Key considerations for healthcare providers seeking to manage their patients’ insomnia.
Daydreaming, fantasizing, worrying—these are all examples of mindwandering.
Let us introduce you to the organization who wants to promote the professional development of psychiatrists as leaders.
Addiction occurs among doctors at the same rate as the general population. Dr Linville Meadows shares his own story with addiction recovery and rehabilitation.
In this CME article, learn more about a protocolized approach to the hospital management of pediatric patients with severe malnutrition related to eating disorders, including the utilization of a multidisciplinary care team and structured psychoeducation materials for families.
There are 4 crucial failings in our current health care system, where the importance of relationships is ignored.
"The death rate among youth aged 10 to 24 years increased 52.2% from 6.9 per 100,000 in 2001 to 10.5 per 100,000 in 2020."
Neurosyphilis may occur during any stage of syphilis. Learn more about this diagnosis via case study example here.
Which innovations can improve measurement, technology, investment, and public policy surrounding brain health?
Violence against women and resulting traumatic brain injuries increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What can be done to help patients turn painful memories into opportunities for posttraumatic growth?
Experts preview their upcoming presentation on women in psychiatry at the 2023 APA Annual Meeting.
Why is it so hard to keep from comparing our lives to the lives of others?
Let us introduce you to the organization who wants to promote the professional development of psychiatrists as leaders.
Widely recognized as the prime mover behind the psychosomatic medicine movement, Helen Flanders Dunbar, MD, PhD. was a clinician, writer, and founder of the American Psychosomatic Society.
Explore treatment resistance at the 2024 APA Annual Meeting!
The latest trial results for MDMA-assisted therapy are in—and they are eye-catching.
"Research clearly demonstrates that although abortion is more likely in highly stressful life situations—which may include mental illness—abortion itself does not cause psychiatric illness; the most common response is relief."
Malingering is a common challenge for emergency department clinicians, particularly during the pandemic. Here are 3 cases of COVID-19–induced malingering.
Is the COVID-19 burnout enough to make some physicians step away from medicine?
Contingency management is an effective behavior change technique commonly used to treat substance use disorders.
Patients with chronic inflammatory diseases, especially rheumatoid arthritis, are at 800% increased risk for developing Alzheimer disease compared to the general population. A new treatment is in the works to combat this inflammation.
Alcohol use is often underreported by patients. This case demonstrates the importance of obtaining the most accurate information possible in the initial patient interview.
What digital therapeutic treatment for opioid use disorder will soon be available to complement psychiatric care?
One psychiatry resident describes his experience creating a mental health policy and advocacy elective.
While new treatment options in the PTSD space can be exciting, we cannot lose sight of the treatments that are already readily available.