Authors


Amy Vyas, MD

Latest:

Shattered Self: Schizophrenia Suffering, Beyond Logic and Reason

How can looking at the suffering of patients with schizophrenia through a psychodynamic lens help clinicians develop effective interventions and treatment plans?


Gordon Friesen

Latest:

The Harms of Assisted Death Are Not Just a “Disabled Thing”

“The mere legalization of MAID creates a serious and discriminatory danger…”


Gillian Zambor

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Exploring Music Therapy

3 music therapists share information on their program and treatments.


Matthew Brams, MD

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Optimizing Treatment for ADHD

“What we’re striving to do is conquer the unmet needs that are still here with treating ADHD, especially from a medication standpoint.”


Gilbert A. Masterson, MD

Latest:

8 Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Treatments of Huntington Disease

In approximately half of patients with Huntington disease, symptoms of depression, irritability/aggression, executive dysfunction, psychosis, cognitive decline, and dementia present long before progressive motor symptoms.


Annabelle M. Mournet

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Implementation Challenges of Universal Suicide Risk Screening in Adult Patients in General Medical and Surgical Settings

The authors share evidence-based guidance for patient safety that minimizes suicide risk in medical settings.


Tresha Gibbs, MD

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Mental Health Disparities Among Black Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected people of color due to legal, social, and economic inequities.


Brendan J. Dunlop

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Risky Business: The Higher Risk of Nonsuicidal Self Injury in Bisexual Individuals

Bisexual individuals are at 4.5 to 6 higher risk of self harming than heterosexual individuals, according to this online study.


Jack Bigelow, MA

Latest:

The Psychology of Fraud, Episode 4: A Focus on the Human Side

In the final episode of this series, the experts share their conclusions and why examining the human side of fraud—in addition to the instruments of fraud—is key.


Debra Stultz, MD

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Narcolepsy Treatment Advice

In this custom video series, Debra Stultz, MD, and Haramandeep Singh, MD, share advice for community-based psychiatrists on the management of narcolepsy.


Hannah Phillips-Hall, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Latest:

Case-Based Psych Perspectives: Treating Schizophrenia in the Era of COVID-19

This article provides a summary of key points discussed in a Case-Based Psych Perspectives Series, shared by Bryce Reynolds, MD, and Hannah Phillips-Hall, MSN, PMHNP-BC.


Gary Kenneth Hulse, BBSc, MBSc, PhD

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Cannabis in Pregnancy – Rejoinder, Exposition and Cautionary Tales

Cannabis use during pregnancy is associated with a host of negative outcomes.


Megan Maier, MD

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Creativity Outlets: The Clinician’s Battery for Recharging

The ambiguity of psychiatry naturally lends itself to a story, and creativity is all about telling a story.


Hugh Burke

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Changing the Way Climate Change Psychiatry Is Researched: A Medical Student Perspective

A recent study serves as a model for future studies and lists several implications for the future of climate change psychiatric research.


Jennifer Sotsky, MD, MS

Latest:

Lyme Disease in Psychiatry: Controversies, Chronic Symptoms, and Recent Developments

In this CME article, learn more about the controversies surrounding Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment, and common neuropsychiatric presentations of and treatment options.


Alia Al-Tayyib, PhD

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After COVID-19 and Beyond the Opioid Wave

Lessons from the opioid epidemic should be applied to cases of methamphetamine abuse.


Ellen B. Littman, PhD

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Gender Differences in ADHD and Their Clinical Implications

In this CME article, learn more about the full continuum of presentations and variable trajectories typical of females with ADHD.


Martin P. Paulus, MD

Latest:

Screen Media Activity in Youth: Friend or Fiend?

Television, tablets, gaming, phones: how are they impacting child and adolescent mental health?


Brendan Martin, BA, MS4

Latest:

Examining Risks of Reversible Clomiphene-Associated Manic Episodes to Patients

"Cumulatively, the findings of such reports have led to a concerted effort to encourage physicians to monitor patients for manic symptoms on initiation, reintroduction, and dose modulation of corticosteroid therapy."


Tanya Datta

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Neurobiological Mechanisms of Mind-Body Medicine

"Rooted in ancient meditative traditions, mind-body practices can offer simple and scalable tools of self-regulation that incorporate controlled paced breathing, which is therapeutic in alleviating symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain disorders."


Michael R. MacIntyre, MD

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Ketamine and Psychedelics: The Journey From Magical Mystery to Informed Consent

In this CME article, learn more about the best practices for engaging patients in the informed consent process for psychedelic treatment and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.


Sushma Srinivas, MD

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HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder: An Updated Pathophysiology

In this CME, learn more about the pathophysiology of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder and to review the research and various tools used to aid in the diagnosis.


Manish Mishra, MBBS

Latest:

The Role of Alcohol and Substances in Suicide

Suicide Prevention Week is September 4-10. Are you ready?



Oluwole Jegede, MD, MPH

Latest:

The Impact of Cannabis Use on Medication Nonadherence in Psychiatry

Cannabis use disorder and nonadherence: How can we best educate patients?


Kristen Osterhoudt

Latest:

Saving Lives with Project Lifesaver

Many individuals with dementia wander. How can caregivers keep their loved ones with dementia safe?



Maria Ferrara, MD, PhD

Latest:

It’s Time to Think of Women: Mental Health Services for First-Episode Psychosis

It is time for gender-sensitive first-episode psychosis services.


Stephen T. Wong, PhD

Latest:

Brain Capital: An Emerging Investment Opportunity

Brain Capital: a fresh approach to technologies and investing.


Kimberly Garcia, DNP, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, NP-C, CNE, CNEcl, CARN-AP

Latest:

Advice for Clinicians Treating Schizophrenia

Sanjai Rao, MD, DFAPA, and Kimberly Garcia, DNP, CRNP provide some advice to clinicians on explaining schizophrenia to patients and caregivers to achieve understanding and therapy adherence.

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