SPOTLIGHT -
From the Pages of Psychiatric Times: June 2022
The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the June 2022 issue of Psychiatric Times.
The Benefits of Longitudinal Evaluations in Parental Alienation Cases
Here’s why longitudinal evaluations in high-conflict divorce cases are critical.
How Would You Tackle Mental Health Disparities?
Targeted and collaborative efforts are needed at individual and systemic levels to address underlying causes of mental health disparities.
The Biocognitive Model for Biopsychosocial Psychiatry: Niall McLaren, MBBS, FRANZCP
Does a computational approach to the mind pave the way for practicing a biopsychosocial psychiatry?
To Mask or Not to Mask on Broadway: With a Break in the 1/6 Hearings, That is Still a Question
To mask or not to mask? What do you think?
The Joy of Drag
How does this performance art give voice to the gender movement?
The Therapeutic Attitude in Psychotherapy
Let’s revisit the therapist’s attitude toward the patient in the psychotherapy relationship.
Complementary Effects of Combined Alternative Treatments on Social Anxiety Disorder
Treatments alter the neural processes underlying SAD symptoms.
A Behavioral Health Provider's Guide to a Telehealth Career
4 Recommendations for Disability Inclusion in Psychedelic Therapy Research
How can psychedelic research incorporate disability inclusion into future work?
Healing Our Patients—and Ourselves
How can offering hope for chronic illness make healing possible for us all?
Headaches and Psychiatric Illness
Headaches are a common comorbidity among a variety of psychiatric diagnoses.
Cultural Issues in Diagnosing and Treating Psychotic Disorders
All mental health clinicians must now develop skills in cultural competence to avoid perpetuating disparities in health outcomes for BIPOC individuals with serious mental illnesses.
The Benefits of Wearing Personal Protective Equipment During the Pandemic
Mask-wearing can help protect individuals from COVID-19 infection—but it also has several other unexpected advantages.
Taking Pride in Pride Day
Pride might be bittersweet this year…
How Can Psychiatrists Become Better Negotiators?
Use these strategies to facilitate beneficial outcomes for patients, improve relationships with colleagues, and enhance workplace satisfaction.
Substance Misuse and Acquired Brain Injury
Understanding the intersection between substance misuse and acquired brain injury can assist clinicians in accurately diagnosing and treating these cooccurring conditions.
Is There a Cure for Ignorance? The Shocking Truth About Psychiatric Treatment
The truth: Psychiatric treatment works.
It’s PTSD Awareness Day: Be Aware!
Today is PTSD Awareness Day!
Sequelae
Poetic reflections on today's news...
The Overturning of Roe v. Wade
What do psychiatrists think of the overturning of Roe v. Wade?
Would I Do the Same Approving of Abortions for Psychiatric Reasons as I Did 50 Years Ago?
Roe v. Wade has been overturned. How will this affect the mental health of both mothers and fetuses?
Dealing With Difficult Patients
How can theater arts help?
Trauma, Conspiracy, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Congressional 1/6 Hearings
“Our country needs the psychological healing of our increasing divisiveness and conflicts…”
9 Mental Health Benefits of Title IX for Women on its 50th Anniversary
How does Title IX benefit women?
Correctional Health Care in California
The Moffic Plan: A Not-So-Modest National Mental Health Recovery Program
How can we address our national mental health crisis?
Maternal Mental Health Needs to Count
If it does not count, it is not counted.
From the Pages of Psychiatric Times: 6 Months of Cover Stories
Over the past 6 months, Psychiatric Times has featured expert opinions on important psychiatric issues from psychosis to psychedelics.
Psychiatry Comic: Inner Child
When it comes to connecting with your inner child, what are your options?