Psychiatric Times Editors

Research tells us that religious understanding ("religiosity") on the part of the clinician impacts mental health. For better or worse, how does it impact mental health?

What is the most common problem in individuals with dementia?

What is the latest evidenced-based tool for cultural assessment that is included in DSM-5?

What are some clues that help distinguish delirium from dementia?

A test on post-stroke apathy versus post-stroke depression.

What is the potential role of rTMS in treating neuropsychiatric symptoms of neurological disease?

Lithium, neuroimaging, and medical comorbidities in bipolar disorder: here's a 3 question mini-quiz from the very recent literature.

Editors' choices of noteworthy psychiatry-related news, blogs, CMEs, research studies, cases, and videos from around the Web.

The WHO Disability Assessment Schedule, Version 2 is included in Section III of DSM-5. What is the WHODAS 2.0 used to assess?

The human condition is such that all of us may be vulnerable to seasonal affective disorder. If placed in an environment sufficiently deprived of light we would all develop a reversible syndrome of major depression.

Editors' choices of noteworthy psychiatry blogs, CMEs, research studies, cases, and books from around the Web.

Eating disorders are often complicated by devastating medical problems and may result in death. Although studies suggest a multifactorial cause for the disorder, treatment is a still challenge.

Contemporary experiences in the therapist’s life that mirror what is going on in the patient’s life may also trigger intense countertransference feelings. Read the case and weigh in on the image.

What therapy is considered the "gold standard” in treating childhood and adolescent depression? Find out in this quiz,

Metabolic syndrome may be a particularly important marker of antipsychotic metabolic effects.

Elderly patients represent approximately what percentage of the population with bipolar disorder? Take the quiz and learn more.

Do persons with depression and a history of early life trauma benefit more from psychotherapy or pharmacotherapy? Take the quiz and learn more.

Featuring this year in Rorschach tests at Psychiatric Times.

Which addictive disorders do not yet have effective pharmacotherapy? Take the quiz and learn more.

Are suicide rates higher or lower during holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas? Take the quiz and learn more.

What are common interventions and frequent components of CBT programs? Take the quiz and learn more.

When acute, severe adverse effects from a pre-switch antipsychotic occurs, what strategy is recommended? Take the quiz and learn more.

What percentage of patients hospitalized for depression eventually die by suicide? Learn more in this quiz.

What percentage of depressed patients are resistant to treatment with conventional antidepressant medication?

Whether by traditional means or via cyberspace, bullying and peer victimization put adolescents at increased risk for suicide, especially when comorbid psychopathology is present.

In what psychiatric disorder, if any, has wake therapy been useful to alleviate symptoms? Take the quiz and learn more.

An infographic on the most common unexpected claim denials in medicine, with a focus on psychiatry.

Are psychiatrists mandated to report patient self-disclosures of child abuse in every case? The answer might surprise you.

Despite the growing body of evidence that supports the existence of a specific epidemiological, genetic, and neurobiological relationship between OCD and schizophrenia, the association remains poorly understood. Here, a brief overview.