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Upcoming NCCHC conferences provide networking and educational opportunities for psychiatric clinicians working in the correctional setting.

Here’s why the euthanasia of animals as an argument for physician-assisted suicide is invalid…

What role do social psychopathologies play in the upcoming election?

"My own dear love, he is all my world,—And I wish I’d never met him."

It's never appropriate for people in power to use the term "crazy."

Explore a poem about death, grief, and the healing powers of the humanities.

Here's what H. Steven Moffic, MD, has learned in retirement...

Guidelines from the World Health Organization's Mental Health Gap Action Program support nonspecialist health workers providing evidence-based treatments in underresourced regions.

Hopes and failures of community psychiatry.

This book presents and analyzes the self-reports of psychopaths. The author shares more on why you need to read it.

A mainstream psychiatrist finds herself exploring a treatment that is off the radar for most.

In this CME article, review management of several clozapine-related adverse effects and outline considerations when addressing inadequate positive symptom response to clozapine.

A supplemental New Drug Application has been submitted to the FDA seeking approval of esketamine (Spravato) CIII nasal spray as a monotherapy for adults with treatment-resistant depression.

Psychedelics may catalyze rapid improvements in mental health, but they do so firmly rooted in what we already know about the efficacy of psychotherapy.

The mention of Hannibal Lecter may increase stigmatization of mental illness and mental health care.

How can you differentiate between non-idiosyncratic prejudice and psychosis when a patient presents exhibiting discriminatory behavior? Learn more here.

"I was talking on the phone, walking steadier, noticed the tap, and after, the tap-step, a light knock, a knock like someone’s at the door come to visit..."

What psychiatric benefits come from reunions?

The FDA has issued a complete response letter to Orexo for OX124, a high-dose naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose reversal.

The behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia contribute significantly to the greater rates morbidity and mortality among those with dementia.

How does trauma, like an assassination attempt, affect someone’s mental health?

The change in the weather indicates a potential public health emergency...

Whether a patient has a diagnosis of cPTSD, BPD, or some combination of both, treatment should be considered multifaceted and overlapping. Learn more in this Special Report article.

This book documents one clinician’s personal experiences with schizophrenia, insurance difficulties, and more.

Effective coordination of EHR system data between youth justice facilities and reentry programs can play a pivotal role in a youth’s successful reintegration into the community.

An understanding of evolving risk factors and pathophysiology is vital to optimal clinical management of anxiety disorders and PTSD.

What relevance does freedom have to psychiatry?

A look at the different types of mental health disorders and the role of psychodynamic psychotherapy.

For those who have experienced trauma and suffer a subsequent mental health disorder, ongoing research is identifying psychotherapies, medications, and lifestyle changes that can help.