The development of the National Pediatric Boarding Consensus Panel guidelines attempts to provide hospitals suggestions for a safe, timely, and equitable standard of care for patients who are boarding.
Here’s why TMS is a treatment option to consider in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Despite the vast research conducted to better understand biological mechanisms underlying psychosis, people with psychotic disorders continue to suffer.
What consequences will big data and artificial intelligence have on brain health and economics?
Integrated models of care offer real time solutions by enabling primary care to identify and address behavioral health concerns through routine screening and early intervention more efficiently. Learn more here.
Can we save lives by dispatching mental health professionals as first responders to behavioral health calls?
"Providers’ lack of knowledge about legal and ethical perspectives and roles regarding TOO can lead to delayed or suboptimal patient care, exposure of hospitals and providers to liability, and exacerbation of provider distress."
Beyond the COVID-19-driven shock, we must develop a resilient future in an increasingly uncertain world.
Some patients are intractably and maybe even irredeemably ill. What should be done for them?
"I refuse to see sexual violence as a 'women’s issue.' It is a human issue and should be addressed as one."
How can we prevent heat-related illness in patients with psychiatric disorders, who are more vulnerable to heat?
How can consultation-liaison psychiatry help identify BPD and facilitate effective communication between patients and medical teams during these patients’ admissions?
"We began solving chronic and complex clinical challenges in our system, such as aggression toward others, unnecessary antipsychotics in patients with dementia, and transitions of care for patients with severe cooccurring disorders."
Sociocultural factors have been shown to impact both the presentation and course of schizophrenia/psychosis. Learn more here.
Clinicians can ensure high-quality care by remaining informed about legal and ethical considerations in navigating patient privacy dilemmas.
The 2024 American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology Annual Meeting brought together researchers and clinicians to engage in discussion, education, and dissemination of research findings and new methodologies.
What is spring mania, and what are some effective clinical strategies for addressing it?
One resident interviews 2 NYC-based musicians about their experiences during the pandemic.
Greg Mattingly, MD, and Jeremey Schreiber, MSN, PMHNP-BC, provide their practice pearls for community psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners who care for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) to optimize their treatment and management.
Brain Capital: a fresh approach to technologies and investing.
A patient presents with multiple substance use disorders super-imposed on mood and anxiety disorders. Where does a clinician even begin?
Anorexia nervosa may be underdiagnosed in patients with schizophrenia due to difficulty in distinguishing the two comorbid conditions.
What sleep disorders are common in older adults and what are the associated risk factors and correlates?
What are the connections between cannabis use and the onset of psychotic disorders?
We need policies that make digital therapeutics accessible and acceptable to a broad patient audience. What barriers are there to reaching that goal?
The politicization of gender-affirming care creates a harmful and dangerous reality for transgender youth.