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First Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing Unit Opens in Lexington, KentuckyEmPATH units revolutionize emergency psychiatry, offering rapid, compassionate care for behavioral health crises and improving community outcomes.
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Harnessing Digital Innovation: Addressing Mental Health Disparities in Rural AmericaHow can we improve rural mental health?
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The Final “P” in Pain ManagementWith a broader and multifaceted understanding of pain, patient care can move from a focus on eradicating pain, as based on objective pain scores, to improving the patient’s quality of life, while simultaneously decreasing pain to a level that is acceptable to the individual patient.
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Breaking the Spell: Fighting Myths About COVID-19 VaccinationThe vaccine needs to be appropriately framed: as a benefit, not a risk.
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Legal and Ethical Issues in Emergency PsychiatryEmergency psychiatry navigates complex ethical dilemmas, balancing patient safety, autonomy, and confidentiality in high-stakes situations.
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Thinking Beyond the Guidelines: Evidence-Based Novel Therapies for Bipolar DepressionIn this CME article, learn how to apply novel treatment approaches for patients with bipolar depression.
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REMS for Psychiatric Medications: The Good, the Bad, and the UglySession at the 2023 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting shares insights on REMS for psychiatric medications.
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It’s Not Easy Being Yellow“There are things that I think an Asian therapist would just understand… Maybe with them I can just be a normal person.”
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Connections Between Food Additives and Psychiatric DisordersWhat are the connections between what we eat and disorders such as anxiety and depression?
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Developing a Collaborative Approach to Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection1 in 3 COVID-19 survivors experience persistent consequences. What can psychiatry do to help?
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Contingency Management Is a Powerful Clinical Tool for Treating Substance Use Research Evidence and New Practice Guidelines for UseContingency management is an effective behavior change technique commonly used to treat substance use disorders.
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Help, My Patient Gave Me a Gift! What Do I Do?How can you handle patient gifts as a clinician?
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Small Shifts in 2021Difficult New Year's resolutions have a poor success rate. Why not, instead, take a different approach?
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Six Tips for Financial WellnessWhat can you do to ensure your family is financially secure while still spending some of your hard-earned money?
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Assessing Competency To Stand TrialDefense attorneys have concerns regarding their client’s competency in about 8% to 15% of felony prosecutions. That is where psychiatrists come in.
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Psychiatrists Call for End to Cruel and Harmful Immigration PolicyThe 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.
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Building a Resilient Future: Addressing Youth Mental HealthWe must prioritize youth mental health for a flourishing and resilient American future.
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Helping Pediatric Patients and Families Through the HolidaysAlthough the holidays are considered to be joyful and festive, some pediatric patients and their families are experiencing difficult times.
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Why Would Physical Activity Improve Mental Health?Running, walking, and other forms of exercise create some specific chemical changes in the body—which may end up benefitting the mind.
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Boosting Brain Health After COVID-19: A Convergence SolutionHow can we face the current pandemic while addressing the brain health crisis?
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When the Fog Doesn’t Lift: Targeting Cognitive Dysfunction in DepressionCognitive symptoms affect between 85% and 94% of patients with major depressive disorder. Despite this prevalence, cognitive dysfunction often remains undertreated and inadequately addressed in routine clinical practice.
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Addressing the Cognition Crisis in Our COVID-19 WorldThe world is facing a cognition crisis. Here’s how to face it with measurement-based cognitive care.
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Psychosis in the Patient With COVID-19: An Emerging Psychopathology?"This pandemic represents an unprecedented time that requires a psychiatrist’s vigilance in identifying patients at risk for COVID-19–induced psychosis."
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Updates in Pediatric Boarding: A Review of National Pediatric Boarding Consensus Panel RecommendationsThe development of the National Pediatric Boarding Consensus Panel guidelines attempts to provide hospitals suggestions for a safe, timely, and equitable standard of care for patients who are boarding.
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MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy: The Science Is What MattersDespite the FDA's complete response letter for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, researchers believe the data behind this PTSD treatment is what matters most.
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Supporting Refugee YouthHow can we help refugee youth engage in positive coping strategies and heal from their trauma?
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Next Steps: Solutions and Recommendations For HealingClimate change is a devastating existential threat that can exaggerate preexisting inequities and health/mental health problems. As mental health professionals committed to understanding deep emotional wounds and addressing complexities of relationships, psychiatrists have the tools to assist in bridging the current gaps.
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The Case for Medication-Assisted Treatment: An Ethical PriorityA significant proportion of incarcerated individuals struggle with with addiction. So what is being done about it?
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Data from Late Stage Pipelines Presented at ACNPListen to learn more about the 2 late-stage psychiatric compounds discussed at the virtual ACNP meeting.
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The Invisible Wounds of Palestinian ChildrenPalestinian children in the Gaza Strip experience complex continuous trauma.
