Special Reports

"Systemic racism is insidious and ingrained in our daily experience. Women of color are doubly minoritized."

“She would never hurt her baby...”

"There is an urgency for competent, thoughtful mental health care for women—not only because the differences have been ignored in the past, but because women’s mental health so often affects health and mental health outcomes for their children."

How can we turn the tide of the fentanyl epidemic?

84% of 500 TikToks offered inaccurate or potentially damaging medical advice. How can you address TikTok as a mental health professional?

The recent social disruption and stress placed on families has led to heightened mental health concerns in children and adolescents. Here's how you can address them.

Youth today have a relatively nuanced and mixed experience with social media. How can you best navigate this relationship as a mental health clinician?

In this CME, check out best practices for screening and treating adolescents and young adults with substance use issues.

Do you sometimes feel you do not have the experience, tools, and financial support needed to establish or participate in collaborative care and integrative team-based care delivery?

Mental health needs have skyrocketed in the US, but access to treatment remains inadequate. Here's how we can help youth.

"The death rate among youth aged 10 to 24 years increased 52.2% from 6.9 per 100,000 in 2001 to 10.5 per 100,000 in 2020."

In this 2-part Special Report, we highlight the urgency of addressing child and adolescent mental health.

"I have autism. All my friends say so. I do have autism. You just don't get it."

What does cancer treatment mean for psychiatric treatment with clozapine?

What are the key diagnostic differences between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder?

Schizophrenia is one of the most recognized yet least understood chronic brain disorders.

What are some of the most important contemporary issues in schizophrenia and the ways research can inform exemplary clinical practice?

"The rationale for these policies is on a need-to-know basis, and we clinicians evidently do not need to know."

Having an appropriate presence on social media can help your career.

Here are 3 ways you can help prevent and overcome difficult situations with patients.

Collecting fees is essential, but it can be uncomfortable and even difficult. What strategies can you use to ease the burden?

“Clinicians must explain the problem and the treatment in a way that is jargon-free, engages the patient (and) instills hope.”

How can psychiatrists collaborate within the treatment team to help patients on the path to ongoing recovery?

Approximately 30 million individuals will be diagnosed with an eating disorder in the United States during their lifetime.

"20% to 30% of patients develop a persistent, hard-to-treat illness."

"Despite many unanswered questions, Daniel M’Naghten is forever remembered as the man who set a lasting legal precedent."

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law hosted its first in-person meeting in October 2022. Check out these highlights.

"The psychiatrist may be obligated to protect the fetus or warn authorities of the patient’s intent."