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Patients and care providers often call themselves lazy. But what are the clinical consequences and cultural meanings of this term?

Although existential and religious issues may be distinguished in clinical care, the human condition’s complexity and the Dark Night of the Soul cannot.

One doctor gives his recommendations for attending to children’s happiness.

Fire setting is the current preferred term in the literature to describe acts of deliberately started fires regardless of their legal or diagnostic status.

Although botulinum toxin does not have regulatory approval for the treatment of depression in the United States, some reports indicate neurotoxin treatment may mitigate symptoms.

Support in the tender younger years may lead to fewer mental health issues in the future, according to research.

Non-white veteran women of color may be at greater risk of developing heart disease, according to research.

Research zeroes in on how frailty impacts depression treatment in elderly patients.

Is the purported “saddest day of the year” evidence-based?

The Department of Health and Human Services moves to reduce administrative procedural barriers to OUD treatment.

Researchers have discovered a gene signaling pathway associated with a higher risk for developing schizophrenia.

Unemployment is associated with an array of social and psychological complexities, directly affecting patients' self-esteem and perceptions of self-worth. When a patient loses their job, the psychiatrist has 4 tasks.

Be on the lookout for these novel psychoactive substances.

The recent Disney Pixar film has a doctor contemplating what makes us all unique, and how we can care for ourselves.

Improving physical activity levels and eating habits could help patients with schizophrenia.

In an ADAPT-2 study, a combination of injectable naltrexone and oral bupropion showed promise for methamphetamine users.

A faceless full moon glowing through a cloud, contorted like the tree . . .

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how many diagnoses can it make? The photographer and psychiatrist Hugh Welch Diamond, MD, shares insights into the humanity and stigma of mental illness in Victorian England.

Preliminary studies suggest that adjuvant treatment with a statin may be beneficial for patients who are also prescribed psychotropic drugs for depression and schizophrenia.

What consequences will big data and artificial intelligence have on brain health and economics?

What role does denial play in the collective American psyche?

When we finally open a trap door to explain or further understand a hypothesis, the answer often includes a house full of hallways.

Sometimes the best medicine is understanding.

This CME article briefly outlines the role that microglia play in neuropsychiatric disorders.

The scientific method has delivered vaccines and other life-saving medicine, but not everybody trusts it.

Is there a way to find balance in discussing the chemical imbalance theory of depression?

The pandemic has triggered an array of emotional, physical, and economic issues but in the midst of this crisis, nations have shared and learned from each other’s experiences.

In addressing mood disorders associated with infertility, sometimes the cure may be worse than the disease.

How can the best insights of mainstream and critical psychiatry be brought together?

One doctor reflects on how America continues to capitalize on racial unrest.