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Here Comes the Sun After a Harsh Week
After a long, dark week comes the refreshing sunshine.
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Effectively Treating Opioid Use Disorder
What digital therapeutic treatment for opioid use disorder will soon be available to complement psychiatric care?
Living Through an Episode
When dealing with a serious mental illness, speaking out and sharing common experiences can help healing.
Looking Closely at the Types of Dementia
Cognitive disorders are varied and complicated, and require a close eye...
The Way We Live With Hungers
Hospital food has the reputation for not being very restorative...
New Deterrent Stimulants for ADHD
What observations are being noted in the field with new agents for the treatment of ADHD?
Suicide, Psychiatry, and Politics
A time that should be full of happy events has turned sour.
Caregivers Caring for Themselves
Caregivers need support too.
Serum Levels in Psychiatric Medications
Why are serum levels so important?
Never Weary, Never Lost
"... laboring to transform death to praise, never wearying, never once losing faith."
Cannabis-Based Medicine Without the Addiction Risks?
Research on a new kind of cannabis treatment prepares to move forward.
Latinx Psychoanalysis
A psychoanalyst shares her experience working with patients whose lives are marked by poverty, migration, and race and gender discrimination.
For the Love of Sports
Sports form communities, encourage teamwork, and bring us together, but how?
Turn Up the Spice: Natural Aphrodisiacs
What foods increase libido, and which are better for men versus women?
Feeling Inadequate
Young people write a story about themselves being unable to accomplish things. It needs to be rewritten.
How Can Loved Ones Help?
Patients with bipolar disorder or depression want to feel normal. What can loved ones do to help?
Blended Rules: The Home-Work Environment
How has the transition to work from home placed a burden on the shoulders of parents?
Cannabis & Significant Effects on the Wiring of the Brain
Look at the big picture on cannabis: what harmful effects could it potentially have on your patients' brains?
Kingfisher's Flight
How has COVID-19 given us a heightened appreciation for each moment?
What Are the 3 Kinds of Stress?
Not all stressors are alike—and different types require different treatments.
525,600 Minutes and the Prolonged Grief of COVID-19
There are 525,600 minutes in a year. How many COVID-19 related deaths have we seen in the thousands of minutes since this began?
Treating Trauma and Addiction Simultaneously
1 in 6 people with opioid use disorder experience a new traumatic event every month, but no evidence-based treatment for trauma.
Locked Down With an Abusive Partner
Violence against women isn't new, but it's heightened right now.
Volunteer Activity as a Strategy in the Healing Process
Focusing on someone else's problems may be a great coping strategy for patients with depression.
Mysterious Post-COVID Symptoms Aren't All in Your Patients’ Heads
How to recognize postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome—and treat it.
Reframing the Description of Cannabis
The word cannabis does not tell us a whole lot, only that it came from that plant. What about the 100+ unexplored cannabinoids, and other unknowns?
Healing Toxic Relationships
Damaging and destructive relationships take 2 people.
Changing Faces
As the COVID-19 battle continues, reflecting on successes against viruses like AIDS may serve as a hopeful reminder.
Recognizing Elder Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic
How can elder abuse be recognized and prevented during this pandemic?
Which Superheroes Would Make the Best Psychiatrists?
Superheroes are already saving the world, but some of them would make good clinicians too.