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September 28, 2016

By Paula Zimbrean, MD, Catherine Crone, MD, Yelizaveta Sher, MD, Mary Amanda Dew, PhD, and Andrea DiMartini, MD

Psychiatrists play a significant role in the evaluation and care of organ transplant candidates and living organ donors—before and after transplant.

Schizophrenia’s Lethal Infection

Brian Miller, MD, PhD, MPH

September 28, 2016 | Schizophrenia, Major Depressive Disorder, Suicide

By Brian Miller, MD, PhD, MPH

Are you aware of this newly identified risk factor for suicide?

The Astonishing Non-Epidemic of Mental Illness

Ronald W. Pies, MD

September 27, 2016 | Couch in Crisis, Major Depressive Disorder, Schizophrenia, Social Behavior

By Ronald W. Pies, MD

The supposed “epidemic” of mental illness turns out to be mostly a myth in the US adult population, 2000-2015.

Global Mental Health and the Demolition of Culture

Renato D. Alarcón, MD, MPH

September 27, 2016 | Cultural Psychiatry, Disaster Psychiatry, Social Behavior, Trauma And Violence

By Renato D. Alarcón, MD, MPH

Suggestions for what psychiatry and its allied disciplines can do to alleviate, contain, and eventually prevent or avoid the demolition of culture and health.

Hinckley Haunts the House of Psychiatry

H. Steven Moffic, MD

September 26, 2016 | Couch in Crisis, Forensic Psychiatry, Social Behavior, Trauma And Violence

By H. Steven Moffic, MD

The public has questioned the wisdom of a judge to release a psychiatric inpatient, but not just any patient. Enter our metaphoric haunted house at your own risk.

5 Clinically Relevant Studies on CBT

Sy Atezaz Saeed, MD, MS

Oliver Glass, MD

September 23, 2016 | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Integrative Psychiatry, Major Depressive Disorder, Psychotherapy

By Sy Atezaz Saeed, MD, MS and Oliver Glass, MD

A summary of important CBT studies with the most current evidence-based information, chosen for their relevance and clinical utility.

Mini Quiz: Obligation to Report Abuse

September 23, 2016 | Child Adolescent Psychiatry, PTSD, Quizzes, Trauma And Violence

By Fred S. Berlin, MD, PhD

When did the US Supreme Court confirm the authority of states to intervene in family relationships to protect children? Find out in this quiz.

Whistle While You Work, Stevenson’s a Jerk

Allan Tasman, MD

Editorial | September 22, 2016 | Cultural Psychiatry

By Allan Tasman, MD

When was the last time in the midst of a presidential campaign that psychiatric diagnostic criteria were being discussed so widely?

End of the Season

Richard M. Berlin, MD

September 21, 2016 | Poetry

By Richard M. Berlin, MD

Half price T-shirts and ice cream cones, no more tomatoes or New York Times, people out patching the roof, putting up storms, the last guests gone tomorrow.