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In his William C. Menninger Memorial Lecture, Anthony S. Fauci, MD, shared lessons learned and remaining challenges for the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in terms of mental health and behavioral issues.

What is excited delirium syndrome and how should it be treated? The short answer is we do not know.

Finding a program that is a good fit while LGBTQ+ may be more difficult than it seems…

Young, professional women in academic psychiatry are facing down the iceberg: gender discrimination.

What treatments could handle both psychiatric emergencies and long-standings mental health conditions—in a hurry?

Too often, the medical issues associated with traumatic brain injury are mistakenly diagnosed as psychiatric disorders. A few simple questions and tests can elucidate the real culprit and lead to appropriate treatment.

Collaborative care guides care across disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry, and primary care. The goal is to change practice, build community, and identify health professionals needing the most assistance.

According to Nora D. Volkow, MD, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, drug use and overdose deaths have significantly increased since the outset of the pandemic. What made it worse?

What’s a psychiatrist to do? An APA ethics panel at the Annual Meeting considered various dilemmas, including possible conflicts between physicians’ obligations to individual patients and their obligation to promote the public good.

One doctor at the APA Virtual meeting explains how ketamine can rebuild spine and synaptic proteins in the brain, but may be difficult to actually prescribe to patients.

Timothy W. Fong, MD, touches on our current understanding about cannabis use for psychiatric disorders.

The last year has seen an unprecedented shift in the medical landscape, and mental health care is no exception. Experts look at the evidence and risks of digital tools, apps, telehealth, and other technologies for the treatment of serious mental illness.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions do not always respond to first-line treatments. Fortunately, new options are on the horizon.

The pandemic has made caring for geriatric patients more difficult, but a panel at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting discusses the latest best practices.

Sustainability is more than just cutting carbon emissions. It means creating a system where all of us can thrive—not just survive.

This year’s theme is crucial to the role science plays in dealing with structural racism, a worldwide pandemic, and the inequities in terms of access to care for so many people.

The president of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (AAEP) gives a preview of his APA conference presentation.

New and noteworthy sessions fill the program at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, which enters its second year as a virtual session.

Should clinicians of a certain be assessed to ensure competence, or does that just foster stigma and stereotypes?

Misdiagnosis and late diagnosis may be preventing older patients with bipolar disorder from getting proper care.

This monoclonal antibody showed significant slowing of decline in patients with Alzheimer disease.

If patients decline electroconvulsive therapy, psychiatrists still have many good options.

The International Psychogeriatric Association shares opportunities to improve worldwide geriatric care.

What socio-cultural events impacted the older LGBTQ+ generations, and how do they inform their current mental health status?

Key leaders experienced in real-world clinical practice share on a range of topics.

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the mental health of residents in 2 fundamental ways; directly through infection, and indirectly, but more insidiously, through social isolation and other psychological stresses.

Bipolar disorder frequently co-occurs with OCD and complicates treatment of OCD symptoms. Special considerations are discussed.

New and improved treatment options are surfacing, thanks to an improved understanding of psychoneuroendocrinology.