Authors



Zoe Wainer, MBBS, PhD

Latest:

Mind-Body Resilience for Women: A Focus on Depression

Here’s why we should be paying special attention to women's depression treatment.



Katie Witkiewitz, PhD

Latest:

Nonabstinent Recovery From Alcohol Use Disorder

"Limiting definitions of recovery to abstinence and the absence of AUD symptoms fail to capture the multidimensional and heterogeneous pathways to recovery that research has shown to exist among both treatment-seeking and population samples."



Brenton Gicker

Latest:

CAHOOTS: A Model for Prehospital Mental Health Crisis Intervention

When concern for a patient is not so severe that a clinician feels compelled to call the police, there are options.


Clete Kushida, MD, PhD

Latest:

Future Opportunities Using One-Nightly Sodium Oxybate for Narcolepsy Treatment

Important next steps studying once-nightly sodium oxybate and other therapies for narcolepsy treatment.


Richa Vijayvargiya, MD

Latest:

Not Your Average Hazard: Cannabis Use, Psychosis, and the Youthful Brain

Cannabis use during adolescence can profoundly impact brain development.


Anne Marie O'Melia, MD, MS, FAAP, CEDS-S

Latest:

Eating Disorders and OTC Weight-Loss Product Consumption in Adolescents

Psychiatric Times discussed the recent research with Anne Marie O'Melia, MD, MS, FAAP, CEDS-S, of the Eating Recovery Center.



Vannessa Davis, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-C

Latest:

Depression in the African American Community

“We are not exempt from these diseases. We have to speak up.”


Armen K. Goenjian, MD, LDFAPA, FACGS

Latest:

Lessons Learned in Disaster Mental Health: The Earthquake in Armenia and Beyond

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most sustained comprehensive mental health recovery and research program implemented after a natural disaster.


Patricia E. Deegan, PhD

Latest:

Prescribing Hope for Recovery

Those of us who have a diagnosis of a psychotic disorder are, above all, human beings. We are more than the disorder.


Ahmed Montaser, MD

Latest:

Can This Cancer Treatment Cause Manic Episodes?

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


Johanna Dolan, RCP, RCPF, RPS

Latest:

Adherence in Addiction Recovery Treatment: Surrender is Scary, Yet Critical

Here’s how you can effectively encourage treatment adherence when helping patients with substance use disorder.


Richard Jackson, MD

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Takeaways and Insights

Richard Jackson, MD, and Micheal Asbach, DMSc, PA-C, provide their key takeaways from these studies and insights on how providers can assess the impact of of tardive dyskinesia (TD) in every visit.


Azzurra Invernizzi, PhD

Latest:

Exploring the Neural Mechanisms Underlying PTSD in World Trade Center Responders

“Our findings might inform PTSD pathology, treatment plans, and future disaster-response strategies.”


Cassandra Dean, MBA

Latest:

10 Disney Movies to Watch on Mother’s Day

What movies are you watching this weekend?


Aaron Meyer, MD

Latest:

Involuntary Medical Hold: The Next Step in Mental Health Parity?

The current system of extrajudicial medical holds does not protect the rights of those who lack capacity to care for themselves due a medical condition.


Chandler Hicks, DO

Latest:

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



Nicholas Pratt, MD, RN

Latest:

Galaxy Gas: The Dangerous Viral Trend

Learn more about the latest viral substance abuse trend.


Christine Guidry

Latest:

Analysis of Barriers in Mental Health Care for Foster Children: Challenges and Solutions

Let’s explore the barriers and current evidence on mental health care access for foster children.


Jeffrey Sanders, MD

Latest:

Insights From the 2022 AAPL Annual Meeting

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law hosted its first in-person meeting in October 2022. Check out these highlights.


Norman Cotterell, PhD

Latest:

5 Processes for Focus and Empowerment in Patients With PTSD

These 5 processes provide a focus for patients with PTSD...


Reina Benabou, MD, PhD

Latest:

Hope and Healing for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Depression

“Our hope for patients suffering from TRD is that their serious, but often treatable condition is recognized earlier in the treatment paradigm, and they are put on a treatment that works best for their specific type of depression.”


Sarah Danforth, MS3

Latest:

Don’t Shoot the Messenger

Presenting the winner of the 2023 Gerald F. Berlin Creative Writing Award.


Brent Green, PhD, MPH, RODP

Latest:

In Praise of Empathy: An Application of Social Psychiatry

Empathy will help patients feel they are understood and can better facilitate physician-patient interactions. Here’s how.


Vanessa Padilla, MD

Latest:

Psychiatrists’ Response to Human Trafficking: An Update

How to help individuals caught in human trafficking: person-centered, culturally humble, trauma-informed care.


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