Lithium has successfully deterred over a dozen viruses, but how will it affect the novel coronavirus? In this podcast, Chris Aiken, MD, speaks with Janusz Rybakowski, PhD, MD, a pioneer in lithium research who helped discover its antiviral properties.
19 ways I think, and hope, that if implemented might help us, psychiatrists, mitigate the current situation.
New hope for depression on the horizon and other updates.
The “tip of the spear" metaphor reflects consultation-liaison’s place as the most forward clinical psychiatry service in the wider medical world that can lead improvements in patient care.
Practical tips to help clinicians get started or to hone skills in telepsychiatry.
Parkinson disease psychosis is associated with worsening quality of life, greater caregiver distress, higher rates of institutionalization, increased mortality, and greater health care costs. The authors explore medical, psychosocial, and psychological factors associated with PD psychosis.
Dr Jud Brewer discusses the benevolent effects of altruism during the coronavirus pandemic in this brief podcast.
All current FDA-approved medications for the treatment of schizophrenia antagonize dopamine type 2 receptors-but that is where their similarity ends.
As we face a medical and existential crisis, how do we find strength and cope with stress and trauma? A podcast with Ronald W. Pies, MD.
Dr Moncrieff’s ideas represent in many ways the enduring legacy of Thomas Szasz. In this probing interview with Dr Aftab, she challenges the medical view of mental disorders and argues that biological and behavioral conditions have a different relationship to agency.
Psychiatry is being thrown, ready or not, into the world of telemedicine. Here you will find lessons, tips, and answers to common questions from psychiatrists who have successfully taken the leap.
Psychiatry is in a unique position to help the world navigate these unprecidented times. MJH Life Sciences' founder and CEO introduces the newest issue of Psychiatric Times.
Mental health professionals charged with compassionate care for those facing a radically changing world filled with loss have one narrow task.
Clinicians work with more male sexual abuse survivors than they may think.
Three mountains must be climbed to emerge unscathed.
An overview of the theoretical and empirical literature linking PTSD, substance use, and IPV, as well as risk factors for depression and other psychiatric disorders.
The use of social distancing to “flatten the curve” and prevent the spread of COVID-19 has catapulted the use of telehealth.
Most of us remember where we were when the terrorist bomb shattered our sense of peace in this usually quiet community. The shockwave travelled for miles and across time.
For an inspiring model of communal hope and resilience under a dire threat to survival over COVID-19 fears, the author turns to the Fekalists, the prisoners condemned to be sanitation workers in the Lodz ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland, his parents among them.
“Recently, I had the opportunity to teach seminary students on the subject of mental health and its interface with spirituality and religion.”
As our understanding of the neurobiology of OCD grows, additional treatment options become available and should be thoughtfully integrated into the treatment algorithm. One such option is dTMS.
In what seem like ancient times “BCV” (before coronavirus), there was a more slowly growing scourge for physicians and other health care workers: burnout.
Online tools are bringing much needed social interaction while staying safe at home, according to this teen.
Samuel T. Wilkinson, MD, discusses the risks and benefits, as well as the challenges of clinical implementation of esketamine, for treatment-resistant depression.
His widow sues. Five night-sweat-years later, our colleague wins in court, because he has good documentation.
At a time when preserving public health is our highest priority, why would we want to encourage excessive alcohol use among the vulnerable?
Dr Gabrin said not to forget about the most powerful drugs we have in the pandemic-tolerance, kindness, empathy, compassion, and patience.
Slipping out of quarantine, we walk hand in hand. Comforting words that this, too, shall pass.
Neighborhoods, tribes, gangs-each have their own culture. Unless you have been raised in one of them and are "known," you come as a stranger.
