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A Black Quarterback Leads His Team to an Optimistic Victory in the Super Bowl
Superbowl Sunday: what are the mental health implications?
The Week in Review: February 6-10
From the impact of patients’ overdose deaths on physicians to addressing America’s mental health crisis, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Depression in the African American Community
“We are not exempt from these diseases. We have to speak up.”
The Overdose Conundrum
A patient loss does not undo or discard the multitude of meaningful life changing and life preserving work done.
Herzl Spiro, MD: Mourning A Spiritual Founder and Leader of Community Psychiatry
We mourn the loss of Herzl Spiro, MD.
Treatment Resistant: Is It a Misnomer?
"The history of medicine is rich in blaming the disease or the patient for 'untreatable' symptoms, until we stumble upon or develop a treatment that is, in fact, effective."
The Body Sighs for Mental Health
New research suggests the power of breath, sighing, and meditation.
A Sobering Truth
“We are a tale of two Americas, searching for humanity to implore unity.”
Will You Be Our Valentine?
Happy Valentine's Day from us to you!
America’s Mental Health Crisis: Are We Willing to Do What Is Required to Fix It?
"All I could think to myself was, 'At least he is safe and will receive treatment in prison—something the community failed to provide him.'"
Natural Healers: The Black Jack of All Trades
When there is psychological trouble, look for the healers.
Rx Evolution: An Ununified Model of MDD and Pharmacological Paradigms
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
“Rachel Aviv speaks to the stories that help and stories that harm—the narratives that will fashion the identity we will have for a lifetime.”
Interviewing Groundhog Phil and the Tu BiShvat Tree
Imagine an interview with these 2 talking entities…
The Week in Review: January 30-February 3
From addressing physician burnout to helping your patients incorporate friendships into their lives, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Psychiatry Comic: Scarecrow
Seems like a reasonable assessment...
Celebrating Black Joy
“Maybe Black History Month should be more centered around the contributions of Black Americans—what they have contributed to what this country is. I would love to know more about that.”
"Anatomy Lab"
"By year’s end, brittle with guilt, we hovered over our hollow creation..."
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: What’s in a Name?
Names can hurt, and they can lead to broken bones.
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma
Could police brutality be part of a larger legacy of American trauma transmission?
Taking Psychoanalysis off the Couch and Into the World: 2022 Sigourney Award Winner
The 2022 Sigourney Award winner reflects on her work.
Burning Out About Physician Burnout
“Anyone who cares about patients is doomed to burnout.”
Celebrating Black History Month 2023
In honor of Black History Month, Psychiatric Times™ highlights the contributions of Black clinicians to the field of psychiatry, as well as issues that continue to impact this underrepresented community.
From the Pages of Psychiatric Times: January 2023
The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the January 2023 issue of Psychiatric Times.
Shelter in Place
“Bringing us home, To ourselves, Our selves, Our bodies, our shelters…”
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: The Importance of Supervision in the Helping Professions
Should we try to be the keepers of our brothers and sisters?
There is a World of Social Psychiatric Challenges and You can Help Solve Them!
How can you get involved and be more knowledgeable about social psychiatry?
A Blues for Tyre
A psychiatric reflects on the latest news and remembers Tyre Nichols.
The Week in Review: January 23-27
From special issues in diagnosing and treating catatonia to helping justice-involved individuals re-enter the community, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Psychiatry Comic: Guilt Complex
No good deed goes unpunished...