SPOTLIGHT -
Everyone Relapses Anyway. Or Do They?
Approximately 7.6% of men and 4.1% of women aged 18 and older suffer from AUD, but national surveys consistently demonstrate low utilization of treatments.
Towards Dawn
One psychiatrist offers hope and a prayer for humanity as we enter the New Year.
January 17th, 2022: A Day of Great Social Psychiatric Implications
Several important events, all in 1 day.
King 3 Course Meal
Sex, Drugs, and ADHD
What is the connection between ADHD diagnosis with sexual activity and substance use among college students?
The College Experience for Students with ADHD
How does an ADHD diagnosis affect the college experience? Recent research allows the students to weigh in.
Did You Miss It? Adult ADHD Diagnosis
Is ADHD underdiagnosed or overdiagnosed? One doctor emphatically says the former.
The Variable You Can’t Touch: Advances in Mental Health Measurements
You cannot touch mental health impairments, so how best can we measure them? Adaptive testing may be the answer.
ADHD in Sexual and Gender Minority College Students
College students who identify as a sexual and gender minority who also have ADHD may be at higher risk of functional impairments, substance use, and psychiatric comorbidities.
Advances in Treatments for ADHD
What treatments were recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for pediatric patients with ADHD?
Helicopter Parenting & Adolescents With ADHD: Associations and Conclusions
Helicopter parenting in teens with ADHD: What are the types and how do they affect children?
Ethical and Moral Rationing Decisions in Medicine, Psychiatry, and the Pandemic
Rationing of crucial materials during the pandemic, like masks and vaccines, has become a matter of life and death.
What About the Little Guys: ADHD in Preschool
Ann Childress, MD, shares insights into ADHD in very young children at the 2022 APSARD Conference.
Musicians’ Mental Health in the Empire City During COVID-19
One resident interviews 2 NYC-based musicians about their experiences during the pandemic.
Chatbots for Child Mental Health Care: Helpful, but Limited
An estimated 7.7 million children have at least 1 mental health disorder. How can chatbots help?
The Psychological Worth of Our New Quarter
Maya Angelou and George Washington: now on two sides of the same coin.
More Than Money
It might be a token, but it says—and means—a lot...
Investigational New Drug Clearance Given to R-Ketamine
The FDA has given Investigational New Drug clearance for a clinical drug-drug interaction study of R-ketamine (PCN-101).
Daridorexant: Improvement on Measures of Sleep Onset and Sleep Maintenance
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new medication for the treatment of insomnia.
Delirium: Don’t Miss It
Delirium: an underrecognized, underdiagnosed medical condition.
A Way Out of Seasonal Depression
Here’s how to help patients see the light when faced with the winter blues.
Lyme Disease in Psychiatry: Controversies, Chronic Symptoms, and Recent Developments
In this CME article, learn more about the controversies surrounding Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment, and common neuropsychiatric presentations of and treatment options.
Physician-Assisted Suicide: An Egregious Boundary Violation
If a patient gives consent to be killed, is a physician ethically justified in acceding to the request?
My Word of the Year for 2021 is Instability. What’s Yours?
What word best describes 2021 for you?
First Colombian With Nonterminal Illness Legally Dies via Euthanasia
In the face of opposition from doctors, clinics, and courts, Victor Escobar became the first Colombian to die via euthanasia on Friday January 7, 2022.
Hope for the New Year
The glass is half full: reflections on where we are and hope for where we are heading in psychiatry.
New Northwestern Student Studio Lab Focuses on Mental Health Portrayals in Media
The new Studio Lab at Northwestern University School of Communication aims to fight stigma by providing positive depictions of mental health in media.
Should Medical Doctors Ever Go on Strike in the United States?
As rising health care needs meet inadequate resources and overstressed physicians, is a strike necessary?
Non-Sensuous Similarities: Language, Poetics, and Psychiatry
One doctor introduces the work of philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin and elements of his conceptualization of “experience.”
In Memoriam: Michael J. Hennessy Sr
Paying tribute to a man who believed in family and health care equity.