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Despite the FDA's complete response letter for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, researchers believe the data behind this PTSD treatment is what matters most.

How can you best identify and manage pediatric PTSD?

What effect does nature have on mental health?

Studies report an increased risk for suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts, and even death by suicide following brain injury.

What influence do legislation and social-based decisions have on individual mental health, like in the case of drag performers?

At least 1 in 2 people experience trauma at some point in their life, and a subset of those individuals will develop PTSD.

"So this is Nebraska. A Sunday afternoon; July. Driving along with your hand out squeezing the air, a meadowlark waiting on every post."

Mental health clinicians have the privilege to often be trusted with the darkest secrets of patients, but with the accompanying challenge to maintain their own well-being.

Psychiatry is such a young field attempting to improve functioning and quality of life for so many diverse and complex brain disorders that it should be no surprise that our treatment outcomes spread across the spectrum from much improved to progressive decline.

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em…”

When, if ever, does a psychiatric ethical principle justify being broken?

How can clinicians provide high-achieving professionals with actionable strategies to elevate their performance in all facets of life?

Art informs life and life informs art.

Research shows that stress hormones spike with the rise in temperatures.

Outpatient civil commitment in Maryland will go into effect in July 2025. Learn more here.

Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders affect 1 in 5 of perinatal individuals who are pregnant or up to 1 year postpartum. Over the past 2 decades, the US has seen an alarming rise in these disorders.

Careful consideration of the complex interplay between cultural identities, associations with beauty, and body-focused repetitive behaviors, may improve case conceptualization and treatment outcomes.

How much do we learn from nonverbal cues, like Sherlock Holmes did?

Tell us more about how you use social media as a mental health clinician!

"The year I owned a motorcycle and split the air in southern Spain, and could smell the oranges in the orange groves as I passed them outside of Seville, I understood I'd been riding too long in cars..."

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Tell us more about how you use social media as a mental health clinician!

Is laughter in jeopardy online?

Tell us more about how you use social media!

In the movie, "Oppenheimer," we see a glimpse of atomic fallout and the consequences of war. How does this apply to today's global events?

Art imitates life imitates art.

After months of preparation, one psychiatrist starts using KAP in her practice.