SPOTLIGHT -
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?
Case Report Poster: A Smelly Situation
This case presented as part of the Poster Presentations at the 2021 NEI Congress is a good reminder of the importance of taking a thorough history.
Antipsychotics and New-Onset Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Schizophrenia
Comorbidity or medication adverse effect? Researchers performed a nested case-control study of new-onset obsessive-compulsive disorder following antipsychotic use in schizophrenia.
Life, Liberty, and Despair in Rural America
“Give me liberty, or give me death.” How does this apply to rural America today?
Colliding Forces and the Human Psyche
Reflections on the impact love and hatred can have on the human psyche.
Not Good Enough
How can we improve treatment response? Look to the patient.
From Day 1: ADHD and Comorbid Conditions
Here’s how to integrate treatment strategies that address both ADHD and comorbid conditions.
Lessons From the Science Fiction World of Dune for Our Non-Fiction Time and Place
Take a look at the compiled lessons we can learn from Dune.
A Role for Psychiatry in Understanding and Overcoming Vaccine Hesitancy
Can our training and experience as psychiatrists shed light on vaccine hesitancy and the thought process behind it?
Aaron T. Beck, MD, Positively Reframed Psychotherapy
Dr Beck leaves behind a great legacy.
A Monarch Butterfly: Hope, Transformation, and Rebirth
Taking a moment to learn from nature...
Celebrating Psychiatry: Conference Highlights Advances
Did you miss the Annual Psychiatric Times World CME Conference? Don't worry, we've got you covered.
The Application of Telemedicine in Treating Addiction for Older Adults
Isolated older adults may be especially vulnerable to addiction issues with the onset of the pandemic. Here’s how telemedicine can help.