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Elizabeth M. Hovis, MD

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Examining a Case of Acute Late-Pregnancy Psychosis: How Best to Coordinate Care

Peripartum psychosis is considered a psychiatric emergency. Here is how an interdisciplinary team can provide the best care.


Melissa Bernstein

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LifeLines: Finding Light

Melissa Bernstein, founder of toy company Melissa & Doug, talks about accepting the self in totality and journeying inwards.


Robert A. Hauser, MD, MBA

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The New Treatment for Tardive Dyskinesia

Learn about the results of the recent study on deutetrabenazine and the ways it is helping patients with tardive dyskinesia.


Jessica R. Molinaro, MD

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5 Fast Facts for Addressing Distress & Depression in Cancer

Despite advances in clinical care for patients with cancer, distress and depression continue to haunt patients. These fast facts will help you better understand and care for patients with cancer.


Derek D. Satre, PhD

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Addressing Alcohol or Cannabis Use in Patients With Anxiety Disorders

In this CME article, learn more about how to assess the impact of alcohol and cannabis use on anxiety treatment outcomes, recognizing potential adverse effects and interactions.


Dean Wundrach

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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.


Ruo-Gu Xiong

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Connections Between Food Additives and Psychiatric Disorders

What are the connections between what we eat and disorders such as anxiety and depression?


Layne A. Gritti
Layne A. Gritti, DO

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A Love Letter to My Workplace: An Ethical Model of Private Practice for Clinician and Patient Well-Being

A clinician’s search for flexibility, autonomy, and ethical care leads her to a private practice that redefines work-life balance in medicine.


Kalpana Prasad, MD

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Diversity and Inclusion: A Daily Effort

Diversity and inclusion will not become a norm unless we make a daily effort.


Autumn Roque, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC

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A Conversation About the Clozapine REMS

An FDA committee recently decided the clozapine REMS protocol was no longer necessary. How will this impact clinicians?


Nathan Bryson, PhD

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RE104: A Novel, Fast-Acting Psychedelic for Postpartum Depression

Experts share the results from the first-in-human phase 1 study of this treatment, plus a preview of its upcoming phase 2 trial.


Audrey Clare Farley, PhD

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Girls and Their Monsters, Part 3

Here’s what the historic case of the Genain quadruplets reveals about some deeper, uncomfortable truths about American society.


Robert Drury

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Sex, Drugs, and Psychosis: Reviewing Psychiatric Medications’ Taboo Side Effect

The sexual side effects of psychiatric medications are troubling enough that some patients consider treatment cessation. The authors review 5 strategies for managing sexual dysfunction.


Stephen Wisniewski, PhD

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Rejecting the Accusation of a Violated STAR*D Protocol

The original STAR*D authors refute claims of a violated protocol.


Steven P. Levine, MD

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ACNP Meeting Highlights Bright Future for Psychiatry

In highlighting recent advances and fostering collaboration and networking, the ACNP Annual Meeting helps usher in 2025 with hope and positivity.


Victor Tang, MD, MSc, FRCPC

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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.


Harvey Max Chochinov, MD, PhD, FRCPC

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Suffering Revisited: Tenets of Intensive Caring

Intensive caring offers a way of addressing suffering designed to better meet the needs of patients and families.


Nardin El-Shammaa, DO

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Postpartum: The Reality vs The Idealized Narrative

Motherhood: what is truth vs idealized narrative?


John A. Renner Jr, MD

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Impact of Stigma for Patients With Dual Diagnosis

What is the clinician’s role in reversing stigma for better outcomes?


Eleanor Cursor

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The Reality of an Eating Disorder

A medical student's award-winning piece on her battles with an eating disorder.


Mirza U. Baig, BS

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Stress and Substance Use Among Drag Performers

What influence do legislation and social-based decisions have on individual mental health, like in the case of drag performers?


Nancy Mannix, JD

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Telling Humanity’s Brain Story: Insights From Brain Capital

Which innovations can improve measurement, technology, investment, and public policy surrounding brain health?



Makoto Kawai, MD

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Recognizing and Addressing Psychiatric Implications of Sleep Disorders

What sleep disorders are common in older adults and what are the associated risk factors and correlates?


Emily Simpkin, RN

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Dual Diagnosis: Double the Stigma, Double the Trouble

Understanding the additive effects of stigma surrounding dual diagnosis with both substance use disorder and a mental illness.


Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH

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Challenges for Transgender Patients: Thoughts From the AMA President

Some clinicians are afraid to ask about gender and sexuality. Here's how this affects patient outcomes.



Omar Munoz, MD

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Psychiatrists’ Response to Human Trafficking: An Update

How to help individuals caught in human trafficking: person-centered, culturally humble, trauma-informed care.


Sara Mourani, MD

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My Life is Hell, Doc. Please Help Me!

Why are psychotherapeutic interventions crucial in the treatment of GAD and anxiety disorders in general?


Robin Cooper, MD, DFLAPA

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Reflecting on Our Values: A Look at Medical School Graduation Rituals

“We cannot use the rituals of graduation as a public demonstration of inequity.”

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