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Dancing may be under-recognized and under-appreciated in its potential health benefits.

As we aim to improve equity and diversity, a new study shines light on pay differences.

Using words and music to help heal...

“There are a lot of things converging to push a transformational change in how we deal with mental health and substance use emergencies.”

"...they’ve returned like songbirds, exhausted from flight but wild to swagger the songs they carry..."

Empathy has been declining worldwide. How can we bring it back to society?

A new study showed zuranolone treatment in patients with major depressive disorder demonstrates a rapid and statistically significant reduction in depressive symptoms.

An adolescent psychiatric RN shares “Heavy Damage,” a poem about managing grief after losing a loved one to suicide.

Malingering is a common challenge for emergency department clinicians, particularly during the pandemic. Here are 3 cases of COVID-19–induced malingering.

Petros Levounis, MD, MA, has been chosen to lead the APA by his fellow members.

“The pandemic has perhaps shown us how important social and environmental factors are as influencing factors for suicide prevention.”

Millions of unvaccinated Americans are becoming ill. How will a brilliantly lit fire under resistance be ignited?

In this new series, explore how to approach the criticisms of psychiatry.

Is sustained treatment with clozapine safe during the COVID-19 pandemic?

In this CME article, familiarize yourself with various pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and patient-specific factors to review to develop a successful cross-titration plan from one antipsychotic to another.

Treatment decisions lie on a continuum—befitting a dimensional approach to diagnosis.

This Valentine's Day, we've got you covered...

Compromise on the Goldwater Rule may be the only way forward.

All rules have exceptions… is this true of the Goldwater Rule?

What can you do to support your patient's heart health?

This Valentine’s Day, there’s a lot of love to go around.

Adam Stern, MD’s, book makes the case for a more human psychiatry.

How can we more effectively evaluate undue influence? Here are methodologies and findings for research into a new framework that may help victims of undue influence find justice.

A new meta-analysis identifies target for improved care in patients with schizophrenia.

Despite uncertainties and stresses, the field of psychiatry is poised to have a better year.

When music and psychiatry collide...

Healing our relationships, and ourselves, through acts of self-care, compassion, and grace.

Smart phones have the potential to be either a useful and highly constructive asset or a destructive and harmful diversion from life.

This doctor believes the Goldwater Rule discourages psychiatrists from expressing themselves.

A fourth-year medical student at the University of North Dakota and member of the Climate Psychiatry Alliance writes about his concerns regarding climate effects on health.