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Methods of identifying and understanding the intricacies of psychosis in clinical settings.

For patients suffering the chronic, debilitating symptoms of schizophrenia, antipsychotic medication is a critical component of treatment-and may literally be life-saving.

There are no FDA-approved pharmacotherapies for cocaine use disorder. Here: a review of the off-label use of promising medications for this addiction.

A growing body of research has given us strategies at population, community, and clinical levels that can be put into practice. Details here.

Here: Insights regarding both the potential positive and negative effects of omega-3 fatty acids on depressive symptoms.

Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among college students. But only 60% of colleges and universities have a psychiatrist on staff.

There’s no procedure code for a visit like this. But I can’t fault my psychiatrist wife for crossing a boundary and getting too personal.

A 20-year-old college sophomore with “depression and anxiety,” who is exercising ferociously and who is literally dying to lose more weight sets the stage.

Eating disorders are still thought of as a “female problem.” But 25% of those with anorexia and 36% of those with bulimia are males.

You must assess the presenting problem and identify the appropriate diagnostic code needed for insurance billing. But diagnosis is complicated. Help here.

More social media use was associated with more depression in this study. Findings suggest that clinicians need to ask about social media use by people who are depressed.

“Hey, man, why is the world so crazy these days?”

When timely psychiatric care or consultation is difficult or impossible to obtain, telepsychiatry may be an acceptable, economical, and effective alternative.

In an international network of patients with bipolar illness, more offspring of US patients than of those from Europe had received a mental illness diagnosis. This suggests greater epigenetic vulnerability in Americans.

How to make cognitive behavioral therapy for psychosis feasible in a busy practice with limited resources.

How generalizable are the results of depression treatment studies? Which factors predict readmission and length of stay in inpatients with mood disorders?

To neglect the cultural components of any given diagnosis or behavior, to ignore the role of culture-based individual attitudes, beliefs or practices in the face of adversity, would be a disservice.

The CDC and FDA have -- at last -- recognized that there might be something of a problem in the way opiates are prescribed!

Broaching the subject of changing behaviors can be daunting. Motivational interviewing may make these conversations easier.

In this study, about 70% of patients who completed suicide had recently sought treatment. Will you recognize those at risk?

This article sheds light on the strengths and weaknesses of various approaches to TRD management in adults 60 years and older.

Is creativity augmented or inhibited by mental illness? Insights from 4 case studies of troubled yet brilliant minds.

What factors lie at the heart of the patient/physician relationship?

He didn’t notice snow falling in the Krankenhaus courtyard the night he fell in love. A mere intern, castrated by Jew-hating med school professors...

The key to identification of prodromal psychosis may lie in community-based outreach.

The personalized medicine approach is predicated upon a greater understanding of the biology of illness and how it plays out-uniquely and specifically-for each individual patient.

First-episode psychosis cases are presented here using the RAISE study model-individual sessions, family psycho-education, social advancement in school work, and an expert psychiatrist prescriber.

Is there clinical evidence for the use of digital tools like smartphone apps for schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses?

Depression can be accompanied by cognitive symptoms, but the nature of the relationship between these symptom categories is multifaceted.

What are the effects on the clinician who loses a patient? How to respond?