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Sleep problems are understudied, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.

Gene expressions in microglia cells may explain why some of them are ineffective and allow dementia to progress.

New research find altered states of consciousness may allow veterans and other patients with PTSD to face unspeakable experiences and find peace.

Psychiatry and spirituality have many things in common, including family dynamics, self-care, emotional intelligence, trauma healing, and suicide prevention.

Due to discrimination's negative impact, transgender and gender-nonconforming youth are several times more likely than the rate of their cisgender peers to have depression and anxiety.

Climate change is a devastating existential threat that can exaggerate preexisting inequities and health/mental health problems. As mental health professionals committed to understanding deep emotional wounds and addressing complexities of relationships, psychiatrists have the tools to assist in bridging the current gaps.

Online environments have revolutionized the lives of young SGM individuals, but also created unforeseen issues...

What academic terminology should be used when describing sexual and gender minority patients?

Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness until 1973. We have come a long way, but there is a lot further to go...

A cease fire is welcome, but a far cry from what we want to achieve—lasting Middle East peace.

Between 2010 and 2018, the share of premiums that increased ranged from 12% to 17%. Are they continuing to rise?

Higher lithium levels are associated with a greater risk of long-term kidney harm and more frequent depressive episodes. This bipolar update reviews ways to minimize renal side effects.

Poetry allows for reflection a year after a tragedy and a travesty, and to honor a life lost.

It's a slip in more ways than one.

Healthy lungs are at risk—what can you do as a clinician to help patients quit vaping?

There is debate whether schizoaffective disorder is a separate illness or is part of the continuum of schizophrenia and mood disorder spectrum.

These 4 psychiatrists addressed some of the most complicated and important ethical challenges.

Joshua A. Gordon, MD, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health Director, leverages lessons from past natural disasters and traumas to foster resiliency and inform future research endeavors.

Trees, the oldest among us. One wonders if they mourn the many lynchings that have taken place on their limbs. More reflections on diversity.

Cannabis is prescribed as a treatment for autism in 14 states. Is it the wonder drug patients and families have been waiting for?

Reading books and journals, charting treatment plans to help patients find an Eden of their own.

Available evidence indicates that there are a multitude of neuropsychiatric syndromes that occur after a stroke. Cognitive impairment occurs in approximately one-third of patients. These neuropsychiatric manifestations often impede the recovery of motor functioning, reduce social functioning, and decrease the overall quality of life.

In this conversation, a former APA president discusses mystical and meditative experiences, reconciling psychoanalysis and neuroscience, and tensions surrounding the medical model.

This treatment for agitation associated with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is moving up the FDA ladder…

Is the COVID-19 burnout enough to make some physicians step away from medicine?

How might droughts and monsoons in India and China lead to problems in American clinics?

Because schizophrenia is associated with increased inflammation, studies on the effects of anti-inflammatory statins are warranted.

A daily serving of almonds improved depressive symptoms in diabetes, but will it work in non-diabetic depression?

Widely recognized as the prime mover behind the psychosomatic medicine movement, Helen Flanders Dunbar, MD, PhD. was a clinician, writer, and founder of the American Psychosomatic Society.

A television drama looks at eating disorders from the patient, physician, and family perspectives. What does it get right—and wrong?