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Nightmare on Humanity Street
A Halloween reflection on stigma...
The Online, At-Home Ketamine Experience: A Clinician’s Dilemma
At-home ketamine treatment initiated by an online provider presents many legal, clinical, and ethical challenges...
Calcium-Channel Blocker and Adenosine Modulator Use and Risk of Hospitalization in Bipolar Disorder
Researchers performed a nationwide cohort study of the use of calcium-channel blockers and adenosine modulators and risk of hospitalization in bipolar disorder.
Teachers on Edge
Here’s why educators are walking away from the profession they love.
Federal Court Gives Green Light to Deny Coverage
"With our country’s ongoing mental health and addiction crisis, the consequences of the Wit v UBH reversal are too great to ignore."
Garden of Meaning
Reflections on the bounty of life...
Interest Grows in Treatment of Mood Disorders by Classic Psychedelics
Classic psychedelic research is rapidly expanding...
Coming Up for Air and Seeing our College Mental Health Crisis: A Movie Review
College mental health: on the decline for at least 8 years.
Confusing the Diagnosis for the Person
Missing out on treating a person rather than a diagnosis?
A Burnout Myth: Too Many Work Hours Cause Burnout
The 18 hours a day, 7 days a week doctor lifestyle is over. But it’s not the cause of the burnout epidemic…
Coexistence
A psychiatrist reflects on trauma, healing, and growth...
The Week in Review: September 26-30
From older age bipolar disorder to the relationship between antidepressants and emotional numbing, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Management of Patients With Older Age Bipolar Disorder
What treatments are available for those with older age bipolar disorder?
The Freedom and Suppression of Jazz in Russia
Is jazz a good litmus test for Russia’s leadership?
Safety Planning: An Essential Feature of Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Suicide Prevention
What is a safety plan, and how can clinicians use it to help patients with suicidal behavior?
Considering National and Personal Character in Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
It could be a long and cold winter for Russia…
From the Pages of Psychiatric Times: September 2022
The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the September 2022 issue of Psychiatric Times.
Assessment of Individuals With Older Age Bipolar Disorder
Between 1980 and 1998, the relative frequency of late-onset bipolar disorder increased from 1% to 11%. How can you best assess for this condition?
The Strength and Value of Organized Psychiatry
Here’s how the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law provide valuable opportunities for psychiatrists and the psychiatric field.
More on King Charles III, Psychiatry, Religion, and Spirituality
Should religion and spirituality be tools in the psychiatric arsenal?
Partner Perspectives Q&A with Dr. Reid Robison (Chief Clinical Officer, Numinus)
Back to the Future: Psychedelics and a Return to the Concept of Recovery in Psychiatry
Antidepressants Do Not Work by Numbing Emotions
As patients improve with antidepressant treatment, emotional numbing decreases.
Effects of LSD and Psilocybin in Healthy Participants
In a well-blinded study, researchers investigated and directly compared the acute effects of LSD and psilocybin in healthy participants.
Mental Health Stigma for Providers: A Hidden Challenge Among Us
Stigma poses a serious risk to quality of care and accessibility.
In Memoriam: The Healing Force of Pharoah Sanders’ Music
This jazz musician, in his own way, helped improve mental health.
Dextromethorphan-Bupropion in Depression
A new—cough, cough—combination treatment for depression. Researchers performed an RCT of dextromethorphan-bupropion in major depressive disorder.
The Week in Review: September 19-23
From historic USPSTF draft screening recommendations to the need for novel treatments for bipolar depression, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Challenging the Status Quo of the Challenge to the Status Quo
How can a robust understanding of the altered-state experience drive the development of therapeutic frameworks that are designed around that experience?
Burnout and Its Remedies
The sources of chronic stress and inflammation need to change, which means the toxic work setting needs to change.
