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Each Native American tribe has a specific history, traditions, customs, and culture, and knowing something of these will help build the physician-patient relationship.

Our Afghan allies need help.

Different flowers need different levels of light, water, and shade. What would it mean to treat patients with a similar amount of care?

In order to face the rapidly changing, increasingly complex, and globally connected world, we need to focus on the importance of early brain and child development.

Is neurodivergence to be cured or is it a healthy part of our social ecology?

The Chief Medical Officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention sat down to talk with Psychiatric Times about a number of important topics in suicide.

The National Mall is currently filled with over 660,000 white flags memorializing those lost to COVID-19.

Women experience depression at rates twice that of men. But Black women are only half as likely to seek care as White women. Here's what you can do to help this population.

According to German researchers, YouTube and other online platforms could induce a “mass social media-induced illness.”

Should the unvaccinated be banned from airports?

A new research study, based on over 800,000 mothers and children, tests the hypothesis.

Here’s how to catch a PTSD chameleon using DSM-5 criteria.

The pandemic changed the way individuals think and caused adjustments in our worldviews. How is that impacting our decision-making ability?

The American Medical Association is urging policymakers to act now to prevent further opioid overdose deaths.

The scariest thing this upcoming spooky season? Climate change.

A former resident's reflection on burnout, physician PTSD, and their consequences for patient care.

43 of 50 states are experiencing a severe shortage in psychiatrists specializing in child and adolescent care. Telehealth may be able to help.

Milwaukee has won a different kind of championship: raising up women’s careers.

What psychiatric illnesses are most prevalent among veterans? And how can clinicians help them overcome obstacles to care?

In older adults with bipolar disorder, what evidence is there to guide treatment?

Understanding addiction through new, creative lenses can offer a fresh perspective.

Perhaps it is time to retire Broadway’s nickname in favor of one more representative of our diversity.

Paying attention to what is not said is near the core of our profession.

During the first day on the job, a psychiatry resident sees patients who need help, but there are problems with the system designed to help them.

A welcoming environment that fosters inclusivity is the first step in establishing a good therapeutic relationship.

Should there be another review of the Goldwater Rule?

Here's a couple ways you can get better...

The philosopher Plato kicked poets out of his republic because they elevated passion over reason. Do they belong in a psychiatrist's office instead?

A vaccine that prevents oxycodone from entering the brain? This might be the safe, long-lasting, cost-effective solution for opioid use disorders.

Explaining the suicidal mind and helping to provide closure to family/friends left behind is no small feat.