I want to thank Dr. Nasrallah, whose monthly comments I find interesting and provocative, for his first-of-its-kind description of the “ideal” psychiatrist’s role and identity (“The model psychiatrist: 7 domains of excellence,” From the Editor, Current Psychiatry, November 2011, p. 5-6). This article should be mandatory reading and discussion material for every psychiatry residency program. For this elder psychiatrist, it was a thoughtful review of where I have been and where I am going in my field.
Ronald Blank, MD
Private Practice
Easthampton, MA