Are you tired of waiting fifteen minutes only to spend ten minutes with your psychiatrist? Do you hate rearranging your busy schedule, fighting traffic, and trolling for a parking space just to spend a few minutes with your doctor? Wouldn’t it be easier if you could take care of your mental health according to your […]
Author Archives: Maria Yang, MD
Automated Psychiatrist Machine. Comments Off
When I Grow Up… Comments Off
When I grow up, I want to be a drunk. I want to wake up feeling restless and uncomfortable. It’ll be neat to drag myself out of bed to open that first bottle of wine. I’ll drink all of it within an hour. Then I’ll go to the liquor store. The guy behind the counter will […]
Categories: Education,Homelessness,Lessons,Medicine,Observations
Stoicism. Comments Off
“I HEAR THEM! THEY ARE CALLING ME A CHEAP PROSTITUTE!” Her shouting is like a gas: It completely fills the space, regardless of the size of the container. The sound originates deep in her abdomen and bellows from her mouth before reverberating throughout the room. “THESE DISGUSTING MEN,” she shouts, “KEEP CALLING ME A WHORE! I […]
Categories: Fiction,Lessons,Observations
Saying Good-Bye. Comments Off
I originally wrote the post below over five years ago. It’s about a teenager I worked with for about six months at a residential treatment center. I still think about him from time to time; I hope that he was able to exit the mental health system. A few months later, I learned that, less […]
Categories: Homelessness,Lessons,Medicine,Observations