A psychosomatic perspective on takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a case report.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a reversible heart condition initially described in the Japanese literature in the 1990s. The typical presentation mimics an acute coronary syndrome. It is frequently found in elderly women in the context of emotional or physical stress in the absence of significant obstructive coronary disease.

Postgraduate year-1 residency training in emergency psychiatry: an acute care psychiatric clinic at a community mental health center.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine resident satisfaction with an acute care psychiatric clinic designed in collaboration with a nearby community mental health center. We also sought to demonstrate that this rotation helps meet program requirements for emergency psychiatry training, provides direct assessments of resident interviewing skills and clinical knowledge in the postgraduate year-1, and provides exposure to public sector systems of care.

Methods: We developed a resident satisfaction questionnaire and fielded it to each of the residents who participated in the clinic over the first 3 years.