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If psychiatrists can stand ready to help survivors of cults and kidnappings, and returning POWs, how is a child suicide-bomber applicant with approving parents any different?

Telepsychiatry has its origins in the 1950s and has moved from an esoteric curiosity to mainstream practice. However, it has been challenged along the way at many turns.

A recent report provides a global update on the growth of drug use and its consequences.

The author reminds us of our responsibility to make each decision and choose each action wisely and thoughtfully in life.

The cannabinoids (particularly CBD) have been hailed as non-addictive solutions to using escalating doses of opioids for chronic pain. More in this research update.

This article, the first of a three-part series, describes how hospital-based psychiatric EDs differ from community-based crisis centers.

This CME article discusses the pharmacokinetics of caffeine and its implications on anxiety.

An interplay between genetic and early environmental factors contributes to the development of substance abuse.

By releasing old assumptions and brainstorming, it is possible to break the old models of private practice and find new ways to be productive within your practice.

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Montefiore Health System, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine are working together to examine the link between depression and asthma in older adults.

Polypharmacy has been met with challenges because many practicing clinical guidelines and treatment algorithms prefer a monotherapy approach.

New research shows that cognitive-behavioral therapy is helpful in treating OCD symptoms in children and considers cognitive development and the heterogeneous presentation of hoarding symptoms.

What is the role of psychological and neuropsychological assessment on a patient’s neuropsychiatric status?

Laziness or disease? You decide.

New findings on a not-so-new epidemic have two key implications for psychiatrists.

Results of a recent study have implications for adolescents, who are the top consumers of this artificial sweetener.

In a spirit of gratitude, here are eight of the many extraordinary advantages of being a psychiatrist.

Results of the first global survey of psychiatrists on the impact of future autonomous technology.

Let us honor him by discussing his work and helping to bring it even further along. Carl Bell, MD, in memoriam.

Hurricane Maria was the wakeup call many Puerto Ricans needed to become active in social justice efforts. Their story serves as an example of transformational resilience.

The moment the maestro flicks his baton, an orchestra thunders and the pianist suffers a stroke. But everyone plays on...

Moving toward a bio-psycho-sociocultural model of major depression.

Conversations in Critical Psychiatry with Derek Bolton, PhD, recognized internationally as a disginguished voice in philosophy and psychiatry.

It takes decisive action, not words, to really end stigma.

As a neuropsychiatric and general medical syndrome, catatonia represents an important diagnostic and treatment challenge for all clinicians given its morbidity and mortality.

Hurricane Maria was the wakeup call many Puerto Ricans needed to become active in social justice efforts. Their story serves as an example of transformational resilience.

As we discover new diseases of the brain that present with psychiatric symptoms, it remains incumbent upon us to remember the experience of patients and their families in the context of society at large.

No doubt the climate is changing dramatically, and the evidence of profound heat waves and their impacts confront us in large and small ways on a regular basis.

While the process of diagnosing is common to all fields of medicine, this article specifically addresses missed “medical” diagnoses in patients who present to or are being followed by psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians.

DSM-5 categorizes PNES as a functional neurological disorder or conversion disorder with seizures. It is essential that neurologists, psychiatrists, and other clinicians coordinate care to ensure that patients with PNES receive a prompt diagnosis.