive pre-vaccine and post-state of emergency. BIPOC utilization significantly increased in all three intervals after COVID began, including an observed increase in Asian utilizers. Flourishing was lowest in the post-vaccine and post-state of emergency intervals. Surgical specialties reported higher flourishing than non-surgical specialties. No differences in distress were observed.</p><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Within this robustly utilized program, the percentage of eligible clinicians initiating services was steady and increased after the state of emergency was lifted. An increase in utilization by BIPOC clinicians coincided with an increase in Asian discrimination nationally. Academic medical institutions should be prepared to meet the evolving and expanding mental health treatment needs of diverse trainees and faculty.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":"49 3","pages":"248 - 253"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143958713","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":"Growing Your Own: Reflection, Support, and Connection for Developing Early Career Psychiatrists.","authors":"Gemma Espejo, Mahta Baghoolizadeh, Carolyn Cookson","doi":"10.1007/s40596-025-02141-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-025-02141-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7069,"journal":{"name":"Academic Psychiatry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143955154","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}