While only a minority of patients with cancer may have diagnosable PTSD, subthreshold symptoms in some patients may be debilitationg enough that clinicians should be aware of the phenomenon.

Cancer-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Assessment and Treatment Considerations

Patients with schizophrenia often have worse outcomes than their peers without the diagnosis. How you can support your patient in ensuring a better cancer prognosis?

Special Issues in Schizophrenia and Cancer

The articles in Part I of this Special Report discuss PTSD in cancer, special issues for patients with schizophrenia and cancer, and distress management.

Introduction: The Interface Between Psychiatry and Oncology

Valproate/divalproex appears to be considerably overused in the US; the use of lithium, second-generation antipsychotics, and carbamazepine should be more prominent in treatment decisions for patients with bipolar mania.

Valproic Acid: Overused in Bipolar Disorder?

Policy suggestions released earlier this year could be used to guide actions during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

American College of Physicians Suggests Lead Health Care Reform

There is evidence in both patients with psychotic disorders and the general population that cannabis use is associated with adverse effects of psychopathology and cognition.

Novel Insights on Cannabis and Psychosis

A million doctors on fire, three million scorched nurses beside them, burned out as the flames progress. 

Progress

The development of specific diagnostic criteria that are applicable to older adults can aid in the accurate diagnosis of psychiatric disorders in late life. 

The Most Prevalent Psychiatric Disorder in Older Adults

The authors share evidence-based guidance for patient safety that minimizes suicide risk in medical settings.

Implementation Challenges of Universal Suicide Risk Screening in Adult Patients in General Medical and Surgical Settings

Solving the problems of “troublesome” children throughout the ages.

The First International Congress on Infantile Psychiatry

An interview with Dr Anne Harrington, who offers a stimulating and thought-provoking historical perspective on the evolution of biological psychiatry from the German histopathologists to the present time in her recent book.

The Many Histories of Biological Psychiatry: Anne Harrington, DPhil

Childhood adversities can play a causal role in the development of psychosis and psycho-social interventions can be helpful.

Traumas, Adversities, and Psychosis: Investigating Practical Implications

Clinicians may need to consider what happens to religiously oriented people when things go badly, despite their faith and prayer.

The Upside and Downside of Religion, Spirituality, and Health

The recent ghastly killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd serve as a reminder that the pursuit of happiness and longevity remain a dream deferred for Black America due to systemic racism.

A Black Man's Lament

A 4-step plan to tackle the worries of the day.

Rx: Limit Watching the News to 30 Minutes, 3X/Week

Our country’s founders embarked on a dream. They did not know what would happen, and they did not agree on how our new world should work. Same is true in medicine and psychiatry. More in this introduction to the July issue.

A Work in Progress

The authors discuss common neurobiological processes that may contribute to OCD vulnerability and its persistence. 

Exploring the Neurobiology of OCD

A paradigm shift is needed in order to solve the unprecedented complexities and challenges associated with the current global mental health crisis.

Convergence Mental Health: A New Pathway for Transdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship

This form of nonsuicidal self-injury occurs within a spectrum of severity, and it is very likely that cases are both underreported and unpublished.

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