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How can we turn the tide of the fentanyl epidemic?

Interventions that rely solely on change lack balance. This is especially true when working with minoritized individuals who have very real and justified pain stemming from systemic problems.

How can we unravel the complexities of ethical evaluation in a society without objective moral standards?

Does AI imagine itself as a replacement for psychiatry?

84% of 500 TikToks offered inaccurate or potentially damaging medical advice. How can you address TikTok as a mental health professional?

“The more one is able to leave one’s cultural home, the more easily is one able to judge it…”

Medical board discipline involves more than a hefty penalty or financial settlement. Here's what you need to know.

Aphasia is an impairment of language that frequently occurs following neurological injury, particularly stroke. Understanding the various types of aphasia, treatment modalities, and the importance of family education and training can empower clinicians in directing treatment.

Here’s everything you need to know to about how to integrate apps into your clinical practice.

To all the lives lost at sea…

From research updates on at-home ketamine use to the effects of comorbid depression and anxiety on insomnia treatment, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

Fruit Loops?

Fatigue: a very common physical complaint that often accompanies depressive disorders.

A psychiatrist reflects on the 2 recent tragedies at sea...

The submersible meant to explore Titanic wreckage suffered a “catastrophic implosion.”

New research finds depressive and anxiety symptoms impact effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia.

"I sit with my half-filled glass and a life we knew we were choosing..."

What can you do to ensure your family is financially secure while still spending some of your hard-earned money?

New gun laws in Serbia were created after a number of mass shootings.

1 in 5 respondents reported using psychedelic drugs for the purpose of self-treating anxiety, depression, or other mental illnesses.

“We cannot use the rituals of graduation as a public demonstration of inequity.”

Check out the evidence for a modest effect over 1 year of clozapine dose on weight.

A new, creative kind of grieving process…

A psychiatrist poetically reflects on Juneteenth...

Gestational and neonatal risk factors for bipolar disorder? Researchers investigated these associations in a nationwide cohort with register-based data.

Learn how to use this simple heuristic model, which illustrates both the interplay of social (historical and current), psychological, and biological factors in the development of psychopathology.

Check out instructions for how to make your own Three Line Model!

Racism must be addressed on an ongoing basis.

Neuroimaging could help predict clinical response to treatment in bipolar depression.

From obesity and metabolism in first-episode MDD to psychiatrist liability and suicide, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.