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What should residency programs be doing to address current traumas?

Patients with terminal illnesses may choose to refuse treatment or even hasten their own deaths, but is that the same thing as suicide?

Is there such a thing as too many memory games?

A driving force.

Although estimates vary, patients with cancer are at least twice as likely to die by suicide than people who do not have cancer. By identifying those at greatest risk, these treatment modalities can help support patients.

A Psychiatric Times point/counterpoint feature on electroconvulsive therapy elicited strong responses.

This is a rare opportunity for researchers and entrepreneurs from a variety of fields to conduct experiments in space.

Early-life stress can modify an individual's genetic code, leading to mental health problems later in life. But by understanding the science of epigenetics, psychiatrists can treat these conditions, and prevent intergenerational trauma.

Research data shows that ECT is often more effective than alternative treatments, and safe too.

ECT has been in use for decades, but does that mean it is safe or effective?

PMHNPs have years of experience as professional nurses, which serve to hone their clinical judgment and assessment skills.

We are all part of a team facing the monumental task of meeting the mental health needs of all Americans.

A clinical approach to detecting false allegations of abuse in child custody cases.

The uneasy relationship between psychiatry and the LGBTQI continues to evolve. How can it be influenced for the better?

This one-of-a-kind Alzheimer disease treatment targets the amyloid beta plaques in the brain, potentially slowing cognitive decline.

In this installment of Conversations in Critical Psychiatry, a former United Nations Special Rapporteur discusses the need for a change in the status quo of mental health care.

What's a man or beast to do?

Will a new Canadian law overturn long-held ethical norms in psychiatry?

Sometimes a few simple words help us remember important events.

This combination treatment of olanzapine and samidorphan caused significantly less weight gain in patients with schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder.

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How can understanding the opioid crisis in Canada inform strategies in the United States?

Sleep problems are understudied, underdiagnosed, and undertreated.

Gene expressions in microglia cells may explain why some of them are ineffective and allow dementia to progress.

New research find altered states of consciousness may allow veterans and other patients with PTSD to face unspeakable experiences and find peace.

Psychiatry and spirituality have many things in common, including family dynamics, self-care, emotional intelligence, trauma healing, and suicide prevention.

Due to discrimination's negative impact, transgender and gender-nonconforming youth are several times more likely than the rate of their cisgender peers to have depression and anxiety.

Climate change is a devastating existential threat that can exaggerate preexisting inequities and health/mental health problems. As mental health professionals committed to understanding deep emotional wounds and addressing complexities of relationships, psychiatrists have the tools to assist in bridging the current gaps.