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Recognizing violent incidents as “acts of domestic terrorism” contribute nothing toward our understanding of the mental processes that drive such behavior. More in this commentary.

January is a time of reflection, fresh beginnings, and new opportunities. We are doing the same thing here at Psychiatric Times.

There is too much to learn from extreme behaviors, including those of psychiatrists.

Since a disappointingly large number of people equate the critical psychiatry movement with the antipsychiatry movement, two psychiatrists shed light on why that is not the case.

For most patients, bipolar is a disorder of depression. It’s here that they spend the majority of their days...

Immoronic: a combination of immorality and moronic. Examples are not hard to find in modern American culture, and they transcend any one political party or ideology.

This article discusses the return to work plan as a solution to the clinical and systemic problems arising from psychiatric disability.

Lemborexant (brand name DAYVIGO™) has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of insomnia in adults.

From diagnosis to treatment, paraphilias and paraphilic disorders present unique challenges for the general psychiatrist.

Sexual life is not just about sexual identity and sexual behavior. 

Psychiatry can help us understand what layers of the onion exist that need to be peeled away, but the power to discard them once and for all resides within each and every one of us.

Environmental factors in addition to climate change-air pollution, toxins, noise-seem to have detrimental psychological repercussions.

As hospital-based psychiatric emergency programs around the country demonstrate the ability to minimize ED boarding, provide cost-savings, and improve patient outcomes and clinician satisfaction, the challenge will be how to keep these models of psychiatric care self-supporting.

There appears to be some confusion regarding the efficacy of aripiprazole in bipolar mania and depression and for preventing bipolar episodes.

When people turn to mental health professionals about sexual problems-cyber or otherwise-how comfortable and informed are we?

Adolescents explore their sexuality. In most cases, this exploration is normative. At times, however, compulsive sexual behavior is developed and maintained.

Transgender adolescents and their families experience barriers to care and specialized providers might not always be available. However, the work with transgender adolescents can be rewarding.

To improve access to and quality of mental health care for individuals who identify as LGBTQ, it is important for clinicians to become allies to this marginalized community.

The rise of the Internet and smart phones has created a proliferation of “sexting” between adults and, even more concerning, youths.

The author shares conclusions about what prompts some veteran suicides, drawn from published war accounts and memoirs and his own clinical experience.

Three studies highlight how important it is that when physicians prescribe opioids there can be significant and even potentially fatal consequences for the family members of those for whom they are being prescribed.

"Psychiatry has been frozen in time since the 80s, and hence the absence of progress since then is no surprise." So says, S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH, in the next installment of Conversations in Critical Psychiatry with Awais Aftab, MD.

Agitation can worsen function, pose safety concerns, and increase caregiver stress. It can be both confusing and frustrating to understand and manage these behaviors, but there are several approaches that can make all the difference.

Men face many obstacles in disclosing sexual abuse and assault histories to their clinicians and the public at large. More in this video.

This CME activity provides an understanding of problematic pornography use and how it relates to compulsive sexual behavior disorder.

Our daughter’s first day of Med School ten years ago, computer charged, a career choice . . .

What to expect in the December issue.

In our role as clinicians, we participate in the practice of medicine because there is always more to learn, and more experience to be gained. Such is the case with mindfulness...

Can kindness help determine who gets sick and who stays healthy?

Psychiatric Times begins a new series: “Looking Back to Look Forward: This Month in Psychiatry.” Contributors from across the globe will take the opportunity to point out both notable and neglected figures, topics, and developments in the history of psychiatry.