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February in Review: Updates on the Psychiatric Treatment Pipeline
Check out the pipeline updates from February!
An Overview of Disaster Psychiatry
Learn more about the 5 principles of intervention that serve as guidance for developing practices after disasters and mass violence.
In Memoriam: Alvin F. Poussaint, MD, A Model of Black Mental Health
Remembering Alvin F. Poussaint, MD…
Significant Improvements in Functionality and Quality of Life: New Data on Ingrezza for Tardive Dyskinesia
Newly shared top-line phase 4 data demonstrates clinically meaningful and sustained effects of Ingrezza capsules on the physical, social, and emotional impacts experienced with tardive dyskinesia.
What Works for Adults With ADHD?
A recent meta-analysis compares efficacy and acceptability of pharmacological, psychological, and neurostimulatory interventions for adults with ADHD.
Beyond Dogmatism: A Pluralistic Framework to Conceptualize Social Media Use in Children and Adolescents
The relationship between social media use and mental health remains inconclusive. How can you best treat child and adolescents and guide their social media use?
Transforming DSM-6 Development: A Call for Integrated Approaches and Cautious Innovation
Can AI innovations assist in the process of creating the next DSM? One psychiatrist explains his thoughts.
The Child Colossus: A Poem After “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus on our Statue of Liberty
"Connect me to all children, Under undue distress all ‘round the world, Shaping the future of our warring lands..."
Agree to Disagree: A Collaborative Perspective From a Treatment Team and Disagreeing Patient
How should clinicians approach treatment when their patient disagrees with the diagnosis?
Who Are the Youth With Undiagnosed ADHD Symptoms?
According to research, symptoms of ADHD are more often overlooked or diagnosed later in children with higher cognitive ability, physical activity, or social skills.
Diagnosis and Management of Catatonia via Telepsychiatry: Case Series and Guide for Clinical Practice
Learn how best to facilitate catatonia assessment via telepsychiatry in this 3-case example article.
Arachnophobia
Could social media offer a new approach for clinicians working with patients experiencing some phobias?
FDA Accepts sNDA for Uzedy Extended-Release Injectable Suspension for Bipolar I Disorder
The FDA has accepted the supplemental New Drug Application for Uzedy extended-release injectable suspension for the maintenance treatment of bipolar I disorder in adults.
An Unexpected Psychiatric Benefit of Social Media: Exposure Therapy
How one resident found a free and accessible way to cope with her arachnophobia.
FDA Officially Removes REMS Requirement for Clozapine
Determining risks outweigh the benefits, the FDA is removing the clozapine REMS requirement.
Positive FDA Feedback for Proposed In Vitro Bridging Strategy for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment, AD04
The FDA gave positive feedback to Adial Pharmaceuticals regarding its proposed in vitro bridging strategy for the phase 3 formulation of AD04.
Celiac Disease: An Overlooked Cause of Mental Illness in Children
The fact that celiac disease has effects on the brain is recognized but not completely understood.
Cannabis Use in Senior Patients
Why are older patients turning to cannabis for symptom relief?
Crying About Physician Suicidology
At least 300 to 400 physicians a year die by suicide in the United States. Learn more about the latest statistics.
FDA Approves of Label Changes for Sublocade Injection for Opioid Use Disorder
The FDA has authorized key modifications to the administration protocol for injectable long-acting opioid use disorder treatment buprenorphine.
Why Developmental Trauma Disorder Should Be Included in the DSM: A Case Study
Learn more about how to appropriately diagnose and categorize a spectrum of posttraumatic stress responses in children and adolescents.
Our Statue of Liberty Is Crying
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…”
Psychiatric Times Through the Years: The Last 5 Years in February Covers
Celebrate Psychiatric Times’ 40th anniversary with a look back at some of our previous covers.
The Week in Review: February 17-21
Here are highlights from this week in Psychiatric Times, including trial updates and thoughts on the history of the antimedication movement.
The Status of Child Psychiatric Research in 2025: Progress, Problems, and Prospects
How has the field of child and adolescent psychiatry matured over the last 3 decades? Our Special Report Chair, Peter S. Jensen, MD, elaborates.
Promoting True Healing and Growth: In Conversation With a Second-Generation Psychiatrist
How can you provide comprehensive care in underserved environments, particularly for individuals with complex mental health needs? Amitha Dhingra, MD, weighs in.
Anderson Cooper's Podcast Series Elevates Our Approach to Grief
What can psychiatry learn from a podcast about grief?
Our Real Child Psychiatry Challenges
"Make America Healthy Again” has taken a jab at psychiatry.
The Ongoing Movement Against Psychiatric Medications
Antipsychiatry’s animus toward psychiatric medication has both ancient and modern parallels.
Frontal Lobe Syndrome: Improving Patient Quality of Life
Frontal lobe syndrome can present with a range of perseverative, disinhibited, overactive behaviors that do not meet traditional dementia/neurocognitive disorder criteria. Learn more here.