When you present a case to an examiner or when you answer a multiple choice question on a psychiatry board exam, you must know the actual interventions that are included within a psychotherapy. Today I give you a brief (and I hope clear) rundown of the interventions of Supportive Therapy.

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Since your psychiatric oral board interview needs to be much shorter than a regular clinical interview, you must use your time well. I decrease the amount of time spent on the psychiatric history by interviewing at three levels of detail.

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Manage Your Board Interview So You Never Run Out Of Time, Part I
Many more of us could pass the Psychiatry Part 2 Board Interview if we had an unlimited amount of time. Or even 40-50 minutes. But we don’t.

And yet we have soooooo much information to obtain. (I probably would not have failed my exam twice if I had more time on the interview. Maybe I would have failed only a single time. But I’ll never know.)

What is a poor board candidate to do? Here are some specific tips.

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Today I have a short post but one that may make the difference between passing and failing for some candidates. Yes, it’s that important. So what is the two word question?

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Did you know that diabetes mellitus increases risk for depression? Yes, it’s true. Read more on the bidirectional relationship between these two disorders. It’ll hold you in good stead on your board exam.

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Here is a contribution from a reader describing his live patient from the January 2008 Psychiatry Part 2 Board exam. This could have been a particularly anxiety-provoking type of patient, but the candidate really kept his cool. See what you think.

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