Vol 33 No 9

A report on the psychiatric effects of environmental and chemical toxins.

When ADHD is present, a survey of possible lead exposure can be considered, and here's why.

On the association between symptoms of autism spectrum disorder with environmental toxin exposure.

There is good emerging evidence that aspects of diet can indeed affect ADHD. Clinical recommendations here.

Recent research in neurotoxicology has underscored the importance of chemical exposures as facilitators of neurological dysfunction.

Here: devastating short- and long-term behavioral and physiological effects of methamphetamine neurotoxicity and the implications for treatment.

Here we present an excerpt from a screenplay to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps.

Psychiatrists are playing an ever-increasing role in the evaluation and care of organ transplant candidates and living organ donors-before and after transplant.

Suggestions for what psychiatry can do to alleviate, contain, and eventually prevent or avoid the demolition of culture and health.

When was the last time in the midst of a presidential campaign that psychiatric diagnostic criteria were being discussed so widely?

Half price T-shirts and ice cream cones, no more tomatoes or New York Times, people out patching the roof, putting up storms, the last guests gone tomorrow.

Here's a deep dive into possible mechanisms by which viruses may contribute to mental illness.

Patients want to know what to expect with a given treatment, how their experiences compare with those of others, or whether they are alone in coping with their conditions. Who best to answer these questions than others like them?

"Adopting technology for myself is one thing. It’s something completely different when technology is available for my patients and I’m not using it."

An important questions for clinicians is whether treatment of a psychiatric disorder will enhance or diminish creativity.

We are ethically constrained by the Goldwater Rule, but here are the data from an artfully crafted secret poll on the Presidential campaign.

Here: a brief review of the literature on postvention efforts; the effects on the victim’s caregivers; and a guide to resources to help manage survivors’ and caregivers’ emotions and dread.

A searching interrogation of scientific findings reflected against experience with patients.

Potential risk factors related to comorbid ADHD and depression, strategies for proper diagnosis, and treatment approaches.

The authors examine the literature on "quality of life" and how antipsychotics improve that for patients with schizophrenia.