SPOTLIGHT -
The Week in Review: February 13-17
From noninvasive brain stimulation treatment for acquired brain injury to an update on the prior authorization process, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
The Status of Neuromodulation Trials in Eating Disorders
"20% to 30% of patients develop a persistent, hard-to-treat illness."
Schizophrenia From the Psychodynamic Perspective
Although psychotherapy is a core treatment in psychiatry, it is currently underutilized in the management of schizophrenia.
Black History Month Resources
Here are 6 places you can visit to learn more about Black History Month and mental health resources for Black communities.
Remembering Burt Bacharach: That’s What Shrinks Are For!
Do you have any songs with special meaning to you?
May We Never Forget
Black history is American history and world history.
The Fight for Psychiatric Rights and Accountability
"There are a number of themes in my book, and one of them is to subtly bust the myth that people who get diagnosed with serious mental illness cannot recover."
Love, Death, and Regret
Do you have regrets?
Lawmakers Support CMS Rules to Streamline Prior Authorizations
"The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act would make it easier for older patients to get care by modernizing the prior authorization process."
“I’m Just So Tired”: Fatigue in a Medically Complicated Patient
Fatigue is a very common physical complaint. What therapeutic options are available?
"What a Psychiatrist Remembers"
"I remember sitting like my patients when time expired, entire lives grasped in a 50 minute hour..."
Black Pioneers in Mental Health: Test Your Knowledge
How well do you know the immense contributions of African Americans to the mental health field? In honor of Black History Month, Psychiatric Times™ invites you to test your knowledge!
Disease, Disorder, Illness, and All That: How a 12th Century Physician-Philosopher Pointed Us to Our True Calling
What if defining and treating disease is not, after all, the primary function and mission of psychiatry?
Research Explores the Efficacy of Clozapine as a Treatment for Catatonia
There is very modest evidence that clozapine may be associated with improvement of catatonia.
Sex, Loneliness, the Super Bowl, and Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day may serve as a message to Americans…
Governors Join Forces to Support Youth Mental Health
Leaders from across the United States aim to work together to develop bipartisan solutions for the youth mental health crisis.
Treating Acquired Brain Injury With Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
"rTMS and tDCS allow for controlled and targeted neuromodulation, and when combined with other therapeutic approaches, they may produce superior outcomes."
Involuntary Treatment of Mental Illness: Here We Go Again
The perilous politics of involuntary treatment…
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