The next several years will present challenges and opportunities for psycho-oncology to improve care for patients.

Looking to the Future and Improving Patient Care

There are myriad nuanced clinical approaches to cancer treatment, and psychosocial factors are no less complex.

Case-Based Clinical Approaches for Clinicians

An added component of cancer treatment is discovering what is most meaningful in the patient’s life and using that to buoy them during difficult moments. That, in a nutshell, is the psychiatrist's role.

Finding Meaning in the Face of Suffering

The role of neuroimaging is to rule out medically or surgically treatable causes of illness, such as new-onset psychosis.

To Scan or Not to Scan: Brain Imaging in First-Episode Psychosis

A position paper presents the best ways to use electronic communication, particularly timely given the pandemic.

ACP Releases Ethical Guidance for Electronic Communication With Patients

Two examples described here underscore the importance of understanding the cytochrome P450 (CYP) system

Cytochrome P450: You've Come a Long Way

One can only hope today's challenges will become a “corrective emotional experience."

A Challenging Psychotherapeutic Journey

Women should be provided with multiple options for treatment if they decide to engage in mental health care during this critical period.

Conventional and Integrative Approaches to Treating Anxiety in Pregnancy

When the patient has significant comorbid psychiatric problems, high risk of suicide, and Huntington disease, the role of clinician spills over into patient advocate in a complex medical system.

A Double Whammy: Psychosis and Huntington Disease

A synthetic derivate of the endogenous amino acid L-cysteine and a precursor of glutathion, N-Acetylcysteine shows promise for treating a variety of psychiatric disorders.

Exploring N-Acetylcysteine in Psychiatry

There are some off-label proposed uses for topiramate in comorbidities that are common in patients with bipolar disorder. What does the evidence say?

Topiramate in Bipolar Disorder and Comorbidities: The Myths and the Evidence

Psychiatrists should be experts at hearing and seeing what is not visible. That is exactly what we need to do to let the sun shine through the racist dust.

Dismantle Racism in Psychiatry & Society

Reflections on the current psychiatric literature as well as the many accomplishments psychiatry has seen since the 1950s.

My Wow and Awesome Responses While Reading the Psychiatric Literature

With everything going on in the world, this lesson has become abundantly clear—our attitudes will help us ride the ups and downs and the slings and arrows that present themselves and propel us to better times.

The Glass Is Half Full

An analysis of causes and potential interventions and recommendations for clinicians to stay up to date.

How Reading Current Literature Stimulates Duh and Yawn Responses

Addiction among older adults is associated with worse medical outcomes and increased economic burden of care. The long-term use of psychoactive substances can result in adverse neurological outcomes even at therapeutic doses. 

Psychiatric Times Vol 37, Issue 8