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It's Time for a Psychological Spring Cleaning
Have you started your psychological spring cleaning yet?
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3 Practical Strategies to Decrease Overwhelm
Here are 3 strategies to decrease burnout.
Case #1: 18-Year-Old Female With Type 1 Narcolepsy
Sleep experts present a case of an 18-year-old female preparing for college with EDS and cataplexy, and share their approach to treatment.
Unmet Needs in Narcolepsy Treatment
Drs Asim Roy and Richard K. Bogan discuss remaining unmet needs in the therapeutic landscape for narcolepsy.
Good Bones
"Life is short, though I keep this from my children."
In Conversation With a Sigourney Award Winner: Gender & Sexuality
We sat down with Jack Drescher, MD, to discuss his recent 2022 Sigourney Award win and more.
Newer Agents for the Management of Narcolepsy
Richard K. Bogan, MD, FCCP, FAASM, and Asim Roy, MD, comment on the evolving treatment landscape for narcolepsy and patient selection of FDA-approved agents: solriamfetol, pitolisant, and lower-sodium oxybate.
Therapeutic Options for the Management of Narcolepsy
Experts in sleep medicine share insight on initiating treatment for the management of narcolepsy.
"Tools"
"Each spring, when earth warms and begs me to open its dark skin, I carry them past flowering apples and pears to the quiet square of garden..."
Springing Forward with the Zoroastrian New Year and Other Religious Holidays
Are you ready for Zoroastrian New Year?
Diagnosis of Narcolepsy and Impact on QoL
Sleep experts comment on diagnostic criteria for narcolepsy, factors that may lead to misdiagnosis, and the impact of the condition on a patient’s quality of life.
Overview and Triggers of Narcolepsy
Richard K. Bogan, MD, FCCP, FAASM, and Asim Roy, MD, provide an overview of the pathophysiology of narcolepsy and the role of orexin in regulating the sleep/wakefulness cycle.
Your Card Is the King of Rats
Is your card the king of rats? Is your card the queen of roaches?
A Poem in which I Try to Express My Glee at the Music My Friend Has Given Me
"I hold a thousand kites in a field loosed from their tethers at once..."
A Patient’s Heroic Journey Continues
An update from a patient we learned about a year ago.
Preface to Leaves of Grass
"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals..."
Hinduism and Psychiatry
Religious holidays seem to have psychological meaning in terms of processing internal and external oppression.
Invictus
"Under the bludgeonings of chance, My head is bloody, but unbowed."
Improvisation Is my Word for the Third Anniversary of the COVID-19 Pandemic: What's Yours?
What word comes to mind on for the third anniversary of COVID?
What a Psychiatrist Remembers...
"I remember perfumes and anxious sweat, who preferred the big leather chair and who liked to hide in the sofa’s corner."
Learned Helplessness and the Normalization of Burnout
Is burnout becoming normalized?
A Quiet Life
"This isn’t as easy as it seems..."
The Best and Worst of Sports
We're in the sweet spot of sports...
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
"There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I fall in. I am lost... I am helpless."
We Need Healing From Intergenerational Trauma Besides Golden Rules
How can we stop the intergenerational transmission of trauma?
Technology as a Tool for Mental Health
COVID-19 forced us to use telehealth... Here's why sustaining those services is important.
Dust of Snow
"The dust of snow, From a hemlock tree, Has given my heart, A change of mood..."
Key Takeaways for the Management of MDD
Carmen Kosicek, MSN, PMHNP-BC; Charles Montano, MD; and Gus Alva, MD, DFAPA, provide take-home messages for the management of patients with MDD and other depressive disorders.
Unmet Needs in MDD Treatment Paradigm
Experts in psychiatry examine emerging agents and unmet needs for the management of MDD.
A Tale of 3 Retirements: Football Star Tom Brady, Black Psychiatrist James Amos, and Me
"Can you imagine how satisfying this will be when you're retired?"