SPOTLIGHT -
Exploring the Social Determinants of Mental Health
A look at the theme for the 2022 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting.
Chester M. Pierce Human Rights Award Winner to Give Inaugural Award Lecture at 2022 APA Annual Meeting
This year’s winner is a pioneer for the human rights of individuals with mental illness in West Africa.
Current Trends in Suicide: APA Preview With the Chief Medical Officer of the AFSP
Christine Yu Moutier, MD, is excited to see you at the APA Annual Meeting in New Orleans!
A Disruption Warning From the APA Meeting—And All That Jazz
Are you attending the APA Annual Meeting in New Orleans? Here's a preview of one doctor's talk on jazz and racism.
Catch Us at Booth 1852
Are you attending APA’s 2022 Annual Meeting in New Orleans? Don’t miss us!
Learn With Us in San Diego
The 2022 Annual Psychiatric Times World CME Conference is coming in August.
Study Shows Risk Awareness of Concurrent Benzodiazepine, Opioid Use Among Patients
Results highlight the impact of education on patient understanding of potential adverse events.
Fun and Games: Improving Youth Opioid Awareness
Can a game improve children and adolescents knowledge of the opioid crisis?
A Consequence of Health Disparities: Depression Among Sexual Minorities
According to this study examining sexual minority patients, depression can be a consequence of health and behavioral disparities.
Seeing Things: Mind or Brain?
Researchers explore the psychiatric and neurological etiologies of visual hallucinations.
Psychiatry for Primary Care: An Update on Substance Use Disorders (Part 4)
The data on substance use disorders are staggering. What can primary care providers do to help?
Psychiatry for Primary Care: Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention (Part 3)
In the absence of definitive data, how can primary care providers help prevent suicide and provide compassionate care that promotes quality of life in their patients?
Psychiatry for Primary Care: An Update on ADHD (Part 2)
Being able to identify ADHD in medical settings is very important. One doctor will offer some guidelines for diagnosis and treatment.
Psychiatry for Primary Care: A Behavioral Medicine Update (Part 1)
Primary care providers are increasingly seeing patients who are struggling with mental illness—how can they effectively assist these patients?
Spotlight on Issues in ADHD
Catch up on all the latest in ADHD from the APSARD virtual 2022 Annual Meeting.
Did You Miss It? Adult ADHD Diagnosis
Is ADHD underdiagnosed or overdiagnosed? One doctor emphatically says the former.
The Variable You Can’t Touch: Advances in Mental Health Measurements
You cannot touch mental health impairments, so how best can we measure them? Adaptive testing may be the answer.
What About the Little Guys: ADHD in Preschool
Ann Childress, MD, shares insights into ADHD in very young children at the 2022 APSARD Conference.
Conference Presents Clinical Reviews and Updates
Psychiatric Times, your go-to source for what is relevant and important in the field, is pleased to share the following highlights from the 2021 Neuroscience Education Institute Congress.
Bigger Than Just 1 Person: Care for Transgender Individuals in Prison
Two transgender women in North Carolina are facing struggles in getting prisons to acknowledge their gender identity. What does this say about care for incarcerated transgender individuals in general?
Award Winners Honored at 45th National Conference on Correctional Health Care
Check out the National Commission on Correctional Health Care's annual award winners!
Nurturing Cultural Humility in Mental Health Care
How can cultural humility in therapeutic settings improve patient outcomes?
Exploring Somatic Symptom Disorder: A Case Report
Inflamed in the Brain
What is the connection between inflammation and mood disorders?
Infusing Lived Experiences for Trans and Gender Diverse Patients
How can you provide affirmative mental health care for transgender and gender diverse patients?
The Love-Hate Relationship with Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines: a class of medications that evokes that a visceral reaction.
Safety First
How do you manage the 4 most common adverse effects of antipsychotic medications?
Case Report Poster: A Smelly Situation
This case presented as part of the Poster Presentations at the 2021 NEI Congress is a good reminder of the importance of taking a thorough history.
Celebrating Psychiatry: Conference Highlights Advances
Did you miss the Annual Psychiatric Times World CME Conference? Don't worry, we've got you covered.
NCCHC Virtual Fall Conference on Correctional Health Care Highlights Mental Health and Medical Issues for Incarcerated People