When the soloist lowers her Strad and takes a bow, she reveals the violin’s mark on her throat, which makes me think of Mozart...

Musician Injuries

Here: what psychiatrists need to know about frontotemporal dementia. Case examples convey the variety of possible psychiatric presentations of behavioral variant FTD. 

Frontotemporal Dementia: A Brain Disease That Challenges Definitions of Mental Illness

The author presents a fictionalized case based on a real patient to encourage colleagues to pursue psychodynamic psychiatry.

Psychodynamic Psychiatry: A Case Report

This articles focuses on the psychiatric and neurological implications of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. 

Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis: Diagnostic Issues for Psychiatrists

Here's how I've managed to get my own mind off the news. What about you? 

What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been

As I’ve seen in my parents’ remarkable journey from the doomed Jewish ghetto in Lodz, Poland, and in my psychiatry practice, photographs have immense power to heal.

The Healing Power of Photographs

The author's enthusiasm and love for his work shines through in every page of this new book.

Improving Mental Health: Four Secrets in Plain Sight

It is vital that psychiatrists are able to identify and characterize cannabis use disorders; provide education; and offer effective, evidence-based treatments. This article provides a brief overview of each of these topics.

Treatment for Cannabis Use Disorders: A Case Report

This article summarizes data on e-cigarettes, provides recommendations and resources to learn more, and emphasizes the evidence for treating tobacco (traditional cigarettes) addiction in people with mental illness.

E-Cigarettes, Vaping, and Other Electronic Nicotine Products: Harm Reduction Pathways or New Avenues for Addiction?

This article reviews current literature on insomnia and alcohol use disorders and highlights assessment and treatment of sleep disorders in patients with comorbid alcohol abuse.

Understanding and Addressing Sleep Disruptions in Alcohol Use Disorders

Because comorbid substance abuse is the rule rather than the exception in individuals with ADHD, accurate diagnosis, prognosis, and management of ADHD is challenging even for the most skilled practitioners. 

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