Vol 40, Issue 5

In this CME, check out best practices for screening and treating adolescents and young adults with substance use issues.

Mental health needs have skyrocketed in the US, but access to treatment remains inadequate. Here's how we can help youth.

"The death rate among youth aged 10 to 24 years increased 52.2% from 6.9 per 100,000 in 2001 to 10.5 per 100,000 in 2020."

In this 2-part Special Report, we highlight the urgency of addressing child and adolescent mental health.

"We will keep doing everything we can to ensure more people have the peace of mind that comes with high-quality health care.”

"We lower a plastic tray on his ribs as if food can stop the dying..."

What is the connection?

After a traumatic brain injury, aerobic exercise promotes cardiovascular fitness, cognitive recovery, and reductions in mood disorders.

"If we ignore or do not successfully address these future risks, we may need more than luck to avoid these looming disasters."

"CT-R emphasizes the importance of hope while taking it a step further, turning hope into meaningful action and internalizing what success says about a person’s identity, strength, and ability to navigate future challenges."

"My attitude toward The Sixth Sense shifted when I realized that I had been treating a patient whose death date was set before our appointments began..."

"I have worked for organizations that treated health care clinicians like they were widget makers in factories."

"It is essential to have an aggressive path forward to increase public awareness of mental health and illness, education on early intervention and treatment access, and continued destigmatization of mental illness."

Individuals with schizophrenia have experienced an increase in psychiatric, medical, and treatment risks because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Psychiatric Times® salutes our armed forces and remembers those who have fallen during service.

An expert discusses the reality of and the true role of psychiatrists in involuntary hospitalization.

"I have autism. All my friends say so. I do have autism. You just don't get it."