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Digital Mental Health: How to Engage With Innovation, Part 2Among the innovations presented at the 2019 APA meeting: voice analytics for detecting and monitoring mood, and smartphone and web-based passive data as a digital biomarker for mental health disorders.
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Nine Perfect StrangersMicrodosing at “Tranquillum House,” and its implications for real-world experimental psychopharmacology.
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Make America Healthy Again—What About Psychiatry?Daniel Morehead, MD, explores the resurgence of antipsychiatry sentiments and the importance of advocating for mental health amid rising skepticism.
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Recognizing the Black Psychiatrists of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow“The contributions of Black psychiatrists are essential for us achieving the work, achieving our goals, and really leaning into what we find to be our ‘why’ for why we do this work.”
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Black Americans’ Distrust of the COVID-19 VaccineA case for why psychiatrists should discuss the COVID vaccines with their patients.
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The Aftermath of School ShootingsThe impact of school shootings extends far beyond the directly affected school and community. What can we do to help survivors and family members?
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OpheliaShe was only 21. After "it" happened, I held a lecture on depression. I mentioned her at the end as a tribute. I longed for closure. More in this Portrait of a Psychiatrist.
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Reducing Opioid-Involved Overdose Deaths: States’ Prevention and Response EffortsIn this journal club, a medical student and an addiction psychiatrist review a thematic analysis of successful prevention efforts in states with declining rates of opioid-related overdose deaths.
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Adjunctive Atypical Antipsychotics in Major Depressive Disorder: What’s the Impact?The authors explore adjunctive treatments for MDD and their impact on overall medical costs and health care utilization.
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Medication-Assisted Treatment on a Budget: Two You Should KnowThis CME discusses the opioid-like effects of loperamide and kratom and raises awareness of potential dangers associated with use.
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Strategies to Facilitate a Positive Clinical EncounterThe counseling environment is regarded within clinical literature as having an effect on a patient’s sense of well-being.
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Chatbots: What Are They and Why Care?While conversational agent technology is growing rapidly, the various technologies (chatbots) might not yet be fully equipped to help patients with clinical needs.
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Treating Patients With Comorbid Anxiety and Diabetes MellitusAnxiety disorders are highly prevalent in the general population, particularly in those with medical illnesses such as diabetes.
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Treating Patients With Comorbid Anxiety and Diabetes MellitusAnxiety disorders are highly prevalent in the general population, particularly in those with medical illnesses such as diabetes.
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Overcoming Treatment Resistance: Can Pharmacogenetics Help?Pharmacogenetic testing can provide helpful guidance in the choice of treatment and should be interpreted as a decision-support tool to assist in thoughtful implementation of good clinical care.
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The Psychiatric Assessment of People Who Are Deaf or Hard of HearingHearing loss before the development of language has a major impact on communication, identity, and social development, as well as how mental health symptoms present.
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A Rock and a Hard PlaceThe costs, risks, and considerations involved in treating addiction have upped the ante, as illustrated in this case.
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Identification, Assessment, and Clinical Management of Tardive Dyskinesia: An UpdateThis CME discusses what is known about the pathology of tardive dyskinesia, the risk factors for the disorder, assessment of patients with movement disorders, and diagnosis and treatment.
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Identification, Assessment, and Clinical Management of Tardive Dyskinesia: An UpdateThis CME discusses what is known about the pathology of tardive dyskinesia, the risk factors for the disorder, assessment of patients with movement disorders, and diagnosis and treatment.
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Identification, Assessment, and Clinical Management of Tardive Dyskinesia: An UpdateThis CME discusses what is known about the pathology of tardive dyskinesia, the risk factors for the disorder, assessment of patients with movement disorders, and diagnosis and treatment.
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Identification, Assessment, and Clinical Management of Tardive Dyskinesia: An UpdateThis CME discusses what is known about the pathology of tardive dyskinesia, the risk factors for the disorder, assessment of patients with movement disorders, and diagnosis and treatment.
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The Limits of AdvocacyMigrant children were being endangered, with potentially devastating effects on their mental health and development, and we requested policy changes.
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Battered Woman Syndrome: Is It Enough for a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Plea?Today, 25 years after the Lorena Bobbitt trial, the case has gained a renewed interest. A look back shows how far we have-and haven’t-come in conceptualizing sexual violence.
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Battered Woman Syndrome: Is It Enough for a Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity Plea?Today, 25 years after the Lorena Bobbitt trial, the case has gained a renewed interest. A look back shows how far we have-and haven’t-come in conceptualizing sexual violence.
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Research Sheds Light on Two Types of Treatment for ADHDNew research highlights the potential benefits and detriments of treatment strategies for ADHD, including both pharmacological and nonpharmacological options.
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Introduction: Exploring the Foundations of PsychiatryAs we discover new diseases of the brain that present with psychiatric symptoms, it remains incumbent upon us to remember the experience of patients and their families in the context of society at large.
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Neuropsychiatry of Catatonia: Clinical ImplicationsAs a neuropsychiatric and general medical syndrome, catatonia represents an important diagnostic and treatment challenge for all clinicians given its morbidity and mortality.
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Mini Quiz: Malignant CatatoniaWhat is the best treatment for malignant catatonia, which is characterized by catatonic symptoms plus fever and hyperautonomia and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality? Take the quiz.
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Managing Distress in Health Care Workers During COVID-19: Lessons From a Disaster Trauma LensWe have learned that in order to provide much-needed social support during difficult times, organizations should prepare to take certain steps.
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Helping Complex PatientsThe National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is a one-of-a-kind nonprofit that is here for your patients and their families, no matter where they are.
