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Laziness Does Not Exist
January 20, 2021
Patients and care providers often call themselves lazy. But what are the clinical consequences and cultural meanings of this term?
Can Existential Issues Really Be Divorced From Clinical Practice? From Our Readers
January 20, 2021
Although existential and religious issues may be distinguished in clinical care, the human condition’s complexity and the Dark Night of the Soul cannot.
The Faces of Madness
January 14, 2021
If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many diagnoses can it make? The photographer and psychiatrist Hugh Welch Diamond, MD, shares insights into the humanity and stigma of mental illness in Victorian England.
Denial, The Capitol Takeover, and a Tragic American Legacy
January 13, 2021
What role does denial play in the collective American psyche?
A Quick Primer on the Serendipity of Psychopharmacological Development
January 13, 2021
When we finally open a trap door to explain or further understand a hypothesis, the answer often includes a house full of hallways.
Vaccines at the Dinner Table
January 12, 2021
The scientific method has delivered vaccines and other life-saving medicine, but not everybody trusts it.
What We Tell Patients about Depression, and What They Say They Have Been Told
January 12, 2021
Is there a way to find balance in discussing the chemical imbalance theory of depression?
There and Back Again: Joseph Pierre, MD
January 08, 2021
How can the best insights of mainstream and critical psychiatry be brought together?
The Psychiatric Pipeline: 10 Agents to Watch
January 07, 2021
There is much to look forward to in the realm of improved treatments for patients with psychiatric illness.
Seashells, Not an Ocean
January 06, 2021
Our basic science knowledge of the brain continues to explode beyond what science fiction of the past has predicted.
New Beginnings, New Promises
January 05, 2021
As we close the door to the past, the promise of tomorrow is yet to come.
“We’re Like Everybody Else: We Are Prone to Depression.”
December 29, 2020
Michael F. Myers, MD, discusses depression among physicians, a theme from his new memoir, Becoming a Doctors’ Doctor.
After COVID-19 and Beyond the Opioid Wave
December 29, 2020
Lessons from the opioid epidemic should be applied to cases of methamphetamine abuse.
Take Time for Kindness and Gratitude
December 17, 2020
Busy clinicians can benefit from a few minutes of self-care a day.
Disclosing Ourselves: A Review of 4 Psychiatrist Memoirs
December 16, 2020
Psychiatrists often disclose as little about themselves as possible. But these memoirists break the mold.
Psychotherapy and Meditation in the Treatment of Mental Suffering
December 15, 2020
Eastern and Western approaches both agree and come into conflict.
Psychiatry and the Dark Night of the Soul
December 14, 2020
The anatomy of unhappiness is more complex than DSM-5’s categories.
An Optimistic Prognosis for 2021
December 08, 2020
The field of psychiatry is uniquely suited to address the psychological factors associated with the past year (and what lies ahead).
How Psychiatrists Can Guide Distance Learning
December 07, 2020
Children with autism spectrum disorder have special educational needs, but with proper guidance they can flourish, even during a pandemic.
A Psychiatrist for Our National Security: Jerrold M. Post, MD
December 07, 2020
On the international community psychiatrist.