In this review, we discuss the established medications as well as experimental therapeutic options that may emerge as future medications for alcohol intoxication, withdrawal, and/or long-term abstinence maintenance or harm-reduced drinking.

Alcohol Disorders: Practical Tips From New Research

Four studies sprang from the TORDIA trial on treatment-resistant depression in children and adolescents and showed that several factors influence treatment efficacy following treatment resistance.

Top Research Findings That Can Change Clinical Practice

Ringing the Bell to Save the Bereavement Exclusion.

Debate: Is It Worth Saving the Bereavement Exclusion in DSM-5?

A team approach, continually balancing the views of the psychopharmacologist, psychologist, social worker, family practice resident, and patient is the clinical Promised Land.

Debate: Let the Bereavement Exclusion in DSM-5 Die

 Editor’s note: We are pleased to introduce Being a Therapist with this issue of Psychiatric Times. We hope you will enjoy the close-up views of these therapists. 

Intimate Portraits: Psychotherapists in Their Own Work Space

 What follows is an adaptation of Dr Ellis’s response to a volunteer who took part in a live public workshop demonstration of the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy approach.

Albert Ellis, PhD (1913 - 2007)

 And when they see what I hide . . . up my white coat sleeve, . . . they understand that magic 

Magic Tricks

Using a question-and-answer format, we present a brief overview of issues that arise when mental health professionals explore how to best serve this population.

Working With Transgender Persons

Review on the roles of gender in connection with premenstrual dysphoric disorder, OCD, psychosis, and other mental disorders.

The Role of Gender in Disease Expression: A Literature Review

Being male, female, or transgender exerts effects not only on anatomy and reproductive behaviors but also on immune mechanisms, pain perception, diet, occupation, social behaviors, and risk exposures.

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