The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the February 2024 issue of Psychiatric Times.
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Here’s a look back at selections from our February content series on eating disorders.
Here are some updates from the world of psychiatry throughout the month of February.
In this CME article, examine the etiology of poor medical outcomes in borderline personality disorder and learn more about the assessment and management of patients with reported borderline personality disorder who have been admitted medically.
Has psychiatry leaped in advances in the past 50 years?
How do the 4 major chatbots compare for psychiatrists and mental health professionals?
Are you excited for Leap Year?
Does a lack of abortion access fuel mental illness by exacerbating stress, poverty, and domestic violence? Learn more here.
Psychiatric Times discussed the recent research with Anne Marie O'Melia, MD, MS, FAAP, CEDS-S, of the Eating Recovery Center.
Diagnosing this intricate comorbidity demands a nuanced approach. Here's what you need to know.
"For you and I, know that this space, this pace, this race is a gift to be shared, craved, and loved."
Psychiatric Times sat down with Erikka D. Taylor, MD, MPH, DFAACAP, of Project HEAL to discuss the unique challenges associated with treatment of eating disorders in this patient population.
In patients seen in the medical setting, as many as 20% have personality disorders.
Neuropsychiatric disorders regularly occur following traumatic brain injury and are often diagnosed within the first year postinjury. Diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders can be difficult due to a number of interacting factors, such as preinjury psychiatric history, lesion location, injury severity, substance misuse, and psychosocial complications. Clinicians should use a highly individualized approach to diagnosis and treatment planning.
Explore 2 examples of psychiatrists as chief wellness officers.
The CRL cited several areas for clinical improvement necessary for future approval of the treatment.
“The No Fees for EFTs Act addresses the deceptive business practices of EFTs and protects a doctor’s ability to provide quality patient care.”
Given the paradoxical nature of borderline personality disorder, double bind communication appears to be a common method of engagement which ultimately serves only self-defeating purposes.
Would a psychiatrist Chief Wellness Officer evoke assumptions that burnout was like a psychiatric disorder?
From connections between bipolar disorder and cardiometabolic issues to management of agitation in emergency departments, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Defining threat assessment and management strategies for child and adolescent psychiatrists.
What is new in research on eating disorders?
"In the corridor, he demands a confession: Who peeled back his bandage? Who let him look?"
Patients should be confident about what psychiatric care offers, regardless of whether they utilize any specific treatments, or even recognize that they are receiving therapeutic care.
What is positive social psychiatry?
Future use of a 12-hour standardized lithium serum concentration notation: the first step towards more interpretable scientific literature and the return of the therapeutic importance of lithium.
Formerly known as the Dean’s Council Diversity Excellence in Medicine Endowed Scholarship, the scholarship will honor Henrietta Lacks’ contributions to science and medicine.
Exploring the intersection of psychiatry and work.
At its most challenging, the ability to transcend differences, whether in psychiatry, education, or politics, can be a matter of life and death.
How can you make a marriage last if you are a psychiatrist?
