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Apex Labs Files IND Application for APEX-52 Study of Take-Home Microdose Psilocybin
The outcomes of this study are expected to inform the development of the upcoming PATHFINDER-52 phase 2b clinical trial.
Questions and Answers About Clozapine: A Dialogue About the Use of Plasma Levels
In this CME article, read more about best practices for utilizing clozapine plasma levels and the clozapine/norclozapine ratio to monitor clozapine therapy.
Phase 2 Study Initiated: ALTO-101 for Cognitive Impairment With Schizophrenia
ALTO-101 has previously been shown to positively impact cognition in schizophrenia.
A Brief Cannabis Cessation Protocol to Increase Patient Motivation
Cannabis withdrawal syndrome impacts approximately half of those who use it regularly. How can you help patients cease cannabis use?
Say Hey, Kids: It’s Juneteenth Day!
Yesterday, we celebrated Juneteenth.
Summertime and the Living Isn't Easy
Are we ready for summer?
Technology at the Forefront: Shaping the Future of Psychiatry Certification
How can artificial intelligence enhance psychiatry certification, and how do we implement it?
How to Safely and Effectively Taper Benzodiazepines
Review tapering challenges and strategies for benzodiazepines in this Special Report article.
New Baseline Data on Iclepertin for Schizophrenia
Check out the latest results from the phase 3 CONNEX-X study.
Lumateperone as an Adjunctive Therapy to Antidepressants: More Positive Results
Lumateperone 42 mg achieved statistically significant and clinically meaningful results in both the primary and the key secondary endpoints, according to new study.
When Validation Is Harmful
Validating some patients could lead to both clinician and patient harm.
The Lessons of COVID-19 as We Face the Challenge of Climate
How can we mitigate climate issues without harming working Americans?
Laughing With the Pope for Mental Health
Laughter: the best medicine?
Insights and Explorations
In this Special Report, get the latest from the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting!
Metformin, Inflammation, the Gut Microbiome, and Health Span: Connecting the Dots
Review the multiple uses of metformin.
Is Heroism an Ism That Is a Psychoexemplary?
How do you define heroism? Who is a modern hero?
The Week in Review: June 10-14
Here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Antipsychotic Polypharmacy vs Monotherapy
What is their comparative safety?
CDC Issues HAN Health Advisory Following DOJ Indictment of Digital Health Provider of Adderall
The CDC suggests that disrupted access to ADHD medications may increase risk of overdose and injury.
Childhood Physical Health and ADHD Symptoms
Do physical health conditions in childhood affect ADHD symptoms at age 17 years? Researchers investigated these associations in a large cohort study.
"A Psychiatrist’s Guitar"
"...when skilled hands and callused fingertips pick sweet equations where practice becomes song."
Religious and Research Verification for the Psychoexemplaries
These 2 perspectives, one from ancient religious faith sources and the other from modern substantiating scientific research, gives H. Steven Moffic, MD, hope that psychoexemplaries have mental health value.
Lykos Therapeutics Releases Statement on FDA Advisory Committee Meeting
Following the vote of the US Food and Drug Administration Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, Lykos has released a statement on MDMA-assisted therapy.
"A Wholeness That Grows Out of That Which Is Lacking"
Providing palliative care to patients with anorexia nervosa.
A Psychiatrist’s Guitar
"Hear the story of wood, cut and stained and carved for someone’s need."
Celebrating Abraham L. Halpern Humanitarian Award Winner H. Steven Moffic, MD
What does being a humanitarian mean to H. Steven Moffic, MD, winner of the 22024 Abraham L. Halpern Humanitarian Award?
D-Day and Psychiatry
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Differences in Long-Term Response Among Antidepressants for MDD
Recent research sheds light on which antidepressants should be preferred as a first option for long-term use.
“Psychiatry and the Humanities”: An Innovative Course at the University of Montreal
Expanding the medical model to embrace the humanities.
Cannabis Facts by State
With cannabis legalization increasing in the United States, so too are the issues surrounding cannabis access, usage, and use disorders. State by state, take a peek at some of the issues and updates surrounding cannabis.