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We are all familiar with the heavy emotional labor loads that are part and parcel of clinical life. But what about the toll of exposure to verbal abuse and hostility in the workplace? Is there another labor that clinicians must contend with?

A review of Marty Makary’s Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong and What It Means for Our Health (Bloomsbury, 2024).

The biggest threat of oppression is governmental, whether that is from either political extreme.

A new study shows that rTMS has moderate therapeutic effects on OCD severity.

"...a falling man falling beside a falling apple could also be described as an apple and a man at rest..."

Silence can enable oppression.

The relational dialogue is to relational therapy what free association is to psychoanalysis.

Here are 2 more case examples demonstrating the consequences of the misperception of resilience.

The US election is less than 2 weeks away…

The autumn leaves are dying...

In this CME article, learn more about the efficacy and tolerability of brexpiprazole for the treatment of agitation among individuals with Alzheimer disease dementia.

For psychiatrists, can a poorly made film contain themes worthy of analysis?

Although safety and tolerability was positive, ALTO-100 failed to reach primary endpoint in MDD study.

Can zinc help improve symptoms of anorexia nervosa?

Here's what you need to know about the latest FDA-approved schizophrenia treatment.

It is important to raise awareness about alpha-gal syndrome and the risks of tick exposure, and to provide resources to medical providers treating patients with this condition.

“Older medications” like ECT, lithium, second generation antipsychotics such as the olanzapine/fluoxetine combination, have proven efficacy.

Check out this unique approach to foster positive and trusting relationships via natural interactions in the community and minimize the stigma related to psychosis.

Light and insight.

Postpartum psychosis has a complicated presentation and is often misdiagnosed or missed in patients.

Before you react to something, try this useful phrase…

Adjunctive rTMS for antidepressant nonresponders? Researchers performed a randomized comparison with current antidepressant treatment approaches.

Fall can remind us of our own mortality.

The first episode of schizophrenia is a critical period of illness.

"I imagine an ossuary blooming in my gut, a stone well of tiny bones, ancestors tunneling through the cartilage, though of course I know this is impossible: ancestors are supposed to stay dead."

Remembering 2 psychiatrists.

“Life is a pure flame, and we live by an invisible Sun within us.”

Inhalant use disorder is a form of substance use disorder characterized by the intentional inhalation of volatile substances for their psychoactive effects.

Here are 3 case examples demonstrating the consequences of the misperception of resilience.

Honoring Eliot Sorel, MD.