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Benefits of drug therapy include fewer STDs, injuries, and substance use disorders

A low-cost intervention creates “virtual darkness” to help stabilize mood.

The abuse of this dangerous designer drug that can be purchased online is rapidly on the rise in the US.

Even though I’ve read these stories a number of times, I still have an intense emotional response to each of them. They remind me that our work is of incredible personal importance to our patients and of such emotional meaning to us too.

"You don’t have the hands of a surgeon, or the demeanor. It’s a good thing you are a psychiatrist.”

I will always remember her. I was honored and inspired by a very beautiful, strong, and unusually graceful young woman.

When you have been neglected, made to feel so unimportant, passed around from place to place as though your life doesn’t matter, any genuine caring attention you can give that young person means the world.

Insights from the first study of mortality and cumulative psychotropic exposure in schizophrenia.

Unrelenting belief in the goodness of humankind while confronting an uncommon disease.

Should doctors be legally allowed to assist terminally ill patients in committing suicide?

A safe, noninvasive method for early detection of depression could be around the corner.

New Strategies to Optimize Care for Patients With Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis

In a first-ever poll of its kind, we'd like to know about your fears, concerns, and hopes about how this election will affect your profession and your patients.

Here: basic concepts behind sexual consent capacity and guidance on how to pursue capacity assessments.

The road to recovery for human trafficking victims is intense and requires intervention and care on multiple comprehensive levels.

There has been much progress in both the conceptualization and the treatment of vaginismus in the past 15 years. Details here.

“Once a pedophile always a pedophile” is so 30 years ago. The author updates the realities about sex offenders and why psychiatrists should be more optimistic about their patients’ prognoses.

Today’s psychiatrists rarely have the luxury of time enjoyed by our fin-de-siècle forebears. So a few quick questions for the right patients can offer a big payoff. Here's a case in point.

The most basic human principles of humility, reliability, unwavering respect, and being kind and approachable are the most effective qualities a Street Medicine practitioner--and any psychiatrist--can have.

Do psychiatrists add value to primary care health teams compared to non-psychiatrist mental health providers?

The authors parse myths and facts about decisional capacity, with the goal of preserving patients' dignity and autonomy and helping you mediate conflicts, meet bioethical challenges, and provide compassionate resolutions.

If left untreated, burnout can become chronic and debilitating. Here are tips to recognizing the signs and symptoms.

The latest updates in geriatric psychiatry.

There are striking parallels between the work of the Supreme Court justices and that of psychiatrists.

Have these researchers found a smoking gun?

The authors suggest what may be a way forward for thinking about the conceptualization of personality disorder.

Thoughts about the current state of psychiatry by Psychiatric Times' Editor in Chief.

The ability to diagnose pedophilia is key to preventing child sexual abuse: it makes possible accurate risk assessment and informed decisions regarding who is safe to work with children-and who is not.

New insights from a large study that relied on objective biomarkers.