Vol 39, Issue 11

In this CME article, learn how to apply novel treatment approaches for patients with bipolar depression.

Do you know these terms?

Psychiatrists are in a unique position to empower their patients by recognizing and addressing key issues surrounding gender and sexuality.

"Our own implicit biases come into play at times whether we like it or not, especially when it comes to frequently controversial medications."

“Both doctors and patients know best.”

"This volume is a fascinating incursion into a field that everybody talks about, but few examine in depth."

What are the advances in adult ADHD?

"This film beautifully uses Kathmandu to mentally transport you, like the climbers, into the journey ahead."

Is there one state-of-the-art treatment for depression?

"We must put mental health on par with physical health and make it a basic human right, an indicator of overall health, and an industry standard.”

"...her steady green eyes and naked display of farmgirl skill the chemistry that bonded us for life."

When should you monitor electrocardiograms in patients taking lithium?

Here’s why this is important.

All medical students, psychiatry residents, fellows, faculty at academic medical institutions, and psychiatrists in independent practice must develop skills in cultural competence to avoid perpetuating disparities in health outcomes for BIPOC individuals with serious mental illnesses.

"Both football players and psychiatrists require good game plans, but they also need to read the field and know when—and how—to zig instead of zag."

Working with homeless patients can be exceedingly rewarding.

"The cog in the wheel of treatment today is misinformation and lack of trust in the institutions of medicine, peer-reviewed published literature, the CDC, and pharmaceutical research."

The law presumes that individuals are rational. But what about when the patient has neuropsychiatric impairments that hinder judgement?