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Beyond the Neurotransmitter: We Were Trained to See the Forest for the Trees
Psychopharmacology, while an essential tool, is only one of those tools.
We Answer the Call for a Joint Jewish and Muslim Psychiatrist Statement
Respect is the single most important factor that helps to sustain long term relationships.
Objectively Measured Sleep in ADHD
What is the impact of ADHD on sleep? Researchers performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of objectively measured sleep in children and adolescents with ADHD.
A Call for a Psychiatrist Colleague for a Joint Healing Statement
Can psychiatry and psychiatrists come together for a joint healing statement?
The Week in Review: November 6-10
From neurological abnormalities in first-episode psychosis to psychiatric boarding in emergency departments, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Dementia Research Roundup: November 10, 2023
What is new in research on dementia?
Psychotherapy: Lies Cost Lives
When the media repeatedly portrays such tepid ambivalence about psychotherapy, millions of suffering individuals get a vague and misleading impression of this treatment.
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.
