SPOTLIGHT -
Dementia Treatment: An Unmet Need
"There is clearly a large unmet need not only to improve our treatment of AD, but to provide treatment options for all the dementias."
Dear Younger Self: Female Physicians Share Financial Advice
Financial success requires planning and thoughtfulness. What do female physicians wish they would have done differently or better?
Inside 988 Lifeline: Conversations with a Crisis Counselor
What is it like to be a 988 counselor?
The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial and the Gordian Knot of a Social Psychopathology
The medicalization of anti-Semitism: a possibility?
The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial and Other Mental Illness Considerations: Take 2
Updated commentary on the developments in the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting trial.
Nourishing Calm
Here’s how offering food in psychiatric emergency rooms can soothe agitated patients and build rapport.
The Consistent Presence of the C-L Psychiatry Team
The patient’s autonomy: a guiding principle.
My Hijab, My Identity
Racism is here and happening all around us. One Muslim woman tells her story.
Trauma and Transition Trajectories: The Risk of Caenisian Reversion
How can you best address and support transgender patients, as well as prevent negative outcomes?
Treatment Over Objection: Ethical and Legal Principles
"Providers’ lack of knowledge about legal and ethical perspectives and roles regarding TOO can lead to delayed or suboptimal patient care, exposure of hospitals and providers to liability, and exacerbation of provider distress."
Treating Eating Disorders and PTSD Concurrently Leads to Long-Term Recovery
Research shows an undeniable connection between PTSD and eating disorders.
Preparing for a Job Interview: The “10 Knows”
Are you prepared for your next job interview?
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Techniques for Catatonia
A recent study finds noninvasive brain stimulation techniques such as ECT, rTMS, and tDCS may be helpful for patients with catatonia.
Antidepressant Response: What’s DNA Got to Do With It?
Research using data from the All of Us Research Program seeks to solve the mystery of what makes medications work for some and not others.
A Year of 988: The First Step in a Long Journey
A year ago, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline switched to its new 3-digit number, 988. What's happened since then?
The Body is Keeping Score and It Is Losing
This book on trauma has shot up the best-seller list… why?
The Week in Review: July 3-7
From the FDA traditional approval of Leqembi to an examination of how we can improve mental health care for women of color, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial and Mental Illness: Take 1
Have you kept up on the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting trial?
FDA Grants Traditional Approval to Leqembi for the Treatment of Alzheimer Disease
Announcement follows the FDA’s accelerated approval and unanimous endorsement of the drug earlier this year.
Being an American Canadian Mother of a Daughter With Schizophrenia
This mother shares her experience of having a loved one with schizophrenia, and the difference location can make in treatment.
From Highland Park to Fireworks in the Dark, This Was a Record-Setting July Fourth
This Fourth of July broke records…
Mental Health Care for Women of Color: Risk Factors, Barriers, and Clinical Recommendations
It is essential that clinicians take an active approach in creating a culturally safe space to provide mental health care to WoC.
Ode to the 4th
A psychiatrist reflects on the Fourth of July in light of current events....
How Psychiatry Has Enriched My Life: A Journey Beyond Expectations
A psychiatrist shares his story of how the psychiatric field has helped him find purpose and balance.
The State of U.S. Psychiatry and Mental Health
Psychiatric Times® celebrates the Fourth of July 2023 with a look at our field and how we can improve patient care in the United States.
Psychiatric Reflections on the Court's Decisions
A psychiatrist shares further reflections on the most recent Court decisions...
Think Pink: Barbie & Unrealistic Body Expectations in 2023
Nearly 1 in 2 women compare themselves to Barbie.
How Doctors Celebrate Independence Day: They Don’t
How can medical professionals declare their independence?
From the Pages of Psychiatric Times: June 2023
The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the June 2023 issue of Psychiatric Times.
The Week in Review: June 26-30
From an examination of the fentanyl epidemic to the connection between ADHD medication and height, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.