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Recent Content

August 21, 2017 | Psychotherapy, Depression

By Aerin Hyun, MD, PhD and American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

The author presents a fictionalized case based on a real patient to encourage colleagues to pursue psychodynamic psychiatry.

Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: Diagnostic Issues for Psychiatrists

August 18, 2017 | CME, Neuropsychiatry

By James S. Brown, Jr, MD, MPH, MS

This articles focuses on the psychiatric and neurological implications of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

There’s More to Nightmares Than Meets the Eye

Thomas D. Hurwitz, MD

Carlos H. Schenck, MD

Imran S. Khawaja, MBBS

August 17, 2017 | Sleep Disorders, Neuropsychiatry, Trauma And Violence

By Thomas D. Hurwitz, MD, Carlos H. Schenck, MD, and Imran S. Khawaja, MBBS

Nightmare disorder can produce emotional manifestations of fear, anger, and sadness. Here are 7 reasons parasomnias can challenge even the most astute diagnostician.

7 Ways to Improve Lithium’s Tolerability

Chris Aiken, MD

August 17, 2017 | Bipolar Disorder, Psychopharmacology

By Chris Aiken, MD

Most of the adverse effects of lithium are manageable—and a little knowledge goes a long way.

What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been

Editorial | August 17, 2017 | Cultural Psychiatry

By Allan Tasman, MD

Here's how I've managed to get my own mind off the news. What about you?

The Healing Power of Photographs

August 16, 2017

By Harold J. Bursztajn, MD

As I’ve seen in my parents’ remarkable journey from the doomed Jewish ghetto in Lodz, Poland, and in my psychiatry practice, photographs have immense power to heal.

Efficient Assessment of 20 Questions About Bipolarity: MoodCheck

News | August 15, 2017 | Bipolar Disorder, Bipolar II Disorder

By James Phelps, MD

A spectrum approach to diagnosis.

Videos
Slideshows

Which Came First: Fatigue or Depression?
August 11, 2017 | Major Depressive Disorder, CME
By Steven D. Targum, MD
5 key questions to ask as part of a comprehensive differential assessment of fatigue and depression.
Cognitive Enhancement—With Yoga
August 08, 2017 | Geriatric Psychiatry, Alzheimer, Integrative Psychiatry
By Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS
In this pilot study, older adults who practiced yoga did better on measures of verbal and visual memory and executive function than those in memory training classes.
Smartphone Apps: Which Are the Good Ones?
News | August 07, 2017 | Telepsychiatry, Career
By John Torous, MD
With over 10,000 mental health related smartphone apps out there, how can a psychiatrist determine which are useful and which may be harmful? Chair of the American Psychiatric Association’s Workgroup on SmartPhone Apps offers tips in this brief video.
Update on the Opioid Wars
July 24, 2017 | Substance Use Disorder, Addiction
By Thomas R. Kosten, MD
Significant progress has been made in containing the opioid epidemic, but new threats loom. Thomas Kosten, MD, an addiction psychiatrist, takes a brief look.