SPOTLIGHT -
Buyers Beware in Alzheimer Disease Neuroscience
Is our research about Alzheimer disease wrong?
The Power of Language
The sympathy, empathy, and pure common sense of considering the intent and effect of the terms we use.
Experts to Give Update on Climate Change
Discussion topics will include the thermoregulatory system and how clinicians can help patients protect themselves from extreme heat effects.
Cybercriminal Exploitation of Cognitive Biases: A Brain Capital Perspective
How prioritizing brain health and brain skills could offer new solutions to this challenge.
Abortion: Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Considering the many repercussions of overturning Roe v Wade—and the psychiatric implications for our patients.
Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, and Suicide in Bipolar Disorder
Cardiometabolic risk factors for suicide? Researchers investigated associations between obesity/metabolic syndrome and suicidality in patients with bipolar disorder.
Loan Repayment Program to Help Ease Student Debt Burden for Psychiatrists
Do you qualify for student loan forgiveness?
The Weaponization of False Allegations of Abuse
How can one parent weaponize allegations of abuse and how can it damage a child’s mental health?
The Violinist Joshua Bell and the Goldwater Rule: The Psychological Power of Context
Would you recognize one of the greatest musicians in a subway station?
Resolution 420: A Golden Opportunity for Sustainable Care
The climate crisis is increasingly challenging human well-being. What can the psychiatric field do to help?
That’s What Friends Are Psychologically For!
You’ve got a friend in me…
Making Room
A psychiatrist shares his reflections on inclusivity... and making room for all.
Love, Alzheimer Disease, and Medical Aid in Dying
Approximately 6.5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer disease today, and that number is projected to rise to about 13 million by 2050.
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy: The Great Divorce That Never Happened
A frequent criticism of psychiatry: psychiatrists do not learn, practice, or value psychotherapy. Is it true?
The Fathers We Have Loved and Lost: Remembering 2 Mentors Who Shaped a Career and a Life
We lost 2 excellent mentors earlier this month…
Psychiatry Comic: Marriage Counseling
Too much free-ranging?
Methamphetamine-Associated Psychosis: What Should Clinicians Know?
Exploring the association between methamphetamine use and the development of psychotic symptoms, such as paranoid delusions, ideas of reference, and auditory hallucinations.
President Biden Tests Positive for COVID and Baseball Drops the Ball
Here’s why vaccination remains important.
Managing Patient Expectations
What is the first thing you share with your patient when you are about to prescribe a new medication?
It’s Time to Think of Women: Mental Health Services for First-Episode Psychosis
It is time for gender-sensitive first-episode psychosis services.
Invisible People
A physician living with mental illness shares their experience through poetry.
A Recipe for Leadership
What ingredients make a good leader?
Reducing Heavy Drinking Days: Positive Results From Trial for Medication Treating Alcohol Use Disorder
Positive results from the phase 3 trial of AD04 show a 79% reduction in heavy drinking.
Invisible People: My Experience as a Transgender Physician with Mental Illness
Gender-affirming care is important for all transgender patients—including transgender physicians.
Caregiving: Walking the Personal and Professional Tightrope
What happens when a clinician is faced with addiction in their own family?
Brain Inflammation May Link Alzheimer Disease With Sleep Disturbance
Study shows promising results for early detection and prevention efforts.
Programs Promote Well-Being and Career Support for the Neurodiverse Community
How can we bridge the gap between job-seekers in this community and inclusion-minded organizations?
Buprenorphine and Its Therapeutic Potential in Psychiatric Disorders
Researchers discuss new research on buprenorphine, the “gold standard” treatment for opioid use disorder at the APA Annual Meeting.
Antipsychotic Selection Is Important for Reduced Nonadherence in Schizophrenia
Researchers performed a nationwide register-based study of primary antipsychotic nonadherence in schizophrenia.
The Values and Ethics of Leadership
Leaders codes of ethics: how are they similar and different?