Med-Psych Physicians in the Hospital | Psychiatric Times

You can be double Boarded in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry. But the vignette in this article would have been equally well addressed by a generalist who had his eyes, ears and heart open:

“How should we effectively care for the medically complicated patient with psychiatric issues in the hospital? There is not a simple answer to this question, but I write this piece to simply raise awareness of a potential part of the solution: the dually-trained Med/Psych physician.”

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/schizophrenia/two-one-special-med-psych-physicians-hospital?rememberme=1&elq_mid=2537&elq_cid=1758157