Speaker #1:
The Many Meanings of "Tension": What I Learned From Holding A Month-Long Clinic In A Town Without Psychiatrists
Sheharyar Sarwar, D.O.
INTRODUCTION
Dr. Sarwar is a Consultation-Liaison psychiatry fellow. After taking the poetic route to medicine (literally), he completed his psychiatry residency at Penn State Health. His academic interests are rooted in his connection with Pakistan and his experiences as an immigrant, navigating a new language and a new culture during his formative years. Appreciating the way emotions get lost in translation, through his own life experiences and his study of creative writing and literature, Dr. Sarwar became interested in exploring how different patient populations express emotional distress. Returning to his roots, he has made two recent trips to Pakistan to hold an outpatient psychiatry clinic in a small town in Punjab, gathering data on mental health trends and idioms of distress in the local population. He will be presenting some of his findings during his Grand Rounds presentation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Define the key phrase idiom of distress, and related concepts including ethnopsychology and explanatory models.
- Identify common idioms of distress used by Pakistani patients with mental health complaints.
- Explore how idioms of distress can inform patient care.
Speaker #2:
Double Dysphoria: A Dilemma
Fiona Fonseca, M.B., B.Ch. B.A.O.
INTRODUCTION
Dr. Fíona Fonseca (they/them) is a consultation-liaison psychiatry fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Their current fellowship includes a focus on transgender and reproductive medicine, as well as electives in neuromodulation and HIV medicine. Their professional interests also include cultural psychiatry, medical ethics, psychotherapy, and advocacy for their patients and profession. Upon completion of the fellowship year, Dr. Fonseca will continue on at the Mayo Clinic as a senior associate consultant in the psychiatry department, working closely with the transgender and intersex specialty care clinic (TISCC), while pursuing further training in clinical and translational research. Dr. Fonseca is an attendee on the Board of Trustees for the American Psychiatric Association (APA) as the chair for both the Diversity Leadership fellowship and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) fellowship through the APA foundation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
- Define and describe perimenstrual dysphoria.
- Define and describe gender dysphoria.
- Appraise current literature on experiences of menstruation among nonbinary and transmasculine individuals.
ATTENDANCE / CREDIT
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TRANSCRIPT
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