SPOTLIGHT -
Dr Miller is Medical Director, Brain Health, Exeter, New Hampshire; Editor in Chief, Psychiatric Times; Staff Psychiatrist, Seacoast Mental Health Center, Exeter; and Consulting Psychiatrist, Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Massachusetts.
Waxing and Waning: Preventing Delirium
What factors should be considered to help prevent delirium?
Delirium: Criteria, Consequences, and Risk Factors
Tackling the ABCs of delirium--a challenging diagnosis.
Aiding and Abetting Burnout
At almost every turn, insurance payers, based on seemingly ignorant and unethical justifications, continue to undermine the quality of psychiatric care.
You're Invited!
John J. Miller, MD, formally invites you to the Annual Psychiatric Times® World CME Conference™.
Psychiatric Complications of Meditation Practice
Meditation is a powerful practice with risks and benefits. On rare occasions, those risks can be extreme.
Increased Risk of Tardive Dyskinesia
How could drugs that block post-synaptic dopamine 2 receptors increase the risk for tardive dyskinesia over time?
Guided Free Attention Meditation
Take the time to focus inward...
Top Treatment Modalities for Depression
The psychiatrist's armamentarium to treat depression holds promise with a growing arsenal of integrative and pharmacologic options.
The Tool Within
Meditation is a process and practice available to all.
The Bigger Picture: Across Neuronal Systems
A message flowing through the brain, across neuronal systems... where is it headed?
Meditation: It's Not What You Think
Meditation: useful, helpful, and health-promoting for both psychiatrists and patients.
No Free Lunch
The more tools we have in our treatment toolbox, the greater the likelihood that we will ultimately find a treatment (or combination of treatments) to improve a given patient’s functioning and quality of life.
Symphonic Beauty: NMDA Glutamate Receptors
Taking a closer look at the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors...
Info Flow: The Neuronal Level
Information is buzzing around in the brain, but how does it transmit across neurons?
Aggression in Patients With Dementia
Handling aggression in patients with dementia can be difficult...
Psychiatry 2021: Team Psychiatry
Providing quality mental health care in all treatment settings requires one crucial element: teamwork.
The Odyssey
What dementia treatment makes an interesting appearance in classical literature?
A Tribute to Black History Month
As February comes to a close, we reflect on this month's contributions.
Looking Closely at the Types of Dementia
Cognitive disorders are varied and complicated, and require a close eye...
Caffeine as a Competitive Antagonist
Our Editor in Chief addresses a question from our readers about caffeine.
Serum Levels in Psychiatric Medications
Why are serum levels so important?
Cannabis & Significant Effects on the Wiring of the Brain
Look at the big picture on cannabis: what harmful effects could it potentially have on your patients' brains?
The 16-Minute Med Check
If we had 1 extra minute with our patients, what question would we ask?
Reframing the Description of Cannabis
The word cannabis does not tell us a whole lot, only that it came from that plant. What about the 100+ unexplored cannabinoids, and other unknowns?
X Marks the Spot
What happens when a drug meets a receptor?
When a Drug Binds With a Receptor...
Every medication, when it interfaces with receptor, has a different consequence.
Phantom Menace
Patients with amputated or lost limbs may experience phantom limb pain, and one doctor explains how the brain still connects to a body part that is no longer there.
The Psychiatric Pipeline: 10 Agents to Watch
There is much to look forward to in the realm of improved treatments for patients with psychiatric illness.
Seashells, Not an Ocean
Our basic science knowledge of the brain continues to explode beyond what science fiction of the past has predicted.
A Tale of the DSMs
How did DSM begin and how did the most recent DSM get to its current state?