The Magistrates
September 13, 2019
My musician patient in a fetal curl, Tchaikovsky’s “Meditation” plays an endless loop against this climate controlled conspiracy of monitors and machines...
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Label Me Not: Still Learning After All These Years
September 13, 2019
The world is a better place without a "tyrant of the day" taking over and cracking down with rigid rules. This and other life lessons after 40 years in psychiatry.
Hyperthymic Temperament
September 13, 2019
Current estimates are that 4% to 5% of the population is at risk for a disorder on the bipolar spectrum. Among the patients of that spectrum are those with a disturbance of temperament in the direction of hypomania.
Examining the Link Between the Immune System and Schizophrenia
September 13, 2019
As research continues to point to a connection between the immune system and schizophrenia, a study of innate immunity in patients with first episode psychosis and schizophrenia provides further insights into the potential mechanisms of this link.
Integrating Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Into the OCD Treatment Algorithm
September 13, 2019
As our understanding of the neurobiology of OCD grows, additional treatment options become available and should be thoughtfully integrated into the treatment algorithm. One such option is dTMS.
rTMS For Clozapine-Refractory Schizophrenia
September 12, 2019
TMS for TRS? Researchers analyzed data to identify all randomized-controlled trials of rTMS versus sham treatment in patients with hard-to-treat forms of schizophrenia. Here’s what they found.
Gaming Addiction in ICD-11: Issues and Implications
September 12, 2019
With internet and video gaming here to stay, game designers will continue to prioritize habitual gaming over the health of players, and the burden of pathological gaming will fall on users and their families.
Chemical Imbalance? Readers Respond
September 11, 2019
Psychiatrist Boris Vatel, MD and others respond to “Debunking the Two Chemical Imbalance Myths (Again),” by Ronald W. Pies, MD. Check out this lively exchange, with an addition from other readers.
Celebrity Suicide
September 10, 2019
Durkheim believed it was useless to prohibit newspapers from publishing stories of the ultimate act of self-harm. But he was wrong.
High Rates of Autistic Symptoms Found in Patients With Eating Disorders
September 10, 2019
What is the link between restrictive anorexia, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder and ASD? This study sheds some light.
