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Clarifying the Goldwater Rule and Other Ethical Principles
“A physician shall recognize a reasonability to participate in activities contributing to the improvement of the community and the betterment of public health.”
Imparting Psychiatric Knowledge
Public advocacy represents one mode of imparting psychiatric knowledge.
Psychiatry’s Mission
Improving society and bettering public health: This is psychiatry’s mission.
Weeds, Wildflowers, and Wordsworth
What do these have to do with CBT, creative visualization, and contemporary psychiatry?
Supporting Our Mission: 2021 Sigourney Award Winner
The Erikson Institute for Education, Research, and Advocacy is grateful to the Sigourney Awards for supporting their mission.
Alan A. Stone, MD: A Leader of Law and Psychiatry
Another of psychiatry’s giants recently passed away.
Contemplating the Goldwater Rule
The debate on the Goldwater Rule continues...
Gender, Psychiatric Comorbidities Affect Psychotic Depression Outcomes
Associated outcomes include higher rates of psychiatric hospitalization and mortality.
What Groundhog Phil Really Wanted to Say About the Climate
What did Punxsutawney Phil really say on Groundhog Day?
Suicide Is Real
It's beyond time to sound the alarm...
Gilding the Goldwater Lily
Psychiatry and politics do not have a history of mixing well. Is this why we need the Goldwater Rule?
Sleepy Link: Sleep, Depression, & Bipolar Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Sleep, depression, and bipolar disorder: what's the connection?
Research Explores Comorbidities in Patients With Eating Disorders
Study also identifies prevalence of specific behavioral addictions in these individuals.
Why the Goldwater Rule Should Not be Changed
One of our readers disputes the claim that the Goldwater Rule needs changing.
In This Year of the Tiger, Should There Be an Eye of the Tiger on Asian-Americans for the Supreme Court?
It might be time for an Asian-American Supreme Court Justice.
From the Pages of Psychiatric Times: January 2022
The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the first Psychiatric Times issue of 2022.
Perspectives on Global Women’s Mental Health
This diverse group of women came together to explore the challenges in treating mental illness in patients who identify as female.
First of Its Kind Study of Antidepressant Use in Comorbid Depression and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Effective treatment of depression in individuals with comorbid depression and type 2 diabetes mellitus is important for both conditions.
Cultish: Techniques of Manipulation
What cultish language do cult leaders and abusive partners both commonly use?
Mass Formation Psychosis and the Need for a DSM of Social Psychopathologies
Are social psychiatric problems the responsibility of psychiatrists? Governments? Laws? Sociologists?
In Case You Missed It: January 2022
Psychiatric Times kicked off 2022 by featuring a wide variety of psychiatric issues and current events throughout January.
EHRs Plus Self-Rating Scores May Help Predict Suicide Risk Following ED Visits
Investigators explored a new way to predict future suicide attempts.
Physician-Assisted Suicide: A Pressing Question of Ethics and Humanity
Physician-assisted suicide: the debate continues.
Sleep Attitudes Influence Sleep More than Knowledge
How can knowledge—and positive attitudes—about sleep improve quality of life for patients?
Common Sense and the Desire to Help in the Synagogue Hostage Crisis and in Psychiatric Practice
Helping patients is important, but so is a firm sense of physical and psychological safety and security.
DTx Receives FDA’s Breakthrough Device Designation for Anxiety and Depression Symptoms Associated With Cancer
The specialized device is being studied for patients receiving inpatient care for acute myeloid leukemia.
Sleep Patterns in Borderline Personality Disorder
Sleep disturbances in borderline personality disorder are relatively unrecognized.
The Psychoanalyst Hears, the Dermatologist Sees: 2021 Sigourney Award Winner
One Sigourney Award winner discusses the wide reach of his work.
Social Psychiatric Lessons Learned and Relearned in the Aftermath of the Synagogue Hostage Crisis
With hate on the rise once more, remember these 10 conclusions.
Depressive Symptoms in Menopause Associated With Cognitive Performance
New research sheds light on the link between depression in menopause and cognitive function.
