Post Author: Nomi C. Levy-Carrick, MD

Nomi C. Levy-Carrick is a psychiatrist.

A psychiatric services response to the COVID-19 crisis

Conditions

March 23, 2020

Past experiences should inform, but not determine, future action. This has been much on my mind as we bolstered outpatient psychiatric services in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The effort has felt deeply personal, as well as professionally imperative. Waiting now for my own COVID-19 test results, keeping physical distance from my family, I suddenly lost focus and momentum. For a fortnight, it seemed to take more energy …

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The power of music in the ICU

Nomi C. Levy-Carrick, MD

Physician

August 23, 2019

“I just don’t know what to do, how to help.” My patient’s wife was slumped in the plastic chair by her husband’s side, fatigued and beleaguered. She had been there for hours, days, as we waited for antibiotics to start fighting back against the infection that had overwhelmed his body.

“What sort of music does he like to listen to?”

“Depends on what he’s doing. Zeppelin to work on the car. Jazz …

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