With the standard aversion to moonlighting in the emergency department at the local hospital, lots of us have asked the same question: “What else can I do to pay the bills?”

Extracurricular Activities for Early-Career Psychiatrists

An introduction to our 2-part Special Report on eating disorders, including neurobiology of eating disorders, nutritional needs of patients, clinical response to psychosis, and more.

Introduction: Working With Patients Who Have Eating Disorders

New insights into neural pathways that play a role in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder.

Neurobiology of Eating Disorders: Clinical Implications

Eating disorders are second only to substance-abuse disorders in having the highest mental illness mortality rate. How do we assist the patient in moving forward?

Understanding Nutritional Needs of Patients With Eating Disorders: Implications for Psychiatrists

What is the clinical response to the occasional presence of psychotic symptoms among patients with eating disorders?

Eating Disorders and Psychosis

Clinicians have a powerful voice that can be used to address cyberbullying, improve campus climate, and support a positive undergraduate experience.

Cyberbullying and College Students: What Can Be Done?

With aging, a multitude of medical conditions can occur and/or existing conditions can be exacerbated, contributing causally to or amplifying neuropsychiatric comorbidities.

Autism Spectrum Disorders, Down Syndrome, and 22q Deletion Syndrome

Clinical traditions are important, but they can become ossified as the “right way to treat addiction.” So, we need to turn a sharp, skeptical eye on treatment models.

Addiction Psychiatry: Laws, Guidelines, and Suggestions

While most clinicians know about Huntington disease, they may not be aware of its devastating effect in cognition and behavior during onset in childhood and adolescence.

Juvenile Huntington Disease: Rare But With Psychiatric Implications

Here are four recent studies that provide clinically relevant information on medication management of bipolar disorder in youths.

Update on Treatment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder

Drained physicians who don't practice self care may harm themselves and their patients. Here's one way to take a breather. 

Avoid Burnout With Self-Care and Wellness Strategies

For too long the treatment needs of the seriously mentally ill have been ignored by SAMSHA, and this needs to change, says this psychiatrist. 

The Federal Government Ignores the Treatment Needs of Americans With Serious Mental Illness

Patients with residual symptoms of depression may continue to experience significant occupational and social impairment. The focus of this article is on the residual burden that so often remains after remission is achieved. 

Adjunctive Treatment Options for Patients With Residual Symptoms of Depression

Although genetic discoveries are sprouting up like wildflowers, let's stop and smell the roses.

Spring Has Sprung

The latest research on the global risk of Alzheimer disease and other dementias.

Is the Incidence of Dementia Declining?

After serving 18 years for sexual assault and attempted murder, new DNA procedures led to Steven Avery's exoneration. Surely, he must be guilty of something. 

Making a Murderer: The Punishment Is the Process

I drive west along the black granite bed of Cold River as it sweeps down the mountain. My best friend drives the same road east, the lies his wife told the judge trailing us...

After Divorce Court

Top-down Plus Bottom-up Integrative Treatments in Psychiatry

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

Long-term Antipsychotic Treatment: Effective and Often Necessary, with Caveats

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. 

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