A Psychiatrist's Diary November 15, 2007

Are You Analyzing Me?

Shyam K. Bhat, MD

J Clin Psychiatry 2007;68(11):1809-1810

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I was at a party in my first month of residency talking to this young lady, a legal secretary.

"So, you’ re a psychiatrist?" she asked.

"No, I am in residency," I demurred, but she dismissed that with an elegant wave of her hand, and asked me, somewhat flirtatiously, "Are you analyzing me?"