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What are the psychiatric and non-psychiatric correlates of tobacco smoking status in bipolar disorders? Researchers investigated these associations in a large patient cohort.

“I really find that nature is very powerful for me to manage my mind in all sorts of different ways.”

Recent research evaluated evenamide as an add-on to an antipsychotic for patients with treatment-resistant schizophrenia.

Collecting fees is essential, but it can be uncomfortable and even difficult. What strategies can you use to ease the burden?

Should a psychiatrist be the “Nation’s Doctor”?

"Considerable resources must be devoted to healing the deep and painful—but frequently invisible—wounds that have scarred the minds of millions of Ukraine’s civilians and soldiers."

How can patient-centered, collaborative care help promote safety and stabilization in the treatment of patients with cooccurring diagnoses of schizophrenia and COVID-19?

“Clinicians must explain the problem and the treatment in a way that is jargon-free, engages the patient (and) instills hope.”

Every time you take the long view and act in alignment with your values or aspirations, you strengthen the self-control part of your brain.

We connected with a group working on the frontlines of Southern Turkey and Northern Syria to assist the survivors of the devastating earthquake.

The second coming of psychedelics… what will the outcome be?

Do ADHD symptoms impact smoking cessation outcomes? Researchers performed a randomized controlled trial of varenicline for tobacco cessation in adolescents and young adults.

One psychiatry resident describes his experience creating a mental health policy and advocacy elective.

AI and psychiatry: where are we headed?

From an update on at-home ketamine therapy to the psychopharmacologic treatment of bipolar depression, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

"Organized medicine and specialty organizations are key pillars of support for individual physicians that provide opportunities to advocate for more funding and resources for the medical system and education."

We may need the luck of the Irish to avoid future disasters…

Researchers investigated sleep disturbances in individuals at ultra-high risk of psychosis.

Catatonia is thought to be significantly underrecognized, and it is important to routinely screen for it among hospitalized patients. Here's how to recognize and treat.

What do our ethnocultural identities mean for each of us and for our patients?

What is the best evidence-based medication treatment for acute bipolar II depression?

Study results show that the therapy activates serotonin (5-HT) and improves stress-coping ability.

Diversity and inclusion will not become a norm unless we make a daily effort.

Here’s how the Academy of Organizational and Occupational Psychiatry can help you connect with your fellow psychiatrists about complex mental health issues in the workplace.

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The value of a good night's sleep...

"By year’s end, brittle with guilt, we hovered over our hollow creation..."

What can we learn psychiatrically from the Oscars?

The Future of Mental Health: Ketamine Therapy Report revealed that 55% of Americans who tried at home ketamine took more than the recommended dose.

Caffeine use is higher in smokers and in adults with serious mental illness. How does this impact patients with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia?