Digital communication is a powerful tool, but without clear boundaries, it can blur the line between education and clinical care, leading to ethical and professional challenges.

A one-size-fits-all approach does not work—each mother’s experience with postpartum depression is unique.

These words related to psychiatry are officially being banned.

Rejoyn, a new app being prescribed as a depression treatment, is an emotional face memory task designed to correct abnormal neural circuits.

Spring is full of religious holidays, each with potential psychosocial meaning...

Dance/movement therapy has proven to be effective in treating children with trauma, making dance something that can change the way a child develops psychologically.

Psychiatry has a lot to learn from the case of Gabby Petito.

Increased awareness of catatonia and its treatment among health care providers, especially in underresourced areas, is essential for improving patient outcomes.

Today marks 5 years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. These are the psychiatric impacts.

A single dose of psilocybin was associated with a significant and sustained reduction in depressive symptoms and possible improvement of PTSD and burnout experienced by clinicians from the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Do we need to be saved from empathy, as Elon Musk suggests?

A new trial is testing a first-of-its-kind stem cell therapy for Parkinson disease, using a patient’s own reprogrammed cells to restore lost dopamine function.

Dennis S. Charney, MD, discussed the importance of trying and risking failure when studying new potential treatments, as well as the future of treating depression.

Discover key insights from February’s Special Report on child and adolescent psychiatry, exploring overlooked diagnoses, new research, and the complex impact of social media on youth mental health.

In a survey capturing the lived experiences of individuals with schizophrenia on antipsychotic medications, 27% of participants reported that antipsychotics had done “more harm than good.”

To be successful, telehealth visits must come as close as possible to in-person appointments. One psychiatrist shares his best practices.

Here is a message to the women all over the world who need uplifting.

Dennis S. Charney, MD, discussed the discovery of ketamine as a rapid-acting treatment for depression, its journey from skepticism to FDA approval, and its impact on mental health care.

Does palliative psychiatry inevitably lead to advocacy for assisted suicide?

Here are highlights from this week in Psychiatric Times, including updates on the BHV-7000 for bipolar disorder trial and a new study on physician suicide rates.

Postpartum psychosis occurs in about 1 to 2 per thousand new mothers. In this personal story, one writer shares her experience with postpartum psychosis.

"Suddenly, in every tree, an unseen nest where a mountain would be."

Epidemiological data show that rates of anxiety, depression, self-injurious behaviors, and suicidality increased for Gen Z in significantly higher numbers than previous generations.

More power and action are needed for women—now more than ever.

Learn more about the impact birth complications and life factors may have on postpartum depression.