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As rising health care needs meet inadequate resources and overstressed physicians, is a strike necessary?

One doctor introduces the work of philosopher and critic Walter Benjamin and elements of his conceptualization of “experience.”

Paying tribute to a man who believed in family and health care equity.

A psychiatrist shares his love of poetry and how it has helped him personally and professionally.

The stigma surrounding both suicide and physician-assisted suicide is a challenging topic. One of our readers tackles it.

COVID-19 has prompted an unprecedented shift toward virtual psychiatric health care—but how do patients and providers really feel about it?

Representative Jason Ortitay and Senator Steve Santarsiero have introduced legislation to help increase awareness of eating disorders in children.

How can we examine the distress of 1/6/21 through a lens of clinical psychiatry?

Patients weigh in on their experiences living with and receiving treatment for the disorder.

How can we better define, clarify, and expand the Goldwater Rule for ethical and effective use in today's society?

The supplemental new drug application of brexpiprazole for the treatment of schizophrenia in pediatric patients aged 13 to 17 received FDA approval.

Does psychiatry need criticism in order to improve?

Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the conflict at the Capitol. What psychiatric trauma did this event leave in its wake?

In 2021, we lost some excellent psychiatrists who stuck to their convictions and changed psychiatry as we know it.

Study also suggests link between postpartum depression and insomnia.

Is cannabis’ effect on schizophrenia being downplayed?

Here's why we need more effective training, practice, and advocacy regarding the social determinants of mental health.

Does it sometimes take distance to better understand one another?

Finding peace, integrity, and new traditions despite discrimination and rejection.

The new Mayor of New York is looking for a very specific skill in his appointees: empathy.

What can we learn from our deepest thoughts?

Final thoughts on 2021 as we say goodbye to another tumultuous year and look ahead with hope...

Read the eulogies for all the psychiatrists we lost in 2021.

Sleep deprivation among health care workers: a growing concern.

Psychiatric reflections as we approach the new year...

How can cognitive behavioral therapy improve outcomes for individuals with insomnia?

After parents break up, why is the father-daughter relationship typically more damaged than the father-son relationship?

Poetry approaches the visceral experience of intense emotion better than prose or medical reports.