Couch in Crisis

The ethical core of the Goldwater Rule is sound, but the rule needs clearer and more nuanced language.

Let us consider the case of a "bad" psychiatrist to serve as a warning of where we can go wrong.

"Like many good psychiatrists, I have empathy and concern for my patients. But in my case, I’ve quite literally walked in their shoes."

We are ethically constrained by the Goldwater Rule, but here are the data from an artfully crafted secret poll on the Presidential campaign.

The authors examine the literature on "quality of life" and how antipsychotics improve that for patients with schizophrenia.

Should doctors be legally allowed to assist terminally ill patients in committing suicide?

In a first-ever poll of its kind, we'd like to know about your fears, concerns, and hopes about how this election will affect your profession and your patients.

Our societal challenges beat through each note in Simon's newest album-with far-reaching implications for psychiatry.

Do you think we can-and should-increase our mental wealth? If so, what would you recommend?

For patients suffering the chronic, debilitating symptoms of schizophrenia, antipsychotic medication is a critical component of treatment-and may literally be life-saving.

In recent years, health care insurance companies (and the businesses that use them) have begun to invest in mindfulness research and programs What has happened to explain this development?

How radically do we want to alter the physician’s traditional ethical obligations to the most vulnerable of patients?

Is a "good death" possible in the face of terminal illness?

Both the literature and clinical experience point to considerable risk in discontinuing antipsychotic treatment, for many chronically psychotic patients. Here's why.

We put our faithful old basset hound down this weekend. Maizy's death was painless, merciful, dignified, and timely. She died in the arms of two people who really loved her.

We celebrate April Fool’s Day for sound psychological reasons, and there are lessons to be learned.

Forty years later, we are still in the belly of the managed care beast.

We can teach patients a lot about the biopsychosocial causes of depression-even in 5 minutes.

A man searches for the answers to what happened to him psychologically after a childhood of high achievement. But facts intersect with fiction in this documentary.

In the opinion of the author, the psychiatry/anti-psychiatry rift has had a devastating effect on the lives of people with severe psychiatric problems.

A review of a compelling documentary on the spectacular rise and catastrophic fall of British singer Amy Winehouse, a star with an old voice in a young body.

Setting the record straight on what the literature does and does not say about long-term use of antipsychotics.

Recently, there were two reports about concerns over changes in terminology in our field. So, what's in a name?

This will be a busy year as the role of new digital tools in medicine converge to offer novel opportunities to clinical care.

What can we do, as a society, to reduce the levels of incivility and narcissism that appear to be on the rise?

If my dad looked back on those ferocious battles he fought in the south Pacific, he never let on.

Gun violence by alienated, disgruntled individuals isn't new. So what changes may help account for our recent spate of mass shootings?

Hopefully the words imparted here convey the scope of our profession and psychiatry at its best. We have been-and should be-so much more than the current 15-minute med check.

Breakups hurt. Even the traditional methods are painful. But an adios via a third party? How cold is that?