These few stories of refugees remind us what a stress to one’s sense of self the immigrant experience entails. They emphasize how important this perspective is when we are asked to evaluate and treat those recently here in the US, and sometimes those who have been here for a generation.
"You just never think people like that can have normal children.” And then I I think of when I was 14 years old and answered a late-night phone call at home.
New research over the past decade has suggested that links between media violence and child aggression are less clear than previously thought. How has our understanding of media violence effects changed?
When a psychiatrist evaluates a patient, there is much to be valued in trying to adopt the patient’s internal perspective of cultural mores and world views. But what are the limits to cultural sensitivity?
Here: a review of issues related to assessment of patients for suicide risk in the ED -- and an overview of emerging approaches and research that one day will lead to more reliable assessment and interventions based more on science than on art or luck.
Are you aware of 2 newly identified predictors of a pernicious depression course in middle-aged women?
This article provides an overview of the role of neurofeedback as an intervention to target symptoms associated with psychiatric disorders.
Sleepless in New Haven, I read this hotel room’s only other book. Power-suited lawyers on the back cover advertise to sue for antidepressant suicides if families will call 1-800-BAD-MEDS...
This just in from the Center for Infectious Joy.
To this day, I fiercely debate whether I would want to remember such an experience if it had happened to me. How tortured would I feel?
Now, when I think back O.P's plight and isolation, I marvel that he could remain standing. He reminds me of many other courageous young men-the writer, the newly graduated physician, and all the others whom I treated and who died of AIDS. He also reminds me of the vibrant gay community that was destroyed by a microscopic retrovirus.
Jewell’s answer taught me that successful diagnosis and treatment of an illness weren’t everything. They were not the most important things.
On a daily basis, our patients demonstrate their resilience to face reality and rise above their challenges, despite the odds. So shall we.
Being an outpatient psychiatrist is a lot like being married. Things go along, the same-old, for long periods. But then there's a moment. Today, with Leslie, I remember why I love my work.
Several new findings have emerged, one of which comes very close to providing a noninvasive “lab test” for bipolar disorder.
When even listening fails, presence is all that’s left.
This is the story of Peter. I feel chosen to have gotten to know him and to have the memory of what such an experience has carved into me.
The public has questioned the wisdom of a judge to release a psychiatric inpatient, but not just any patient. Enter our metaphoric haunted house at your own risk.
“Election addiction disorder, undifferentiated, DSM-5A-177.6x” is characterized by an overwhelming need to watch anything and everything related to the current race for the White House, no matter how microscopic. Clinical details and prognosis are examined here.
The supposed “epidemic” of mental illness turns out to be mostly a myth in the US adult population, 2000-2015.
Which symptoms might indicate both schizophrenia and a mood disorder? Test your skills in this quiz.
What an exciting time to be involved in understanding and providing care for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders!
Psychiatrists who treat patients with psychosis in institutional, community, and crisis settings provide evaluations and medication management, but rarely consider psychotherapeutic interventions. However, such interventions can be critical in recovery.
Culture-the way people make meaning and live their lives in particular social worlds-matters in psychosis. The authors explore how a patient's cultural background should influence the way clinicians think about treatment and care.
Are you up-to-date on the treatment of psychotic depression? How about the clinical implications of brain GABA levels? Take this quiz and find out.
The authors discuss the clinical implications of the changes in the DSM-5 section on schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders.
A review of the distinction between depressive and psychotic symptom domains, current knowledge about the etiology and neurobiology of depression and psychosis, and how this knowledge can inform the treatment of patients with features of both.
Will novel treatments from around the world be treats or tricks? Whatever they turn out to be, they are as fascinating and varied as Halloween costumes.
It is not unusual for patients to seek consultation with questions about their sexuality. This article provides useful definitions and clinical examples for therapists who wish to address these patient concerns.