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Transgenerational Transmission of Resilience After Catastrophic TraumaIn this CME, learn how to design interventions to promote resilience, study their relative effectiveness, and implement them accordingly.
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How We EatTreating eating disorders can feel challenging because patients are typically ambivalent about changing their behavior; however, it is also rewarding, as full recovery is possible even in the most chronically and severely ill patients.
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How Anxiety and Habits Contribute to Anorexia NervosaAnorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe and debilitating illness with one of the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric disorder. The illness course is often long, recovery is slow, and the rates of full recovery are low.
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Interoception in Eating Disorders: A Clinical PrimerMore than two-thirds of patients with eating disorders also have comorbid mood and anxiety disorders. This article considers how a transdiagnostic process called interoception may help to advance our understanding and treatment of eating disorders.
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Closing the Research-Practice Gap in Eating DisordersEating disorders (EDs) are associated with high medical and psychiatric comorbidity, poor quality of life, and high mortality, and mortality from anorexia nervosa (AN) is the highest of all mental disorders. Fortunately, there are a number of evidence-based psychological treatment approaches for EDs.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide: There Are No Best PracticesJust because something is legal does not make it ethical, in the opinion of this psychiatrist, who turned down an invitation to be a presenter on the topic of PAS.
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The Augmented Psychiatrist: How Technology Will Transform Mental Health Clinical PracticeExcitement in digital health is growing due to rapid advances in artificial intelligence, data science, and smart devices. How will the growing number of mental health technologies impact clinical practice? Arshya Vahabzadeh, MD provides insights.
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My Three Lessons as a Psychiatrist in RomaniaThose last years of the Communist regime were met with literal darkness, collective trauma, and lack of food and free speech. Yet the peoples’ wicked, clandestine sense of humor cut through the despair and resilience rose from the ashes.
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Making Dollars and Sense: Support for Patients With Mental Health ChallengesRecommendations for patients with serious mental illness to manage their finances safely and conveniently, with as much dignity, privacy, and autonomy as possible.
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Get That Piece of PaperDad excelled at his craft and was the natural choice for promotion to supervisor of the machine shop when the incumbent retired. But the company told him it just wouldn’t "look right" to have a person with only an 8th-grade education.
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Complementary and Alternative Treatments for ADHD: What the Evidence SuggestsRecent surveys suggest that 7% to 8% of children and 4% to 5% of adults meet ADHD criteria. This CME article provide an understanding of the evidence for the use of complementary and alternative (CAM) treatments for ADHD.
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Guidance Along the Path: 20 Meditations for Psychiatry ResidentsIn the spirit of honoring and guiding trainees, the authors provide advice to today’s psychiatric residents-the psychiatric leaders of tomorrow.
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Will the Photobiomodulation Trial Be the One to Turn the Tide Against Alzheimer Disease?In light of recent failed trials, why would another trial by a small Canadian company be expected to succeed against the odds?
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Higher Levels of Care for Eating Disorders: A Practical GuideEating disorders (ED) are associated with significant comorbid psychopathology and the most extensive medical complications of any psychiatric disorder.
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Pharmacological Management of Treatment-Resistant Anorexia NervosaOnly 13% to 50% of AN patients are considered recovered 1 to 2 years posttreatment, and 20% to 30% go on to develop a chronic and unremitting course of AN. How can we improve these outcomes?
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Understanding and Treating Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in Children and AdolescentsAvoidant restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, is a newly introduced eating disorder in DSM-5. Given that the disorder was introduced in 2013, it remains unclear how prevalent ARFID is in the general population.
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Understanding and Treating Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in Children and AdolescentsAvoidant restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, is a newly introduced eating disorder in DSM-5. Given that the disorder was introduced in 2013, it remains unclear how prevalent ARFID is in the general population.
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Fostering Human Connection in a Sustainable Virtual WorldHow can psychiatry meet its ethical duty to mitigate climate change while also promoting collegiality at conferences?
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Zen and the Art of DocumentationLawyers tend to be good at spotting unexplained inconsistencies in documentation. Take these steps to protect yourself.
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Leveraging Analogies in PsychiatryThe use of analogies can improve the patient-clinician relationship, foster the therapeutic alliance, and open a dialogue for psychoeducation.
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Leveraging Analogies in PsychiatryThe use of analogies can improve the patient-clinician relationship, foster the therapeutic alliance, and open a dialogue for psychoeducation.
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Physician Aid-in-Dying and the Proper Role of PhysiciansAccording to the authors, physician aid in dying for persons with severe mental illness is gaining acceptance. More In this point/counterpoint.
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Physician Aid-in-Dying and the Proper Role of PhysiciansAccording to the authors, physician aid in dying for persons with severe mental illness is gaining acceptance. More In this point/counterpoint.
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Navigating Addiction Treatment in the Face of DifficultiesHow can clinicians help patients struggling with addiction, especially during this time when uncovering past traumas might feel impractical?
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What Are Clinicians Missing About Catatonia?An estimated 5% to 10% of acute psychiatric inpatients have catatonia—yet catatonia remains widely underdiagnosed.
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Collaborative Care Meets Hospital Medicine: Proactive Consultation-Liaison PsychiatryMental illness accounts for a third of all years lived with disability and is associated with twice the relative risk of all-cause mortality. An estimated 8 million deaths are attributable to mental disorders every year, with two-thirds due to comorbid medical illness.
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The APA Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families Shares Important Information on CyberbullyingAs the nation continues to grapple with the children’s mental health crisis, the American Psychiatric Association Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families is exploring the ways in which clinicians can best support their patients.
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Treatment of Non-Suicidal Self-Injurious Behavior in AdolescentsThis CME article provides an understanding of the treatment modalities for the management of nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents.
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It’s a Small World, After AllNow more than ever, we recognize the importance of our global community.
