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See what at least one physician flagged as top challenges providers attesting for Stage 2 will face.

During their time in Ayacucho, these visiting psychiatrists learned that American psychiatric training has wide-reaching cultural value.

After the 20th European Psychiatric Association Congress we made our way home with a detour in Karlovy Vary-Karlsbad-famous for its therapeutic hot springs.

Can you name an important part of good sleep hygiene? The use of which short-acting sedative-hypnotics to treat sleep disturbances in patients is associated with Alzheimer disease? These questions and more.

He wasn’t the first person I met days before I was to start my psychiatric residency, but as I walked about in my new city, he caught my attention much more than most. As psychiatrists, we typically assume that we will hear the inside stories, even if in bits and pieces, that will help us better understand and help patients. But perhaps we are too expectant . . .

This list serves as a guide when treating persons of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

With DSM-5 scheduled for publication a little more than a year from now, we may safely assume that, barring unannounced surprises from, say, the APA Scientific Review Committee, what we will see on the DSM-5 Web site is what we will get. With that in mind it’s time to review what we will indeed get.

As things wind down at the 20th European Congress of Psychiatry, a presenter discussed procedures available for treating patients with mental disorders.

In a symposium on ICD-11: Progress and Prospects, Dr Geoffrey Weeds started off with an explanation of the WHO field studies on clinicians' conceptualizations of mental disorders.

The two sides of Prague: Out one window are red roofs, ancient church steeples, and castles. Out the other, you see highways, high rise buildings, and fast cars.

Music therapy is quickly emerging at a very fast pace. Scientists are undertaking more and more studies on the effects of music on the brain and the data are showing very positive effects.

The debate on whether the concept of mental health is misleading turned on a much deeper premise than simple terminology.