SPOTLIGHT -
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.
Lessons Learned in Disaster Mental Health: The Earthquake in Armenia and Beyond
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most sustained comprehensive mental health recovery and research program implemented after a natural disaster.
Recognizing the Equinox of Life: In Light There is Darkness and in Darkness There is Light
Only we have the power to permanently increase our lightness over dark.
The Need for Novel Treatments for Bipolar Depression
In this CME article, learn more about the rationale for considering novel treatments for patients with bipolar depression.
The Goldilocks Model for Assessing the New Anxiety Screening Recommendations
How can we increase assessment of anxiety without increasing other problems? Where is the balance?
Advocating for Medication for Opioid Use Disorder
The NCCHC and 166 national organizations recently signed a letter to Senate leadership advocating for increased access to buprenorphine.
8 Tips for Psychiatrists to Prevent Burnout
What can we do to improve self-compassion and empathy as mental and behavioral health providers?
Are Psychiatrists Pill Pushers?
Let’s stop fighting amongst ourselves as a mental health movement and focus on biological as well as psychosocial treatment.
USPSTF Makes Historic Anxiety and Depression Draft Screening Recommendations
For the first time, the USPSTF is recommending anxiety screening for adults under 65.
Reading First-Hand Stories May Help Reduce Suicidal Thoughts
Reading 1 story a day might help those living with suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
Nutritional Treatments: The Next Frontier in Psychiatry
Here’s how nutrients can ameliorate psychiatric conditions.
The Alluring Mistress: Reflections From My Affair With Medicine
Physicians are not immune to the gravitational pull toward extramarital affairs, particularly with the most alluring mistress: Medicine.
Queen Elizabeth II as a Model of a National Psychotherapist
While God can no longer “save the Queen,” we in psychiatry can save the best of what she represented and taught.