Couch in Crisis

In addition to the indirect positive effect that Dr. King had on the self-esteem of so many, he implicitly connected his work to psychiatry. Who better to associate MLK's vision of “Beloved Community” than psychiatrist Phyllis Harrison-Ross?

The media has tremendous power in delivering messages to the public about mental illness. This year, the media got it wrong.

For a long time, we have relied to a large extent on phenomenology and diagnosis to plan treatment strategies, but advancements in psychiatry are changing that for the better.

Psychiatrists who have died in 2017-even those who posed a challenge--deserve to be remembered.

Compelling commentaries by Psychiatric Times' contributors and editorial board members.

The author shares his views on important topics in 2017 in the field of psychiatry.

Imagination and psychosis are different categories of experience, and should not be confused or conflated.

If history serves as a guide, psychologists are likely to obtain prescriptive authority in significant portions of the country within the next 10 years.

Here's a warm welcome to the 7 members of our new Advisory Board.

We can encourage more responsible media coverage of mass shootings in an effort to cut down on “copy-cat” killings. Here are 4 guidelines.

Here's a model that can stimulate psychiatrists to understand and address denial of global warming, the cognitive dissonance and guilt of our own responsibility, and the role of resilience in adapting to environmental changes.

Evil? Psychopathology? Mental illness? Gambling disorder? Brain tumor? Can future massacres be prevented if we understand what caused the Las Vegas shooter to become our country's biggest mass murderer?

Here's a book that tells of stunning psychiatric islands of therapeutic success amidst continuing limitations and problems in our mental health systems.

The PBS series on the Vietnam war has evoked a flood of memories, and reminds me how far we’ve come in our understanding of PTSD- and how far we still have to go.

No, there is no generalized epidemic of mental illness in the US, nor credible evidence that psychiatric drugs are driving up rates or severity of mental illness. But there is an urgent need for more and better treatment of psychiatric disorders.

How might a better understanding of the mind enhance someone’s life and optimize a clinical encounter?

The Slenderman case revives a long-standing debate: does media exposure influence acts of violence in youth?

Six fundamental assumptions underlie the medical model most psychiatrists use in their clinical work.

Like the cardiac stress test, mental health stress tests might help patients recognize their own psychiatric vulnerabilities. Would you take such a stress test if it were available?

Most of us listen in one way or another. But listening can be taken for granted, even in psychiatry.

What is integrated care anyway?

In psychiatry, things happen slowly-but if you’re not in a hurry yourself, the patient opens a window and shows you the world.

Brian Miller joins the Editorial Board of Psychiatric Times.

COUTERPOINT: A small number of psychiatrists have been critical of our profession’s restraint regarding public comments by psychiatrists about the mental health of the 45th President.

POINT: After 41 years of membership, a psychiatrist resigns from the APA after it holds its ground on the Goldwater Rule.

Up until her last year of training, this psychiatrist was convinced she only wanted to consult in the hospital-that is, until she met a 31-year-old expectant mother.

The authors discuss some potential complications arising from a constitutional ban on executing persons with mental illness.

We have criminalized mental health problems-a barbaric throwback to the dismal conditions before the Enlightenment.

In the midst of 6 presentations this year, the author notices the elephant in the room.

The work of these military psychiatrists who passed away in recent years still has relevance for us.