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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.

Can depression be passed on to future generations, and if it can, how can treatment help?

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.

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.

While there are risks for prescribing benzodiazepines and opioids concurrently, experts agree there are times when it may be an appropriate treatment decision.

Carlos M. Grilo, PhD, explained symptoms, causes, and treatment for binge-eating disorder in his talk at The Annual Psychiatric Times® World CME Conference™.

Can algorithms improve how you practice? Dr Osser explained more in his speech at the Annual Psychiatric Times® World CME Conference™.

Cannabis and cannabis-derived products are widely debated. Dr Gorelick covered the issues surrounding this substance. Read more for highlights.

Clinicians have a limited repertoire when it comes to a dual approach to migraine and psychiatric treatment. Read more about Dr Moawad's presentation at the Annual Psychiatric Times® World CME Conference™.

“The best indicator of the future is looking at the past,” Sidney Zisook, MD, told attendees of the Annual Psychiatric Times® World CME Conference™. Dr Zisook spoke to the future of psychiatry in the Educator of the Year Lecture.

Dr Payne previews her talk at the upcoming Annual Psychiatric Times® World CME Conference™, reminding us why it is important to take care of mothers postpartum.