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Joseph Fondriest, MD

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Telepsychiatry: Diverse Needs Require Diverse Options

COVID-19 has prompted an unprecedented shift toward virtual psychiatric health care—but how do patients and providers really feel about it?



Rola Aamar, PhD

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Anger Among Health Care Professionals

It is an uncomfortable emotion that is often suppressed—but potent.


Rose Mary Xavier, PhD, MS, RN, PMHNP-BC

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Prevention and Early Detection of Tardive Dyskinesia

In this custom video series, Rose Mary Xavier, PhD, MS, RN, PMHNP-BC, shares advice that can be helpful to community providers who manage children and adult patients prescribed antipsychotic therapy about screening for involuntary body movements and early signs of tardive dyskinesia.


Senthil Rajaram Manoharan, MD

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Evaluating Brexpiprazole for the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

In this CME article, learn more about the efficacy and tolerability of brexpiprazole for the treatment of agitation among individuals with Alzheimer disease dementia.


Pawel Swieboda

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Brain Capital: An Emerging Investment Opportunity

Brain Capital: a fresh approach to technologies and investing.


Katherine D. Crist, MD

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Perspectives on Global Women’s Mental Health

This diverse group of women came together to explore the challenges in treating mental illness in patients who identify as female.


Philip J. Candilis, MD

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Surviving Vaccine Hesitancy Together

What is the mindset of “anti-vaxxers,” and how can you connect with them as a clinician?


Rym Ayadi, PhD

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How Cities Can Boost Brain Capital

In a shock-prone world, city-level thinking is a new approach to optimizing the brain health and brain skills of citizens.


Milton L. Wainberg, MD

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Challenges and Opportunities Beyond COVID-19

How can recognizing the pandemic's impact on MSDs help us increase funding, research, and implementation of MSD treatment?


Adrienne Saxton, MD

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Between Stoned and a Hard Place? Navigating Cannabis Medicolegal Issues

Given the significant variation in medical cannabis laws amongst states and the continually shifting legal landscape regarding its use, medical cannabis presents a unique challenge for medical professionals who consider recommending it to their patients


Wilsa M.S. Charles Malveaux, MD, MA

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May We Never Forget

Black history is American history and world history.


Jennifer Holton, MD

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Can This Cancer Treatment Cause Manic Episodes?

A case report and literature review of intrathecal methotrexate-induced mania.


Rahn Kennedy Bailey, MD

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Recognizing the Contributions and the Struggles of Black Psychiatrists

“It is of the utmost importance to provide culturally competent forensic psychiatric services that are better suited to the needs of the African American community.”


Joelle Prevost, MCP, RCC

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Helping Patients Thrive This Holiday Season

Are your patients feeling stressed out? Here are 10 tips to share with them for a less stressful holiday season.


Gilbert Honigfeld, PhD

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Clozapine REMS: Regulatory Discrimination Against Psychiatrists?

After 30+ years of clinical experience with clozapine, it is time for professional psychiatry to demand an end to this discriminatory clozapine REMS program.


Peter J. Franz, PhD

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Managing Suicidal Thoughts, Behaviors, and Risk in Treatment-Resistant Depression

A range of therapeutic targets are likely to be relevant for reducing risk of suicide in TRD. Here's what you need to know.


Gonzalo Laje, MD, FAPA

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ADHD and the COVID-19 Pandemic

What are the unique challenges for individuals with ADHD?


Giselle Plata, DO, MPH

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Next Steps: Solutions and Recommendations For Healing

Climate change is a devastating existential threat that can exaggerate preexisting inequities and health/mental health problems. As mental health professionals committed to understanding deep emotional wounds and addressing complexities of relationships, psychiatrists have the tools to assist in bridging the current gaps.


Vanessa Lentz, MD, MSc

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From Languishing to Flourishing: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

What can be done to mitigate stress and reduce burnout?


Katie Hobbins

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Pediatricians Submit 300+ Personal Gun Violence Testimonies to Congressional Record

The American Academy of Pediatrics included these testimonies in a statement submitted to the US Senate Judiciary Committee in advance of the committee’s hearing on gun violence prevention.


Kelsey Wong, DO

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Helping Primary Care Teams Provide Culturally Appropriate Care for Diverse Patients

Psychiatrists may wish to engage the primary care team to conduct a comprehensive case formulation that takes cultural factors into account.


Tuana Kant, MSc

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Mental Health Care for Women of Color: Risk Factors, Barriers, and Clinical Recommendations

It is essential that clinicians take an active approach in creating a culturally safe space to provide mental health care to WoC.


Mark C. Russell, PhD

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Treatment of Military Populations

What psychiatric illnesses are most prevalent among veterans? And how can clinicians help them overcome obstacles to care?


Christopher Reist, MD

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Anger Among Health Care Professionals

It is an uncomfortable emotion that is often suppressed—but potent.


Amal Mumtaz, MD

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Medication Modification Equivalent for Virtual and In-Person Psychiatric Visits

Mental health leads with 36% of all outpatient visits and 39% of all telehealth services. What effect does this have on psychiatric practice?


Rakin Hoq, MD

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Black Americans’ Distrust of the COVID-19 Vaccine

A case for why psychiatrists should discuss the COVID vaccines with their patients.



Maison Abu Raya, MD

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The Border Zone Between bvFTD and Primary Psychiatric Disorders

In this CME, learn more about frontotemporal lobar degeneration and the several overlapping syndromes that it encompasses, as well as how to distinguish behavioral variant frontotemporal lobar degeneration from other psychiatric disorders.


Amilcar Arnaldo Tirado, MD, MBA

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Lessons From a Difficult Year

A year after being hospitalized with COVID, a physician considers the pandemic’s larger meaning for American medicine—and for American society.

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