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Study Links Lithium With Lower Risk of Dementia
Research also finds surprising results in patients with bipolar affective disorder.
Two Mentors and an Inspiration From the Past
One doctor shares how 2 mentors and a notable artist from history have inspired her.
Research Roundup: Psychiatric Comorbidities in the News
Catch up on all the latest in psychiatric comorbidities.
Follow Your Patient, Not A Manual
Depending on how you look at it, manuals have either played a heroic role in the history of psychotherapy or have been responsible for its degradation.
TikTok: Biggest Concerns for Children and Adolescents
TikTok: How is it harming child and adolescent mental health?
Politics, Science, and Trans Youth
Transgender youth need our help.
Study Shows Risk Awareness of Concurrent Benzodiazepine, Opioid Use Among Patients
Results highlight the impact of education on patient understanding of potential adverse events.
Fun and Games: Improving Youth Opioid Awareness
Can a game improve children and adolescents knowledge of the opioid crisis?
A Consequence of Health Disparities: Depression Among Sexual Minorities
According to this study examining sexual minority patients, depression can be a consequence of health and behavioral disparities.
The DSM: Diagnostic Manual or Diabolical Manipulation?
"Nobody likes the DSM..."
Supporting Patients With Serious Mental Illness and Comorbid Substance Use Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
30% to 60% of individuals seeking treatment for SUD also meet criteria for PTSD.
Psychiatry Can Help Us Spring Forward
Cherry blossoms: a symbol of rebirth.
Pandemic Resilience? Remnants
“…we need a break.”
Zen and the Art of Psychotherapy
The clarifying lens of Zen philosophy focuses our attention on common factors that drive change across the different forms of psychotherapy.
Embracing Hope
One medical student shares how writing poetry can help us embrace our creativity and cope with life’s challenges.
Blazing Your Own Trail
“So much of my life had been lived by default—and now it’s life by design.”
Seeing Things: Mind or Brain?
Researchers explore the psychiatric and neurological etiologies of visual hallucinations.
Christianity and Psychiatry
This new work examines faith and tradition versus medical and scientific knowledge in the psychiatry-Christianity equation.
EHRs May Enhance, Prolong Racial Bias in Clinical Settings, Study Results Show
Best Recent Screen Portrayals of Mental Health Issues
Celebrating accurate representations of psychiatric issues and treatment in film and television from the past year.
Mental Health on College Campuses: Supporting Faculty and Staff
How can we support faculty and staff mental health to benefit those individuals, as well as students and educational institutions?
A Teacher and Mother
Dawnelle Schatte, MD: an inspiration.
The New Abolitionists
In this Women’s History Month, let’s remember human trafficking.
Ubuntu and Shalom: An Octogenarian, Psychiatrist Looks Back, and Forward
“…Have We really Changed after Lo, these Many Years?”
Antipsychotic Nonadherence in Schizophrenia
Are you taking your medication? Researchers performed a nationwide register-based study of primary antipsychotic nonadherence in schizophrenia.
The Wounded Healer: A Token of Appreciation
This new book encourages clinicians to take care of themselves.
ADHD—or Something Else?
The importance of understanding diagnosis, assessment, and treatment.
We Have a Need: The Ethical Dilemmas for Ukraine and for Our Patients
We face a major ethical dilemma in how to help Ukraine.
“My Life Today is Wonderful. I Believe that I Am Needed.”
Reflections from the Russo-Ukrainian war and the importance of being needed.
Big Bonus Of Doing Psychotherapy—It Makes You a Better Person
Sometimes what you do for others benefits you, too.
