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Considering challenges and opportunities in digital health solutions for mental health care.

We have an urgent need for new and improved treatment options for depression—are psychedelic medications the answer?

Is the term, "extrapyramidal symptoms," an example of a “4-letter word”?

Further evidence-based antidepressant treatments are needed for children and adolescents with depression.

A Little League World Series player just showed the world what sportsmanship should look like.

“The mentality that animates workers who see their work as a calling is strikingly simple: They believe their work is contributing to the construction of a world within which they would like to live.”

Thomas Insel, MD’s, book contains several highly valuable lessons for psychiatry and beyond.

Cannabis use disorder and nonadherence: How can we best educate patients?

An estimated 5% to 10% of acute psychiatric inpatients have catatonia—yet catatonia remains widely underdiagnosed.

Alzheimer disease psychosis treatment pimavanserin receives Complete Response Letter from the FDA.

Psychiatry is in the woods…

What is the mindset of “anti-vaxxers,” and how can you connect with them as a clinician?

This novel schizophrenia treatment showed positive results in a phase 3 trial evaluating efficacy, safety, and tolerability.

Inaugural recipients will use funds to support infrastructure, student mental health, and programs for children with behavioral challenges.

What is a psychopath? Here's why school shooters may not fit the definition.

Psychiatrists are physicians first. This case demonstrates why that’s important.

Parental alienation: a mental condition is indeed founded on scientific research.

All these events that occurred over the weekend bear social psychiatric weight.

Seeking higher ground?

Here’s why we need to better prepare for the doggone days of summer.

What is the first thing you share with your patient when you are about to prescribe a new medication?

One psychiatrist shares some words of wisdom for the class of 2022.

The ages-old father son conflict continues—but in a different, modern light.

How can you help patients with bulimia nervosa beyond residential programs?

The president of the San Diego Psychiatric Society gives us a glimpse into the city for the upcoming 2022 Annual Psychiatric Times World CME Conference.

The SSRIs’ mechanism of action is no index of safety and efficacy.

In this new series, experts weigh in on some of the common fallacies surrounding the nature of fraud and its perpetrators.

A lawyer weighs in on pharmaceutical corruption and involuntary psychiatric care.

Medical students are just now starting their yellow brick road journey…