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Here's an overview of motivation for assaults by chronically aggressive inpatients and steps to de-escalate.

The authors review the association between depression and violence, and the role that anger and emotional dysregulation play.

There is no predictive tool that is likely to have validity for rare outcomes such as terrorist attacks. More here.

Here's compelling reason for judicious use of restraint and seclusion, and a review of various alternative approaches.

How could this have happened? What could you do to keep yourself and your team safe from another code white?

The APA's historic Position Statement provides guidance for psychiatrists in the face of a rapidly changing landscape of social values and expectations of medical services. Details here.

These studies shed light on the relationship between exercise and depression in children and adolescents.

Here's what's known about the growing shortage of psychiatrists -- why it's happening-- and possible solutions.

The psychiatric literature is overwhelming. So these authors have culled 25 "top" articles based on their relevance to clinical practice. Here's a quick synopsis of 8 top articles.

Now is the time to be vigilant and active in the advocacy efforts to fund all the terrific new opportunities the 21st Century Cures Act offers. Here are 9 aspects of the law that focus on psychiatric practice and treatment of those with serious mental illnesses.

During the past 5 years, new insights into the pathophysiological processes that underlie schizophrenia have been revealed. Here's a quick update.

In high risk patients, cognitive deficits such as impaired working memory and declarative memory may be an early indicator of psychosis.

New research shows it’s not “all in your head”-it’s also in your gut.

To understand and to feel understood is a powerful antidote to relieve human psychological suffering. Therein lies the heart of the self-medication hypothesis of addiction.

An in-depth CME on DSM-5 criteria for persistent complex bereavement disorder and the clinical management of pathological reactions to the death of a loved one.

Will the new Administration disrupt mental health coverage in this country?

A personal account of a psychiatrist whose brother died by suicide.

We teach every intern how to find the place where they can lay down a silver stethoscope and listen to everything...

After a code gray, it was clear to me that no matter one’s training, only such fundamental moments can enable one to answer affirmatively when asked, "Are you experienced?"

The goal of clinically relevant detection of neuropathological hallmarks may be in sight.

Given that “specific phobias” are a diagnostic category in DSM-5, is "Islamophobia" a diagnosable disorder?

Is dysphoric hypomania a phase of mania itself? Or does it represent a descent into a mixed state?

A brief overview of the many trials that have asked this weighty question.

In this Letter to the Editor, practicing psychiatrist Richard Krugley, MD makes the case against the term "assisted suicide" when applied to terminally ill patients. Drs. Pies and Geppert respond.

What effects do illness and treatment have on cognition? Here's a deep dive.

Functional mood stability can be attained with lithium therapy, but guidelines on how to get there have become increasingly sophisticated.

Personal enhancements (eg, cosmetic surgery) have gained societal acceptance, but cognitive enhancement poses significant ethical, philosophical, and sociopolitical issues.

How would you handle information about a patient obtained from an Internet search? Take the quiz.

Vivek Murthy, MD presented for the first time a report by a Surgeon General focused solely on addiction and its consequences.

The overprescription of opioid analgesics has resulted in the growing use of heroin. Right?