SPOTLIGHT -
Sorting Out Comorbidities
I Reimagine My Patient Still Being Alive
The new crisis hotline aims to enhance and complement, not replace, police with 24/7 local mental health crisis call centers, mobile crisis teaming, and crisis stabilization options.
Listening to Terry Gross
"Before I knew my own voice, I listened to yours while we learned our trades..."
Bipolar Disorder: The Difficult Diagnosis
Need a recap of the custom Around the Practice video program on bipolar disorder? We've got you covered.
Award Winners Honored at 45th National Conference on Correctional Health Care
Check out the National Commission on Correctional Health Care's annual award winners!
Teens in America: How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Shaping the Next Generation
The pandemic has exposed many teens to trauma and tested their fragile resilience. What can you, as a clinician, do to help?
Research Shows Magic Tricks May Boost Self-Esteem in Children and Adolescents with ADHD
Children and adolescents with ADHD often have low self-esteem. How can magic tricks help?
When We’re Smiling
“When you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you…”
Children with ADHD and Reward-Related Dysfunctions: The Impact of Oppositional and Callous-Unemotional Symptoms
A new study examined the relationship between ADHD and oppositional defiant and conduct disorder, callous-unemotional traits, and reward-related inhibitory control.
Working—and Connecting—With Afghan Refugees
Many Afghan refugees are coming to the United States. How can we effectively work with our new neighbors?
Schizophrenia in the Emergency Department: Psychologically and Psychodynamically Informed Practices
Valuing Our Veterans
Talk to a veteran about their service today.
Benzodiazepines: It’s Time to Prescribe Caution
How can the more cautious and conservative use and prescription of benzodiazepines save thousands of lives per year?
Improving Response in Antidepressant Therapy: Focus on Deplin®
Schizophrenia: A Difference of Kind
How does schizophrenia as a pathology differ from normal human experience?
Chatbots Can Fill Gaps in Mental Health Care for Children—To a Point
Chatbots have the potential to help millions. How can we use them to improve mental health in children?
No "Cookie Cutter" Patients: Managing Treatment-Resistant Depression
Treatment-resistant depression: how to diagnose, what treatment options are available, and how to best help patients.
A Case Study of How to Prevent Burnout
Aaron Feurstein and Malden Mills: a good example of how to prevent burnout.
Care, Concern, and Cautions
This issue highlights the care, concern, and cautions in providing effective and thoughtful treatment to patients.
New Treatment Option for ADHD: Unique Pharmacokinetic Profile and Range of Dosing Options
The FDA has approved Dyanavel XR, extended release once-daily tablets for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Cigarette Smoking and Life Expectancy in Schizophrenia
Put out your cigarette. Researchers performed a cohort study of the impact of cigarette smoking on life expectancy in schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, and bipolar disorder.
Cognitive/Neuropsychological Functioning and Suicidal Behavior: A Review of Research and Implications for Clinical Practice
In this CME, learn to identify 3 patient groups who are characterized by elevated rates of suicidal behavior and co-occurring cognitive/neuropsychological impairment.
Nurturing Cultural Humility in Mental Health Care
How can cultural humility in therapeutic settings improve patient outcomes?
We Can See the Forest for the Trees
We sometimes cannot see situations as they really are when we are in the middle of them. Is this the truth with climate change?
Exploring Somatic Symptom Disorder: A Case Report
Inflamed in the Brain
What is the connection between inflammation and mood disorders?
Infusing Lived Experiences for Trans and Gender Diverse Patients
How can you provide affirmative mental health care for transgender and gender diverse patients?
The Love-Hate Relationship with Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines: a class of medications that evokes that a visceral reaction.
Looking Out My Window
Thinking about belief systems and preferences that differ from your own? Imagine the human brain as a mansion.
Safety First
How do you manage the 4 most common adverse effects of antipsychotic medications?