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Drained physicians who don't practice self care may harm themselves and their patients. Here's one way to take a breather.

For too long the treatment needs of the seriously mentally ill have been ignored by SAMSHA, and this needs to change, says this psychiatrist.

Is a "good death" possible in the face of terminal illness?

Patients with residual symptoms of depression may continue to experience significant occupational and social impairment. The focus of this article is on the residual burden that so often remains after remission is achieved.

Although genetic discoveries are sprouting up like wildflowers, let's stop and smell the roses.

The latest research on the global risk of Alzheimer disease and other dementias.

After serving 18 years for sexual assault and attempted murder, new DNA procedures led to Steven Avery's exoneration. Surely, he must be guilty of something.

I drive west along the black granite bed of Cold River as it sweeps down the mountain. My best friend drives the same road east, the lies his wife told the judge trailing us...

A humorous cure for insomnia.

Both the literature and clinical experience point to considerable risk in discontinuing antipsychotic treatment, for many chronically psychotic patients. Here's why.

We put our faithful old basset hound down this weekend. Maizy's death was painless, merciful, dignified, and timely. She died in the arms of two people who really loved her.

Encouraging results from one of the few clinical trials that focus on function in ADHD.

We celebrate April Fool’s Day for sound psychological reasons, and there are lessons to be learned.

This nondrug intervention may enhance cognition in children with ADHD.

The latest research on DBT for treating psychiatric disorders, such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and depression.

There is more to BPD than meets the eye. A complex interaction exists between environmental, anatomical, functional, genetic, and epigenetic factors.

MBT presents a compromise to bridge the valuable history of psychoanalytic ideas to both modern psychiatric research as well as present public health needs and practice.

Laennec was running late when he saw children send sounds through a wooden beam...

Forty years later, we are still in the belly of the managed care beast.

The involvement of a psychiatrist early in the care of patients addicted to opioids may prevent further abuse. Here's why.

A quick guide to common neurodevelopmental conditions and their associated late-life neuropsychiatric manifestations.

Reasons for the overall low rate of clozapine use brings to light questionable decisions on the part of policymakers

Because over half of persons with HIV infection have a lifetime history of depression or bipolar disorder, psychiatrists are uniquely positioned to provide both preventive and therapeutic interventions to vulnerable patients.

For a change, here is some very good news coming from several fronts. "It’s almost like science fiction, but it’s real."

A veritable explosion of tweets on opioid guidelines, the American student sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in North Korea, Brain Week, "Trump Anxiety," and other issues that were shared and reshared from and around Psychiatric Times' Twitterverse.

A focus on QTc monitoring in patients receiving psychotropics, especially when multiple medications are prescribed.

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Setting the record straight on the burgeoning field of reproductive psychiatry.