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What are the current dosing guidelines for the implementation of pharmacogenetics into practice?

How can we more effectively help patients with PTSD? Charles B. Nemeroff discusses the diagnosis, epidemiology, and pathophysiology of PTSD, along with current and emerging treatments, at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.

Does this governor candidate for California sound like a psychiatrist? How do his policies stress the importance of psychiatry?

How can we help individuals who are under undue influence or authoritative control?

Do classification systems make a difference? A presentation at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting noted 4 key diagnoses that differ significantly in the classification systems.

New research presented at the 2022 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting evaluated program to help address the opioid epidemic.

The Accelerating Medicines Partnership in Schizophrenia aims to develop better treatments for the early stages of psychotic illness.

Prolonged grief disorder honors patients' loss by helping them integrate that loss into their lives—transforming and restoring lives of purpose and meaning.

This year’s winner is a pioneer for the human rights of individuals with mental illness in West Africa.

Medical trust: being optimistic that the caregiver will put your interests first.

Axsome Therapeutics announced the robust antidepressant efficacy demonstrated in this latest study.

What is the clinical impact of climate psychiatry?

“Respecting someone’s pronouns is vital to respecting the person in front of us and their identity. Gender has a different meaning to everyone. There are many different pronouns, even beyond they/their/them.”

Happiness and wellness—what’s the difference and how are they being treated differently in the workplace?

“All of us have already experienced collective trauma... and we are being repeatedly traumatized each and every day."

Here’s why we should be paying special attention to women's depression treatment.

If Roe v Wade is overturned, how will patients with serious mental illness be affected?

Are you attending APA’s 2022 Annual Meeting in New Orleans? Don’t miss us!

How can we—psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners—work together to move the psychiatric field forward?

Trust but verify.

What do you do when there seems to be too much sorrow and hate in the world? One psychiatrist answers, "I hope..."

As the nation continues to grapple with the children’s mental health crisis, the American Psychiatric Association Council on Children, Adolescents, and Their Families is exploring the ways in which clinicians can best support their patients.

8 in 10 physicians believe the United States cannot improve health outcomes or reduce health care costs without addressing social factors that affect patient health.

“When faced with senseless violence in a distant, war-torn place, our actions help our colleagues on the medical front lines.”

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.

How important is it to understand a person’s ethnicity and cultural norms when developing a treatment plan?

We must educate and provide resources for medical students and institutions.

What is the role of seclusion in creating a culture of care within acute inpatient psychiatric units?

Recovery from addiction does not protect against normal life events...