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An Open Letter to the Women Who Helped Shape My CareerHow can the women around us help us dream, grow, and serve?
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Mental Health as a Role in Mortality Rates in Peri- and Postpartum Black WomenBlack mothers in the US experience far worse outcomes. Here’s what clinicians need to know.
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After the Wildfires: Reflections on Positive Psychiatry and Posttraumatic GrowthHow do psychiatrists and mental health professionals respond when faced with disaster? One psychiatrist shares his story.
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Evaluating Brexpiprazole for the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of DementiaIn this CME article, learn more about the efficacy and tolerability of brexpiprazole for the treatment of agitation among individuals with Alzheimer disease dementia.
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How Can Digital Tools Improve Medication Adherence?Patients’ reports of medication adherence are sometimes inaccurate, but digital tools offer opportunities to collect objective data.
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Goodbye Noncompetes: Federal Trade Commission Votes to Ban Noncompete ClausesThe Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to ban noncompete clauses between employers and workers, citing health care specifically among their reasons for supporting the ban.
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SPIRIT (Social Psychiatry Interested in Recovery from International Trauma) Voices Some Current ConcernsAll these events that occurred over the weekend bear social psychiatric weight.
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What Matters Most in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy?Psychedelics may catalyze rapid improvements in mental health, but they do so firmly rooted in what we already know about the efficacy of psychotherapy.
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The Role of Orexin Receptor 2 Agonists in Sleep and Narcolepsy Type 1Elena Koundourakis, the head of the Orexin Franchise Development and Portfolio Strategy at Takeda, shares her thoughts on the recent positive topline results from a phase 2 trial evaluating TAK-861, an oral orexin receptor 2 agonist, in patients with narcolepsy type 1.
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Patient Case: Trauma and Impact of PTSD on Quality of LifeA patient discusses their struggles coming to terms with a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis after multiple traumatic events, detailing their initial resistance to seeking help, the breakthrough moments in therapy that led to acceptance, and their ongoing journey of healing through various treatment approaches.
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Ending the Psychotherapy Civil WarThere is absolutely no good reason for competition among therapies—none is by itself necessary or sufficient, and most are completely complementary, even synergistic.
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Addressing Burnout in NPs: The Need for Peer Networking, Professional Development, and SupportHow can we help to reduce the risk of burnout among nurse practitioners in psychiatry?
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The Whole Continuum of Behavioral Health Care: Reintroduction of the 988 Implementation ActThe 988 Implementation Act was introduced on July 25. What impact will it have on care?
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Advice for Clinicians Treating SchizophreniaSanjai Rao, MD, DFAPA, and Kimberly Garcia, DNP, CRNP provide some advice to clinicians on explaining schizophrenia to patients and caregivers to achieve understanding and therapy adherence.
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Media & Mental Health: The Need for More Credible InformationHas the media’s obsession with the COVID-19 pandemic put global mental health at risk?
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Copilot and Me and AddictionA retired psychiatrist has a conversation with AI about substance use disorder treatment.
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Interest Grows in Treatment of Mood Disorders by Classic PsychedelicsClassic psychedelic research is rapidly expanding...
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Programs Promote Well-Being and Career Support for the Neurodiverse CommunityHow can we bridge the gap between job-seekers in this community and inclusion-minded organizations?
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Bulimia Nervosa: Diagnostic Clarification and Determining Levels of CareApproximately 30 million individuals will be diagnosed with an eating disorder in the United States during their lifetime.
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Psychiatrists Call for End to Cruel and Harmful Immigration PolicyThe 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.
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Psychiatric Leadership in the 21st Century: Navigating Transformative Roles in Global Mental HealthFrom navigating crises to championing inclusive, patient-centered care, psychiatric leaders are redefining mental health policies, dismantling stigma, and driving transformative change across communities.
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Digital Therapy Rejoyn Utilizes Neuroplasticity in Treating DepressionRejoyn, a new app being prescribed as a depression treatment, is an emotional face memory task designed to correct abnormal neural circuits.
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Is the Case Settled? Cannabis and Criminal ResponsibilityUnderstanding the complex relationship between substance use and mental health is critical to providing thorough and well-informed evaluations. Let's take a look at the relationship between cannabis and criminal responsibility.
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Non-Sensuous Similarities: Language, Poetics, and PsychiatryOne doctor introduces the work of philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin and elements of his conceptualization of “experience.”
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Upcoming NCCHC Conferences Promote, Support Clinicians in Correctional SettingsUpcoming NCCHC conferences provide networking and educational opportunities for psychiatric clinicians working in the correctional setting.
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Frontal Lobe Syndrome: Improving Patient Quality of LifeFrontal lobe syndrome can present with a range of perseverative, disinhibited, overactive behaviors that do not meet traditional dementia/neurocognitive disorder criteria. Learn more here.
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6 Things to Remember When Practicing TelemedicineWhat 6 things are important to keep telemedicine practice running smoothly?
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Ut Eam Prope (Keep Her Close)Explore the theme of mortality and the fleeting nature of time in a poem inspired by Stoic philosophy and personal reflection.
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Insights From the 2022 AAPL Annual MeetingThe American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law hosted its first in-person meeting in October 2022. Check out these highlights.
