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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
Mindfulness for Pediatric ADHD
Can mindfulness be an additional therapy to help treat ADHD in children?
“Never Silence Your Pain”: Life After a Suicide Attempt
One man shares his suicide survival story, and what he does to aid suicide prevention.
A Life and Death Measure: Eating Disorder Treatment
Nearly 80% of eating disorders go undetected. What screening tools can help identify them?
Is It ADHD or an Underlying Sleep Disorder?
Research indicates sleep issues should be addressed as part of ADHD treatment.
Borderline Personality Disorder: 3 Things You Need To Do for Patients
These 3 essential steps best support patients with borderline personality disorder, according to Carl Fleisher, MD.
The Challenges and Rewards of Working With Culturally Different Patients
Cultural differences between patients and physician are hard to avoid. How can you best work with diverse patients?
Treating Transgender Youth: The Danger of Gender Identity Conversion Therapy
Transgender youth are at increased risk for a number of psychiatric morbidities. Gender identity conversion therapy can make them worse.
Understanding Major Depressive Disorder and Treatment Resistance
Sheldon Preskorn, MD, shares insights into drug mechanisms and delivery to better help patients with major depressive disorder.
Psychedelics: Psychiatry of the Future
Phase 3 results on MDMA-assisted therapy look promising for the treatment of PTSD. What other disorders can psychedelics help treat?
Defining and Diagnosing Depression: Clinical and Patient-Oriented Perspectives
Sidney Zisook, MD, shares insights into defining depression diagnosis.
Chronic Adolescent THC Exposure: Mental Health Crisis?
Chronic adolescent exposure to THC and cannabis could lead to adverse mental health outcomes and impacted brain functioning.
Finding Antidotes to Burnout Through Contradictory Truths
Health care workers have always been prone to stress and burnout, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the issue. What do we know about burnout and how can we prevent and address it?
Pioneering Psychopharmacology: Educator of the Year Award
Bringing science to the practice of psychiatry has been the personal goal of Sheldon H. Preskorn, MD—the Educator of the Year.