Actual Conference Championships (and adjacent)
This term is used to describe the annual NCAA championships, which usually take place during a particular month.
March Madness
The word used to describe a patient's awareness and understanding of themselves or their illness
insight
This beloved APD completed residency training at Cornell
Dr. Julie Penzner
This agent has unique partial agonism of the mu opioid receptor
buprenorphine
This PGY4 gave a tremendous lecture on approaching personality disorders in acute care settings.
Monty
Duke, UNC, and NC State are all members of this conference.
SEC
This is an increased resistance proportional to the force applied by the examiner, often evaluated in the setting of catatonia
Gegenhalten
This famous presence on the 9th floor of the VA completed a Geriatrics fellowship at Northwestern
Dr. Tracy Holsinger
This atypical antidepressant has also been approved for use in smoking cessation
bupropion
Kemi, Lexi, and Lynette discussed these things during the QI presentations.
The 2024 NCAA Women's Tournament winners
USC
This term refers to an excessive or disinhibited motion that can occur with inappropriate dopamine modulation
dyskinesia
This Duke Psychiatry legend recently retired in March, much to our dismay (but also we're very happy for her)
Dr. Grace Thrall
This serotonin agonist is marketed as an anxiolytic agent and is classically used as an augmenting agent dosed three times a day
buspirone
These 2 members of our leadership team were in attendance.
Dr. Vestal and Dr. Penzner
The 2024 NCAA Men's Tournament winners
UConn
This fun term was previously used to describe what we now call schizophrenia
dementia praecox
This Duke MedPsych alum is most likely to invite residents to his office for a cup of tea.
Dr. Paul Riordan
This agent is more likely to be prescribed by a neurologist, as it is commonly used to treat spasticity and muscle spasms
baclofen
Jashi made a heroic effort to distribute these while we were all gathered in person.
PRITE scores!
This University of Iowa player has contributed to an enormous increase in viewership for women's athletics (among other impressive stuff)
Caitlin Clark
This term refers to an inability to act decisively/show initiative, stemming from a lack of will, rather than lack of motivation
This attending's initials spell out an iconic combination.
If left untreated, low levels of this can lead to the development of Korsakoff syndrome
This resident joined us remotely all the way from Mexico City.
Jeff