Authors


John S. Grande, CFP

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Investing Tips in a Time of Crisis

Amidst this world of unknowns, the authors share some tips and advice to weather the financial fallout of this storm.


Zoltan Sarnyai, MD, PhD

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Boosting Brain Health After COVID-19: A Convergence Solution

How can we face the current pandemic while addressing the brain health crisis?


Jesse Woo, MD

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Exploring the Antisuicidal Effects of Lithium

A systematic review and meta-analysis showed moderate-quality evidence supporting lithium’s ability to lower mortality rates.


Mariam Rahmani, MD

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What's Wrong With Health Care in the United States?

There are 4 crucial failings in our current health care system, where the importance of relationships is ignored.


Ann Blair Kennedy, LMT, BCTMB, DrPH

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The Discovery

Explore a poem about death, grief, and the healing powers of the humanities.


Lujain Alhajji, 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.


Molly Perlman, MD, MPH, CEDS, FAPA

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Concurrent Treatment of Eating Disorders and PTSD Leads to Long-Term Recovery

Concurrent treatments targeting eating disorders and PTSD are needed to help these patients with complex conditions.


Vikas Manjunath, MD

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New-Onset Racism or Psychosis?

Racism is not usually considered a psychotic symptom and therefore it is not often considered in the diagnosis of schizophrenia.


Michael Asbach, DMSc, PA-C, Psych-CAQ

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Answering 3 Clinical Questions in the Wake of the Removal of the Clozapine REMS Requirement

Without the scaffolding of the REMS requirement for clozapine, how can you best utilize this treatment?


Judith Feld, MD, MPH, MMM, DLFAPA

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The Isolation and Disconnection of Seniors

Social distancing and quarantine have been absolutely necessary, but what effect have they had on seniors?


Maliha I. Ansari, MD

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Evaluating Brexpiprazole for the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

In this CME article, learn more about the efficacy and tolerability of brexpiprazole for the treatment of agitation among individuals with Alzheimer disease dementia.


Jeffrey M. Cohen, PsyD

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Validation of Minoritized Experiences: It’s What’s Been Missing

Interventions that rely solely on change lack balance. This is especially true when working with minoritized individuals who have very real and justified pain stemming from systemic problems.


Heather Burrell Ward, MD

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In Schizophrenia, Nicotine Enhances Cognitive Performance by Improving Brain Network Function

The prevalence of tobacco use in schizophrenia is over 60%—3 times that of the general population. However, the reason for the high prevalence of tobacco use in schizophrenia remains largely unknown.


Anna Marie Boyd, LPC, RDT, RYT-200

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An Open Letter to the Women Who Helped Shape My Career

How can the women around us help us dream, grow, and serve?


Marian Ruiz, BA

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Mental Health as a Role in Mortality Rates in Peri- and Postpartum Black Women

Black mothers in the US experience far worse outcomes. Here’s what clinicians need to know.


Dave Baron, DO, MSEd

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After the Wildfires: Reflections on Positive Psychiatry and Posttraumatic Growth

How do psychiatrists and mental health professionals respond when faced with disaster? One psychiatrist shares his story.


Rashmi Phadke Subhedar, MD

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Evaluating Brexpiprazole for the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

In this CME article, learn more about the efficacy and tolerability of brexpiprazole for the treatment of agitation among individuals with Alzheimer disease dementia.


Alexis Skoufalos, EdD

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How Can Digital Tools Improve Medication Adherence?

Patients’ reports of medication adherence are sometimes inaccurate, but digital tools offer opportunities to collect objective data.


Richard Payerchin

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Goodbye Noncompetes: Federal Trade Commission Votes to Ban Noncompete Clauses

The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to ban noncompete clauses between employers and workers, citing health care specifically among their reasons for supporting the ban.



Adam W. Levin, MD

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What Matters Most in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy?

Psychedelics may catalyze rapid improvements in mental health, but they do so firmly rooted in what we already know about the efficacy of psychotherapy.


Elena Koundourakis

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The Role of Orexin Receptor 2 Agonists in Sleep and Narcolepsy Type 1

Elena Koundourakis, the head of the Orexin Franchise Development and Portfolio Strategy at Takeda, shares her thoughts on the recent positive topline results from a phase 2 trial evaluating TAK-861, an oral orexin receptor 2 agonist, in patients with narcolepsy type 1.


Tory Woodard, NP

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Patient Case: Trauma and Impact of PTSD on Quality of Life

A patient discusses their struggles coming to terms with a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis after multiple traumatic events, detailing their initial resistance to seeking help, the breakthrough moments in therapy that led to acceptance, and their ongoing journey of healing through various treatment approaches.


Marvin Goldfried, PhD

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Ending the Psychotherapy Civil War

There is absolutely no good reason for competition among therapies—none is by itself necessary or sufficient, and most are completely complementary, even synergistic.



Chris Santarsiero, MBA

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The Whole Continuum of Behavioral Health Care: Reintroduction of the 988 Implementation Act

The 988 Implementation Act was introduced on July 25. What impact will it have on care?


Sanjai Rao, MD, DFAPA

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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.


Shalini G. Nayak, MPhil, MScN

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Media & Mental Health: The Need for More Credible Information

Has the media’s obsession with the COVID-19 pandemic put global mental health at risk?


Craig T. Pratt, MD, DFASAM, FAPA

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Copilot and Me and Addiction

A retired psychiatrist has a conversation with AI about substance use disorder treatment.


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