SPOTLIGHT -
Helping Pediatric Patients and Families Through the Holidays
Although the holidays are considered to be joyful and festive, some pediatric patients and their families are experiencing difficult times.
Holiday Reflections
The holidays can both be a time of joy and a time of stress...
Helping Patients Thrive This Holiday Season
Are your patients feeling stressed out? Here are 10 tips to share with them for a less stressful holiday season.
Solving the Case of the Perplexing Symptoms
Alcohol use is often underreported by patients. This case demonstrates the importance of obtaining the most accurate information possible in the initial patient interview.
Teleworking—A New Way of Working?
The COVID-19 crisis has changed teleworking. What should you be aware of looking toward the future?
Breaking the Trend: New CDC Data on Suicide
The Chief Medical Officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention sat down to talk with Psychiatric Times about the new data on suicide deaths between 2019 and 2020.
A Deja Vu Vision for America’s Mental Well-Being
Have we seen this vision of mental health before?
Improving Outcomes in Late-Life Schizophrenia
What treatment strategies are available to improve the quality of life for older adults who are aging with schizophrenia?
Is That Drug a Partial Agonist or a Partial Agonist?
The importance of specifically defining a drug’s mechanism as partial agonism or antagonism/partial agonism for better clinical outcomes.
Bigger Than Just 1 Person: Care for Transgender Individuals in Prison
Two transgender women in North Carolina are facing struggles in getting prisons to acknowledge their gender identity. What does this say about care for incarcerated transgender individuals in general?
It’s a Small World, After All
Now more than ever, we recognize the importance of our global community.
Antipsychotic Dose-Response in Acute Phase Schizophrenia
Should we go up? Researchers performed a dose-response meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials in acute phase schizophrenia.
Psychiatrists’ Response to Human Trafficking
In this CME, learn to recognize risk factors and potential identifiers of human trafficking and identify trauma-informed approaches in evaluating human trafficking victims and survivors.
Clozapine and Severe COVID-19 Infection
Does clozapine increase the risk of severe COVID-19 infection? Researchers performed a larger register-based cohort study of this association.
TMS: A Useful Clinical Tool for Treatment-Resistant Depression
How can transcranial magnetic stimulation help patients with treatment-resistant depression?
Beware of an Unexpected Calmness in our Patients and Others
Is this patient reaction the calm before the storm?
Legacy: Psychiatric Reflections on a Verdict
A conviction represents a cautious step toward increased justice...
Psychiatric and Personal Reflections on Abortion
What do we know about the psychiatric implications of having an abortion and not having access to such services? And what are the medical ethics involved?
AAP Endorses Position Statement on Restrictive Housing for Youths
Adverse effects of solitary confinement and other restrictive housing practices include higher risks of suicide among youth.
My Life is Hell, Doc. Please Help Me!
Why are psychotherapeutic interventions crucial in the treatment of GAD and anxiety disorders in general?
The Dying Therapist and the Issue of Disclosure to Patients
Should terminally ill therapists err on the side of self-disclosure or silence?
Why I Skipped My 50th High School Reunion
I didn’t find out until I wrote this poem…
Putting the Person Back Into Psychiatry
How can you use the 4 perspectives and 4 pathways to flourishing for practical and personalized patient care?
It’s Time for Us to Stop Waffling About Psychiatry
Commonplace criticisms generate an image of psychiatry that is both wildly distorted and profoundly destructive.
PTSD in Late Life: An Update on Clinical Issues
Trauma-related psychiatric disorders such as PTSD and grief often go undetected and untreated in older adults. Here's how to help.
Pimavanserin: New Positive Study Results
Negative symptoms of schizophrenia are associated with higher overall morbidity and decreased functioning. These study results offer hope.
Authentic Allyship
A Black psychiatrist's reflections and dreams on what true allyship would look like in a country that remains divided.
Recognizing and Addressing Psychiatric Implications of Sleep Disorders
What sleep disorders are common in older adults and what are the associated risk factors and correlates?
Stopping the Opioid Crisis: Evidence-Based Public Health Approaches
A coalition of 240 organizations came together to urge Congress to pass legislation to fight the opioid crisis.
Is “Death with Dignity” Really Possible?
Has this slogan crowded out the importance of life with dignity?