SPOTLIGHT -
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.
Sunset Reflections
Being grateful and enjoying one's surroundings can go a long way after a long, hard day.
Breaking the Confidence Bias
What is the difference between self-esteem and self-confidence to self-promote—and how does it affect women in clinical practice?
The Strength of Women Patients
For Women’s History Month, one doctor honors women patients who have been brave, strong, and inspirational.
Challenges with mHealth Apps for Depression and Suicide Prevention
Learn what potential challenges come with mHealth apps and how to overcome them to best fit patient needs.
Health and Solitary Confinement: Issues and Impact
How does isolation affect incarcerated individuals—and the broader society?
Chronic Kidney Disease and Lithium—A New Perspective
Disinformation? There are Remedies for That
Efforts are underway to design and advance solutions to disinformation.
The Blueprint: Strategizing and Partnering to End Youth Suicide
The Chief Medical Officer for the AFSP sat down with Psychiatric Times to talk about the new Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention.
While Listening to Annie Lamott Give Tim Ferriss Her Advice for Writers
“Step 1: put your butt in a chair for 45 minutes every day and get down a shitty draft.”
Beware: It’s the Ides of March Today!
When you apply politics to everyday life, the harmful physical and psychological effects on our everyday lives become apparent.
