[Urban or rural psychiatric practice: Any differences?]

In this reflection, the author first discusses her current psychiatric practice in an outpatient urban clinic. She discusses stress affecting many patients and its impact on them. What is stress? What is post-traumatic stress? What are its implications? How do patients adapt? The author presents some clinical examples. She then addresses her psychiatric practice in a rural setting in order to identify various aspects that highlight the differences between psychiatric practice in an urban and rural setting.