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We Cannot Abandon Youth to Climate Anxiety
Children have real worries driven by real threats when it comes to climate change.
We Can All Serve: The Principles of Psychiatric Ethics as Applied to War
How can psychiatrists apply current ethical principles to war?
Prevalence of Neuroradiological Abnormalities in First-Episode Psychosis
To image or not to image? Researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of neuroradiological abnormalities in first-episode psychosis.
Gabapentinoids: A Deeper Look
"During the past 5 years has gabapentin retained its position as one of the top 10 drugs prescribed in the United States."
Climate Change: No Personal Beliefs Should Increase Children’s Anxiety
One reader believes psychiatrists and mental health clinicians should approach climate change with skepticism.
Voting for Mental Health
Explore the mental health effects of voting.
Restorative Justice vs Hate Speech
How can we prevent retraumatization of vulnerable individuals and enable them to seek redress?
Tackling Treatment-Resistant Depression
As many as 30% of your patients will experience treatment-resistant depression...
Revisiting the Ethics of Landmark Psychological Experiments in American Melancholy: Poems
“Oates’ poems force us to reflect on the ethics of experimentation and to ask if the proverbial ends justify the means.”
Involuntary Hospitalization of Minors: An Emergency Medicine Perspective
"In regard to psychiatric hospitalizations, the principles of ethics are imperative in determining how to proceed in each case."
Depressed, Suicidal, and Likely Less Able to Consent to Treatment
Suicidal individuals with depression likely have diminished capacity to provide informed consent for treatment as well as low perceived need for help.
Study Finds That Long-Acting Schizophrenia Treatment Prolongs Time to Impending Relapse
These results were instrumental in securing the FDA approval of the drug for the treatment of schizophrenia in adults in April 2023.
Look to the Psychiatrists: A Model for Our Troubled Times
Why aren't psychiatrists the answer?
Positive Data for First and Only Treatment Approved for Agitation in Alzheimer Dementia
New positive data for brexpiprazole, the first and only treatment approved to treat agitation associated with dementia due to Alzheimer disease.
Psychiatric Boarding in Emergency Departments
What does it mean to receive crisis care in the typical emergency department? Psychiatrists have a powerful role in reducing boarding.
Positively Haiku: Illustrated Affirmations in 17 Syllables
This book offers positivity via a unique form of poetry.
Meet H. Steven Moffic, MD (He/Him//His)
What are your gender pronouns?
The Week in Review: October 30-November 3
From sleep and neuroendocrine function following TBI to new phase 3 results from a clinical trial evaluating a promising new schizophrenia treatment, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Substance Use Disorders Research Roundup: November 3, 2023
What is new in research on SUDs?
Reflections on Visiting Grandchildren as the War in the Middle East Erupts
Is the world safe for our grandchildren?
In Memoriam: Dr Paykel Sure Paid Off for Me and Psychiatry
Remembering Eugene Paykel, MD…
Recognize and Address the Bidirectional Relationship Between Sleep and Neuroendocrine Function to Improve TBI Outcomes
Sleep and neuroendocrine function are disrupted following TBI.
Head-to-Head Comparison of Vortioxetine Versus Desvenalfaxine in Patients With Depression and Partial Response to SSRIs
Researchers performed a head-to-head trial of vortioxetine versus desvenalfaxine in patients with depression and partial response to SSRIs.
What Scares Mental Health Clinicians?
Happy Halloween! To celebrate, Psychiatric Times® is looking back at our Scariest in Psychiatry series, which highlights clinicians’ most frightening, worrisome, and concerning issues in psychiatry.
Facing Fears: Patients With Past Trauma Can Still Enjoy Halloween
Just because a patient has anxiety or past trauma does not mean they cannot enjoy this spooky holiday…
Why Do There Seem to Be No Joint Pro-Peace Rallies?
We must come together to find peace, says one doctor.
Which Non-Psychiatric Medications Have the Potential to Worsen Symptoms of MDD?
Researchers investigated associations between medications with potential depressive symptom adverse effects and the level of depressive symptoms in a large survey study. Here’s what they found.
Positive Topline Results Reported for Phase 3 Clinical Trial Evaluating Schizophrenia Treatment
The trial’s results showed statistically significant reductions in all major symptom domains and secondary endpoints.
Slash Killers and Their Psychiatric Issues
Are you ready for Halloween? Who is your favorite slash killer of the horror genre and which psychiatric disorder could he meet criteria for?
From the Death of Klinghoffer to The City Without Jews
Whenever the Jewish people are targeted historically, the risk spreads to vulnerable others.
