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Some of the most common challenges include the diagnosis of a mood disorder, especially a bipolar disorder, and the assessment and management of comorbidities and suicidalities in patients with a mood disorder. Here's an overview.

There is no substitute for understanding one’s patient as an individual, and treating accordingly, keeping in mind the possibility that not all psychosis is schizophrenia and that moodiness may or may not indicate a place in the bipolar spectrum.

What is the actual risk of suicide attempts or suicide death in people with bipolar disorder? How does a BD diagnosis affect short-term and long-term suicide risk? How should a BD diagnosis help guide us toward the most effective suicide prevention strategies?

What’s the key factor when selecting first-line therapy for major depression? How do older adults with MDD differ from younger ones? Answer these questions and more.

Here: a look at several natural products used to improve cognitive impairment or cognitive symptoms of dementia.

Game of Thrones is the first of 5 novels comprising A Tale of Ice and Fire, by George M.M. Martin. The series has captivated millions of fans worldwide. I’ve unexpectedly joined them.

Art theory from the 20th century onward-despite the latter day efforts at denial-was nearly indistinguishable from psychoanalytic theory, and it parallels the philosophical struggles and pains that continue to plague psychiatry.

Recent studies illustrate the importance of homing in on the somatic symptoms of depression

Here's a summary of 9 recent articles on cognitive behavioral and mindfulness-based treatments, selected for their their clinical relevance, applicability, and quality.

Here's a case that illustrates the importance of factoring in the presence of pain when treating mental disorders in patients with seemingly intractable pain.

Here's the story of one of my very first patients -- 45 years ago -- who taught me a powerful lesson about countertransference.

One would easily imagine from a recent TV report that psychiatrically ill and suicidal students are routinely being shipped off to hospitals and removed from their colleges without due process or discussion.

Which patients are most likely to find a computer-based program helpful?

What policy prescriptions, if any, would you make on a federal level for reducing gun violence in America? That question and more answered.

What should you do when patients with preexisting psychosis express an interest in lengthy travel?

Individuals with serious mental illness are responsible for more than 7% of the nation’s homicides. What can be done to reduce this deadly phenomenon?

What are the effects of sleep apnea on depression--and depression on sleep apnea? Insights here.

Poetic, raw, and haunting, this young woman's description of having a psychiatric illness powerfully reveals what I believe are common, but rarely articulated, thoughts and feelings.

I’m happy to be off the trail, out of the wind and salt spray, safe from the fog’s cold claw...

Benefits of drug therapy include fewer STDs, injuries, and substance use disorders

A low-cost intervention creates “virtual darkness” to help stabilize mood.

The abuse of this dangerous designer drug that can be purchased online is rapidly on the rise in the US.

Even though I’ve read these stories a number of times, I still have an intense emotional response to each of them. They remind me that our work is of incredible personal importance to our patients and of such emotional meaning to us too.

"You don’t have the hands of a surgeon, or the demeanor. It’s a good thing you are a psychiatrist.”

I will always remember her. I was honored and inspired by a very beautiful, strong, and unusually graceful young woman.

When you have been neglected, made to feel so unimportant, passed around from place to place as though your life doesn’t matter, any genuine caring attention you can give that young person means the world.

Insights from the first study of mortality and cumulative psychotropic exposure in schizophrenia.

Unrelenting belief in the goodness of humankind while confronting an uncommon disease.