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Depression/Anxiety: Dimensional Treatment Decisions
Treatment decisions lie on a continuum—befitting a dimensional approach to diagnosis.
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Compromise on the Goldwater Rule is a Step Forward
Compromise on the Goldwater Rule may be the only way forward.
The Other Ethical Side of the Goldwater Rule Coin: What We in Psychiatry Can and Must Do
All rules have exceptions… is this true of the Goldwater Rule?
Psychosocial Insights: Exploring Issues in Heart Health
What can you do to support your patient's heart health?
A Valentine for Psychiatric Times
This Valentine’s Day, there’s a lot of love to go around.
Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training
Adam Stern, MD’s, book makes the case for a more human psychiatry.
A New Framework: Exploring Efficacy
How can we more effectively evaluate undue influence? Here are methodologies and findings for research into a new framework that may help victims of undue influence find justice.
International Study of Schizophrenia and Violence
A new meta-analysis identifies target for improved care in patients with schizophrenia.
Looking to the Future
Despite uncertainties and stresses, the field of psychiatry is poised to have a better year.
An Ode to Healing Harmonies
When music and psychiatry collide...
Self-Forgiveness: A Step Closer to Healing
Healing our relationships, and ourselves, through acts of self-care, compassion, and grace.
Neuroplasticity and Smart Phones
Smart phones have the potential to be either a useful and highly constructive asset or a destructive and harmful diversion from life.
Discouraged by the Goldwater Rule
This doctor believes the Goldwater Rule discourages psychiatrists from expressing themselves.
Climate Distress in the Peace Garden State
A fourth-year medical student at the University of North Dakota and member of the Climate Psychiatry Alliance writes about his concerns regarding climate effects on health.
Brain Health in an Unhealthy Society
How keeping your brain healthy also helps your patients and your community.
Medical Comorbidities May Increase COVID-19 Mortality Risk in Patients with Psychiatric Disorders
Obesity, antidepressants may also impact risk of death in this population.
Sex Differences in Insomnia and Cognition in Schizophrenia
Thinking about sex and sleep in schizophrenia: Researchers performed a large cross-sectional study of sex differences in insomnia and cognition in chronic schizophrenia.
FDA Announces Safety Labeling Changes to Celexa
SrLCs include sexual dysfunction and special considerations for pediatric and geriatric populations.
Vaccine Mandate Exemptions for Anxiety: Ethical and Practical Considerations
Does anxiety justify an exemption from vaccine mandates among health care workers?
Antipsychotics and Weight Gain: Positive Study Results
Alkermes announced positive results from their phase 3b ENLIGHTEN-Early study.
Self-Blaming Depression: Theory and Technique
How does treatment for self-blaming depression differ from treatment of other types of depression?
The Goldwater Rule: “Do No Harm”
The current restrictions of the Goldwater Rule are there for a reason.
Psychedelics and the Future of Psychiatry
Welcome to the psychedelic renaissance.
Comorbidity Issues in Gender Diverse Youth: The Tangled Web
LGBTQ+ youth may be particularly vulnerable during these unprecedented times.
Our Work and What the Award Means to Us: 2021 Sigourney Award Winners
These 2 Sigourney Award Winners share their journey to success.
The Humanistic Games: Braver, Kinder, Wiser—Harmoniously
The Olympics: a time of togetherness or tension?
Why Use the DSM When It Is Inaccurate? Cognitive Biases and Solutions
Exploring cognitive biases toward the DSM and their avoidable effects on treatment decisions.
Taking Care of Caregivers
Here’s why addressing stress and burnout improves the lives of patients.
A Psychiatrist May Have Made Musical History
Frank Clark, MD, may have made history this weekend with an epic musical and poetry performance.