Authors


Edmund S. Higgins, MD

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Brief Book Reviews: July 2025

These 2 compelling memoirs delve into the complexities of schizophrenia, showcasing resilience, friendship, and the impact of mental health.


Mary Kate Keyes, MS, RDN

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3 Positives and Negatives to Nourish Your Mental Health

Mental health support is only as good as the foundation upon which it is built.


Ian Robertson, PhD

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Brain Capital: An Emerging Investment Opportunity

Brain Capital: a fresh approach to technologies and investing.


Horacio A. Capote, MD

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Cognition Is Like Art—You Know It When You See It

Review various aspects of cognition in our latest Special Report.


Nick Thomarios, DO, MBA, FAPA

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Developing Your Skills at the Intersection of Work and Psychiatry

Here’s how the Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry can help you connect with your fellow psychiatrists about complex mental health issues in the workplace.


Dave R. Praharaj

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What to Expect When Your Patients With ADHD Are Expecting

A new study provides guidance for clinicians discussing the risks of ADHD medications with their pregnant patients.


Paul Fitzgerald, MD, PhD

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Curing Stubborn Depression: Educating Patients and the Public

How can we offer options and hope for the future to patients with treatment-resistant depression?


Sarah H. Arshad, MD

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Why Psychiatry Training Must Include Discussions on Structural Racism

The authors explore the impact of structural racism on psychiatry trainees and the patients they care for (and what can be done about it).


George Perry, PhD

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A Skeptical Look at Aducanumab

The FDA approval of aducanumab has given hope to millions of patients with Alzheimer disease—but will it live up to the hype?


Rob Masinter

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A New Theory of Suicidality: Insight From the Perspective of 4 Fathers

Fathers share their heartbreaking stories of loss and advocate for a new model of suicide prevention that emphasizes early intervention and awareness at the 2025 APA Annual Meeting.


Jerome C. Wakefield, PhD, DSW, MSW, MA, BA

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What Is a Sleep Disorder? A Harmful Dysfunction Analysis

What is a sleep disorder? Explore the complexities of their definitions and the impact of circadian rhythms on health and well-being.


Jessica Lyons, MS, LMFT

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Unique Collaborative Care System: Solution to the Youth Mental Health Crisis

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.


Marc Woods, DNP, RN, NEA-BC

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First Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing Unit Opens in Lexington, Kentucky

EmPATH units revolutionize emergency psychiatry, offering rapid, compassionate care for behavioral health crises and improving community outcomes.



Paul Noufi, MD

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The Final “P” in Pain Management

With a broader and multifaceted understanding of pain, patient care can move from a focus on eradicating pain, as based on objective pain scores, to improving the patient’s quality of life, while simultaneously decreasing pain to a level that is acceptable to the individual patient.


Syed Iqbal, MD

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Breaking the Spell: Fighting Myths About COVID-19 Vaccination

The vaccine needs to be appropriately framed: as a benefit, not a risk.


Eric Golden, MD, MBA

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Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency Psychiatry

Emergency psychiatry navigates complex ethical dilemmas, balancing patient safety, autonomy, and confidentiality in high-stakes situations.


Lyons Hardy, MS, PMHNP, RN

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Thinking Beyond the Guidelines: Evidence-Based Novel Therapies for Bipolar Depression

In this CME article, learn how to apply novel treatment approaches for patients with bipolar depression.


Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS

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REMS for Psychiatric Medications: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Session at the 2023 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting shares insights on REMS for psychiatric medications.


Crystal Han, MD

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It’s Not Easy Being Yellow

“There are things that I think an Asian therapist would just understand… Maybe with them I can just be a normal person.”


Jiahui Li

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Connections Between Food Additives and Psychiatric Disorders

What are the connections between what we eat and disorders such as anxiety and depression?


Elizabeth LaSalvia, MD

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Developing a Collaborative Approach to Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection

1 in 3 COVID-19 survivors experience persistent consequences. What can psychiatry do to help?


Michael McDonell, PhD

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Contingency Management Is a Powerful Clinical Tool for Treating Substance Use Research Evidence and New Practice Guidelines for Use

Contingency management is an effective behavior change technique commonly used to treat substance use disorders.


Douglas J. Opler, MD

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Help, My Patient Gave Me a Gift! What Do I Do?

How can you handle patient gifts as a clinician?


Sophie Lazarus, PhD

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Small Shifts in 2021

Difficult New Year's resolutions have a poor success rate. Why not, instead, take a different approach?


Garrett Rossi, MD

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Understanding Psychiatry: Navigating Skepticism and Science

This commentary explores the rising skepticism toward psychiatry, emphasizing the need for a balanced approach that values both medication and psychosocial support.


Ruby Lee, MD

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Assessing Competency To Stand Trial

Defense attorneys have concerns regarding their client’s competency in about 8% to 15% of felony prosecutions. That is where psychiatrists come in.


Stewart Adelson, MD

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Psychiatrists Call for End to Cruel and Harmful Immigration Policy

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (America’s mental health think tank) calls for an end to the use of Title 42 to expel asylum seekers at the southern border. This policy places LGBTIQ asylum seekers in particular danger.


Debbie Beck, EdD

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Building a Resilient Future: Addressing Youth Mental Health

We must prioritize youth mental health for a flourishing and resilient American future.


Lisa Hunter Romanelli, PhD

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Helping Pediatric Patients and Families Through the Holidays

Although the holidays are considered to be joyful and festive, some pediatric patients and their families are experiencing difficult times.

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