Vol 33 No 2

An exploration topics that are relevant to most clinicians who work with patients with personality disorders.

Despite its survival and final inclusion in DSM-5, narcissistic personality disorder remains a controversial diagnosis. Here: perspectives on diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.

Personality disorders are arguably the most challenging for psychiatrists because they are difficult to diagnose and frequently coexist with psychotic, affective, and anxiety disorders.

The Prinzhorn collection laid the groundwork for psychiatric art and inspired many modern artists.

The current shortage of psychiatric beds in the US is a major problem. Patients are discharged prematurely and often have to be readmitted or end up homeless or incarcerated.

A review of a compelling documentary on the spectacular rise and catastrophic fall of British singer Amy Winehouse, a star with an old voice in a young body.

Suicide contagion and clusters are more likely among young people in contained communities such as college campuses.

A Q&A on the emerging field of positive psychiatry.

A focus on the differential of CNS disorders that present with neuropsychiatric symptoms, their presentations, and guidelines for treatment.

After a brief description of the scope of an important IOM report, this article summarizes content that is especially relevant for psychiatrists.

When a health system honcho asks me to see his thirty-year-old son “for a little anxiety” I can only agree. He arrives with a girlfriend, the couple dressed like characters from an Armani ad...

A study of treatment tolerance and therapeutic response in children and adolescents with OCD.

Many teens believe the only way to escape bullying is "not to be here." The author examines recent studies that demonstrate the problem isn't going away.

While much in the history of “madness” has changed over the course of time, one of the most consistent-yet sometimes overlooked-features of that history has been the presence of the visual arts.

This will be a busy year as the role of new digital tools in medicine converge to offer novel opportunities to clinical care.

We see yet another confirmation that thyroid hormone has value as an augmentation agent. What does this mean for our patients?

What can we do, as a society, to reduce the levels of incivility and narcissism that appear to be on the rise?

There is a lot to think about when starting a private practice-and yet more to consider when embarking on a forensic psychiatry practice. A review of a classic book that written by a giant in the field.

New evidence-coupled with advances in molecular biology-has afforded an unparalleled opportunity to move toward identifying potential new treatments for schizophrenia.