Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

It seemed not any portent that I would be a doctor untill I had attended “wish been DOCTER”, the camp for high school students of Siriraj medical school, before entrance examination….

Likewise that time, I’ve just found out that I’m falling in love with enchanted PSYCHIATRY…. There is not any omen as well…

The 4th year medical student must pass department of psychiatry for 3 weeks, due to this department was my last one of my 4th year, this field has never been in my choices and I had somewhat disliked psychi because…..
- I wouldn’t like to work with insane patients,
- human thought was too complicated to understand
- my 3rd year score was very poor.

But in the 4th year, After studying psychiatry, I realized that it is one of interesting subjects. Moreover communication skill is important for therapists, you can realize that speech is only one confident and proud talent of mine… I love talking with the patients as well as my friends (when they face any problems and ask me for my advice). I am always happy if ones’ suffering are lessened after our conversation.

In order to explore myself… I applied for child and adolescent psychiatry, elective course in my last 2weeks vacation of my student life.
1 week pass rapidly… I suppose I’m falling in love psychiatry sincerely…

The way that professor approach the patients is different from other kind of specialists. They notice thoroughly verbal and non-verbal language, behavior, communication, social skill, cloth, the reaction of patient and patient’s family members, etc… , predict one’s personality and thinking. Specially they care of ones’ feeling, each speech sentence is produced careful and reasonable. Absolutely, I can apply this subject matter in my life to be a good mental health person as well as good communication skill.

In aspect of child psychiatrists, it’s no doubt that they must be excellent parents that bring up their children perfectly.
Dr. Wanpen, I can touch her warmth and think of my own mom and my granny when studied with her... she is my respected model and such a nice woman..
Dr. Suporn, another one of my model of child psychiatrist said that she had applied the theory for her own child and found out that though these methods are too difficult to continue all along (in thailand) but if parents are steady, these ways are very effective for child rearing… moreover she supposed she might not be able be a good child psychiatrist if she had never tried by herself (with her child).

Absolutely, I have never known what the right method of child rearing is… so do most of parents, I suppose. Child psychiatry department arrange weekly “Parent Training program”, and I had a chance to attend this activity last week, I realize that it’s extremely useful for everyone (not only for parents). The lesson consist of how to use “I” message to present one’s feeling directly that is better than “U” message or BLAMING which discourage listener’s feeling and useless way for behavior improving, including emotional reflection practice, the method to cease bad mood expression that result in arguing, etc.
In conclusion, this class was beneficial and I realize that I’m the one must practice these lesson as well.


By the way, Psychiatrists are extremely deficient; 400 general psychiatrists and only 100 child and adolescent psychiatrists in Thailand, on the other hand, I suppose you cannot imagine what a numerous psychiatric cases there are; including the admitted patient and psychiatric problems that are anticipated to solve.

Hopefully, I can be a good and excellent one same as my respected Professor in the future…
Wish my dream come true..