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Therapy may have unexpected benefits...

What is the first thing you share with your patient when you are about to prescribe a new medication?

Exploring the assessment of psychopathy and how a better understanding of these individuals may help us prevent future school shootings.

Laughter may be one of the best medicines in psychiatry and in leadership—if used correctly.

A psychiatrist reflects on the past, present, and future for BIPOC MDs and DOs.

Exploring leadership styles... and pondering which is needed most in psychiatry.

Which treatment approaches are the state-of-the-art for helping this patient population?

"We call them The Not Dead when they crumple in an easy chair after chemo..."

"The fact is that these patients have a huge capacity to improve their lives, far more than the average person. The work done with them in a clinical setting echoes throughout their families and communities and can be some of the most rewarding work for clinicians."

With so much negativity in the mass media, stories showcasing the best in humanity can help us see the good in life.

What do you do if you get sued? This new book provides a guide, with a comprehensive view of malpractice and liability issues across psychiatry.

An effect size tells us how much difference a treatment makes.

What are the biggest challenges facing both clinicians and patients, and how can we address them?

What is the clinician’s role in reversing stigma for better outcomes?

What makes a great (or not-so-great) leader? These psychological theories of leadership provide insight.

A practical guide to understanding the new behavioral health emergency number and creating effective messaging for patients, families, and colleagues.

How do you choose medications based on the biologic abnormalities that are known to occur in bipolar illness?

Can religion provide boundaries that extend beyond those of clinical psychiatry?

In this time of leadership crisis, what can we learn from differently from great male and female leaders?

Mothers with borderline personality disorder often have experienced early-life trauma. How can you help?

In this CME, review the pathophysiology of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis.

The July issue of Psychiatric Times provides insights on clinical challenges and more.

Borderline personality disorder is a common diagnosis among young women that is highly understudied in pregnancy and motherhood. Learn more here.

A fairy tale for our times...

The world’s leaders are in crisis. What can we do?

A retired US Army major general and bipolar survivor and thriver shares his story of hope and healing.

A physician assistant writes a poem inspired by the recent mass shooting in Uvalde.

"The young and exciting field of psychiatric pharmacogenomics is providing a third pillar of understanding to aid in our competent and informed prescribing of drugs, joining the more well-established pillars of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics."

Here’s how online appointments are lowering anxiety among patients and families.

It is time to stop denying this lethal reality…