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The Confluence of Human Trafficking, Drug Trafficking, Militias, and Substance Use
Explore the devastating impact of substance abuse, human trafficking, and conflict on individuals and communities.
Treatment-Resistant Geriatric Depression: Augmenting or Switching an Antidepressant
Recent research investigated the benefits and risks of augmentation compared with switching strategies for TRD in older adults.
References: Tips for Managing Multiple Medication Use
“Bound Upon a Wheel of Fire”: Reflections on Trauma
Trauma is the distance between the reach and the grasp for our chosen image.
New Phase 3 Study Results on Lumateperone, An Adjunctive Therapy to Antidepressants
Lumateperone 42 mg achieved statistically significant and clinically meaningful results in both the primary and the key secondary endpoints of a new phase 3 study.
Bringing the Hospital Home: Meeting Teens in Crisis Where They Are
Learn more about a feasible, scalable, effective model of care that is a step away from the forced dichotomy of inpatient and outpatient care.
A New Conference Series: Improving Black Youth Mental Health
Are you ready to discuss the Black youth crisis and the need for dynamic conversations?
Jazz Prayers
Explore the connections between jazz and psychiatry.
Management of Borderline Personality Disorder in an Obstetric Unit
How can consultation-liaison psychiatry help identify BPD and facilitate effective communication between patients and medical teams during these patients’ admissions?
Telehealth for the Treatment of OUD in Pregnant Patients
How can telehealth aid in the treatment of opioid use disorders in this patient population?
Breaking the Silence: Unleashing the Power of Emotions in the Fight Against Anti-Black Racism in Mental Health Services
Here’s why you should attend the Yale Child Study Center Black Youth Mental Health Case Conference.
In Conversation With a Sigourney Award Winner: The Intersection Between Psychoanalytic Thought and Social Anthropology
Rosine Perelberg, PhD, discusses psychoanalytic thought, social anthropology, and the future of psychoanalysis.
Compassion in Music, Society, and Psychiatry
Though compassion would seem to be part and parcel of psychiatry, its value and expression has seemed to vary.
The Week in Review: April 8-12
From a look at record-high suicide rates to subspecialty shortages in psychiatry, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Study Finds That Probiotics, Vitamin D May Enhance Cognitive Function in Schizophrenia
Researchers investigated the effects of this supplementation on cognitive function and disease severity in schizophrenia. Here’s what they found.
New Data Demonstrates KarXT’s Positive Long-Term Metabolic Profile
Learn more about the latest data on KarXT, which is posed to be the first new pharmacological treatment for schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia Research Roundup: April 12, 2024
What is new in research on schizophrenia?
Suicide
Suicide is a word that conjures a wide range of intense emotions.
“This Is Your Brain on War”: Poetry for Peace in a Time of War
Poetry for peace in a time of war.
Black Weariness
"I shall forget civilization, I shall forget color, caste, I shall move in a fantastic world of raceless men and women..."
It’s All Connected: The Cosmos, the Climate, a Colleague, and the Celebrity Death of O.J. Simpson
How does everything connect?
Brexpiprazole + Sertraline Combination for PTSD Submitted for sNDA Review
A supplemental new drug application was submitted for the combination of brexpiprazole and sertraline in the treatment of PTSD in adults.
Addiction & Substance Use in Psychiatric Times
Take a look back at our recent coverage relating to our April content theme.
Rejoyn: A Fundamental Change in How Clinicians Can Treat MDD Symptoms
Rejoyn was recently cleared by the FDA, making it the first prescription digital therapeutic for major depressive disorder.
Celebrating Earth
"Earth Day is a poignant reminder of our collective responsibility for the ecosystem and how environmental factors impact mental health."
Work With Compassion
How can we prevent the transmission of intergenerational trauma?
Preventing Clinician Suicide
Although the practice of medicine can be immensely rewarding, it also can be extraordinarily stressful. Here's how we can help prevent clinician suicide.
Subspecialty Shortages: Is Psychiatry in Need of a Cultural Defibrillation?
What can be done about the shortages among psychiatry subspecialists?
Polarization: On the Threshold Between Political Ideology and Social Reality
An analysis of polarization: “To be aware of the abyss of polarization is already to be forewarned and forearmed.”
Managing Suicidal Thoughts, Behaviors, and Risk in Treatment-Resistant Depression
A range of therapeutic targets are likely to be relevant for reducing risk of suicide in TRD. Here's what you need to know.