Authors


Amal Mumtaz, MD

Latest:

Medication Modification Equivalent for Virtual and In-Person Psychiatric Visits

Mental health leads with 36% of all outpatient visits and 39% of all telehealth services. What effect does this have on psychiatric practice?


Rakin Hoq, MD

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Black Americans’ Distrust of the COVID-19 Vaccine

A case for why psychiatrists should discuss the COVID vaccines with their patients.



Maison Abu Raya, MD

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The Border Zone Between bvFTD and Primary Psychiatric Disorders

In this CME, learn more about frontotemporal lobar degeneration and the several overlapping syndromes that it encompasses, as well as how to distinguish behavioral variant frontotemporal lobar degeneration from other psychiatric disorders.


Amilcar Arnaldo Tirado, MD, MBA

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Lessons From a Difficult Year

A year after being hospitalized with COVID, a physician considers the pandemic’s larger meaning for American medicine—and for American society.


Carl D. Marci, MD

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Defining Treatment-Resistant Depression

Does treatment-resistant depression exist? These 2023 APA Annual Meeting panelists discuss definitions in this exclusive video.


Joanne Ahola, MD

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Psychiatrists Call for End to Cruel and Harmful Immigration Policy

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (America’s mental health think tank) calls for an end to the use of Title 42 to expel asylum seekers at the southern border. This policy places LGBTIQ asylum seekers in particular danger.


Magali Fleur-Barnoux, PhD, CPsychol

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Understanding Adult Fire Setting, Pyromania, and Arson

Fire setting is the current preferred term in the literature to describe acts of deliberately started fires regardless of their legal or diagnostic status.


Adam Simmons, MPH

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Sharing the Results: ALKS 3831

ALKS 3831, if approved by the FDA, could be a promising new treatment option for schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder.


Scott Simpson, MD, MPH

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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.


Robbi M. Kulik

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Grief After Suicide

An adolescent psychiatric RN shares “Heavy Damage,” a poem about managing grief after losing a loved one to suicide.


Sherin Khan, LCSW

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New Digital Psychiatry Tools to Improve Care

The last year has seen an unprecedented shift in the medical landscape, and mental health care is no exception. Experts look at the evidence and risks of digital tools, apps, telehealth, and other technologies for the treatment of serious mental illness.


Mamuna Fuad, MCRC

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Establishing Human Connection

What makes your patient feel good and what breaks them apart?


Orli Avi-Yonah, PhD

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To Disclose or Not to Disclose? Lessons From a Dying Therapist

When therapists are terminally ill, should they err on the side of self-disclosure or silence?


Alhasan Ghazzawi, MD

Latest:

Psychiatrists Call for End to Cruel and Harmful Immigration Policy

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (America’s mental health think tank) calls for an end to the use of Title 42 to expel asylum seekers at the southern border. This policy places LGBTIQ asylum seekers in particular danger.


Laurel Blackman, DO, MBA

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What Happens to One of Us, Happens to All of Us

Eradicating structural racism takes actions both big and small. Read more to learn about one doctor’s experience and what you can do in your own practice.


Talwinder Sidhu

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Meditating on the Breath of Life

By separating patients from their thoughts, meditation can reduce stress and anxiety.


Deeba Ashraf, MD

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Tumbling Into Telepsychiatry in the COVID-19 Era: Challenges and Hope

The are many elements to consider during this massive migration to telepsychiatry. Nonverbal, physical, and socioeconomic factors are all significant considerations of the shift in frame.


Sebastian F. Winter, MD

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Brain Capital: An Emerging Investment Opportunity

Brain Capital: a fresh approach to technologies and investing.


Bettina Bohle-Frankel, MD

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Treatment Challenges for College Psychiatrists and Their Patients

The pandemic has brought into focus treatment barriers, disruption in care, and possibly negative outcomes in the mental health of university students. To better understand the specific challenges of out-of-state students, the authors conducted an anonymous national survey of college psychiatrists.


Joshua T. Kantrowitz, MD

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A New Drug for Schizophrenia-Related Cognitive Impairments?

Listen to discussion on results from a recent Phase 1b clinical trial.


Rachel Goud, BScH

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Rehabilitation Through Stimulation: Exploring Noninvasive Brain Stimulation for Substance Use Disorders

In this CME article, review the current treatment modalities for noninvasive brain stimulation in the treatment of substance use disorders, and to explore the potential for further expansion of indications.


Ethan Lazarus, MD, FOMA

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Inclusivity: Ensuring Patients Who Are Plus-Size Feel Welcome

A welcoming environment that fosters inclusivity is the first step in establishing a good therapeutic relationship.


Ravi N. Shah, MD, MBA

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Technology-Enabled Care: The Future of Our Field

What will psychiatric practice look like in the year 2030?


Bethany Hughes, MD

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Insights From the 2022 AAPL Annual Meeting

The American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law hosted its first in-person meeting in October 2022. Check out these highlights.


Laura Jana, MD

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Let’s Build Brains Better! Brain Science-Inspired Policies for the Future

In order to face the rapidly changing, increasingly complex, and globally connected world, we need to focus on the importance of early brain and child development.


Jaya Jaya Myra

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Holiday Foods to Boost Willpower

What can you put on your plate this holiday season to keep your body and mind healthy?



Susan Hatters-Friedman, MD, DFAPA

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Fictional Portrayals of Mental Illness: Impact on Stigma

Check out this session at the APA 2023 Annual Meeting in San Francisco!


Andrew Troy Hodge, MD

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Exploring Diagnostic Strategies in the Assessment of Mixed Affective States

In this CME article, examine how current DSM nosology defines the proper method of assessing a mixed-episode patient and which diagnostic labels to give them based on their presenting symptomatology.

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