Social Behavior

Understanding a patient's sociocultural background will have an important effect on treatment, especially for Hispanic patients.

Guardians: people who watch out for and care for one another.

A 17-year-old girl starts panicking about sharks thousands of miles from the ocean. Did a movie cause her fear?

First of its kind study found aggression in US couples saw a 6- to 8-fold increase during the pandemic.

A diverse group of psychiatrists elaborates on the difficult conversation surrounding reparations, and why our society needs to pay attention.

Our country’s mental health depends on defeating this pandemic. The key to victory? Vaccine mandates.

How can you reason with someone who is determined to believe misinformation? One doctor shares his reflections.

Traditional mental health approaches may not meet the needs of a culturally diverse community...

The wave of anti-Asian sentiment has exposed flaws in the health care system. What can psychiatry do to help?

This week, let's focus on the positive.

How are events from last week tied together?

"While I watch the artist paint, I imagine him in the time of plague..."

Sometimes the war represented more of a hiatus in ongoing research, which was later resumed. In other cases, it led to displacement or imprisonment.

Which father figure are you?

The way were were back then, the way we are now, and maybe how we will be...

The uneasy relationship between psychiatry and the LGBTQI continues to evolve. How can it be influenced for the better?

What terms are used to describe SGM and LGBTQ+ identities?

Psychiatry and spirituality have many things in common, including family dynamics, self-care, emotional intelligence, trauma healing, and suicide prevention.

Due to discrimination's negative impact, transgender and gender-nonconforming youth are several times more likely than the rate of their cisgender peers to have depression and anxiety.

Online environments have revolutionized the lives of young SGM individuals, but also created unforeseen issues...

What academic terminology should be used when describing sexual and gender minority patients?

Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness until 1973. We have come a long way, but there is a lot further to go...

"You must unlearn what you have learned..."

A cease fire is welcome, but a far cry from what we want to achieve—lasting Middle East peace.

Over a third of older Americans aren't comfortable taking off their masks until 2022.

These 4 psychiatrists addressed some of the most complicated and important ethical challenges.

These 4 questions can help in your discussion about firearm risk mitigation...

How might droughts and monsoons in India and China lead to problems in American clinics?

There's a long history of psychedelics...