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According to 1 doctor, we all need to communicate the legitimacy of psychiatry as a medical specialty.

Expect the unexpected: how doorknob moments provide valuable new material to help you move treatment forward.

How are minority children with ADHD affected by diagnostic, treatment, and educational inequities—and what can we do about it?

Approximately 7.6% of men and 4.1% of women aged 18 and older suffer from AUD, but national surveys consistently demonstrate low utilization of treatments.

One psychiatrist offers hope and a prayer for humanity as we enter the New Year.

Several important events, all in 1 day.

What is the connection between ADHD diagnosis with sexual activity and substance use among college students?

How does an ADHD diagnosis affect the college experience? Recent research allows the students to weigh in.

Is ADHD underdiagnosed or overdiagnosed? One doctor emphatically says the former.

You cannot touch mental health impairments, so how best can we measure them? Adaptive testing may be the answer.

College students who identify as a sexual and gender minority who also have ADHD may be at higher risk of functional impairments, substance use, and psychiatric comorbidities.

What treatments were recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for pediatric patients with ADHD?

Helicopter parenting in teens with ADHD: What are the types and how do they affect children?

Rationing of crucial materials during the pandemic, like masks and vaccines, has become a matter of life and death.

Ann Childress, MD, shares insights into ADHD in very young children at the 2022 APSARD Conference.

One resident interviews 2 NYC-based musicians about their experiences during the pandemic.

An estimated 7.7 million children have at least 1 mental health disorder. How can chatbots help?

Maya Angelou and George Washington: now on two sides of the same coin.

It might be a token, but it says—and means—a lot...

The FDA has given Investigational New Drug clearance for a clinical drug-drug interaction study of R-ketamine (PCN-101).

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a new medication for the treatment of insomnia.

Delirium: an underrecognized, underdiagnosed medical condition.

Here’s how to help patients see the light when faced with the winter blues.

In this CME article, learn more about the controversies surrounding Lyme disease diagnosis and treatment, and common neuropsychiatric presentations of and treatment options.

If a patient gives consent to be killed, is a physician ethically justified in acceding to the request?

What word best describes 2021 for you?

In the face of opposition from doctors, clinics, and courts, Victor Escobar became the first Colombian to die via euthanasia on Friday January 7, 2022.

The glass is half full: reflections on where we are and hope for where we are heading in psychiatry.

The new Studio Lab at Northwestern University School of Communication aims to fight stigma by providing positive depictions of mental health in media.