Q&A

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

Celebrating 25 years of Poetry of the Times with Richard Berlin, MD!

How can you better provide care for American Indians and Alaska Natives?

“My ideal for the book was a kind of prism: If you look at the same questions from different angles, the answers will subtly change.”

A new poll sought to understand the public’s beliefs about mental health and suicide prevention. Here are the results.

Suicide Prevention Week is September 4-10. Are you ready?

This new study is evaluating how effective psychedelics can be in the treatment of binge eating disorder.

The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention collaborates with Most Days, a mental health app, to provide suicide prevention expertise and content. Learn more about the partnership here.

Is the mental health of young athletes in danger?

TikTok: How is it harming child and adolescent mental health?

The Chief Medical Officer for the AFSP sat down with Psychiatric Times to talk about the new Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention.

TikTok has over 1 billion users and dominates youth culture. But is it damaging their mental health?

What cultish language do cult leaders and abusive partners both commonly use?

A psychiatrist shares his love of poetry and how it has helped him personally and professionally.

This renowned psychiatrist is donating a portion of the proceeds from his book sales to help stop US military veteran suicides.

New research brings us closer to linking diagnostically predictive connectivity patterns in patients with ADHD.

A collection of validated statements addresses overarching topics ranging from nutrition, neuropsychiatry, and nonpharmacologic treatments.

An interview with Kenneth S. Kendler, MD, vice-chair of the American Psychiatric Association DSM Steering Committee, author of more than 1200 articles, and one of the highest-cited researchers in psychiatry.

With opioid use disorder, a tiny fraction of young patients are getting treatment, which would not be acceptable for any other medical condition.

In this interview with Dr Aftab, Dr de Haan discusses her enactive approach to psychiatry which applies insights from enactivism to help conceptualize and navigate the immense complexity of factors that contribute to psychiatric disorders, and articulates the enactive view of psychiatric disorders as disorders of sense-making.

In this interview with Dr Aftab, Dr Nielsen discusses his approach to psychiatry which sees mental disorders as dysfunctions in the behavioral and experiential processes representing “sticky tendencies” in the human brain-body-environment system.

Having experienced psychosis herself, a psychologist wants us to rethink how we understand and treat this complex condition.

"It is simply wishful thinking to believe that one course of treatment may entail the solution to problems that we encounter in complex cases," says Dr Fava. Dr Aftab explores a multitude of issues in psychiatry and science in this interview.

In this interview with Dr Aftab, Dr Huda discusses his views on the medical model in psychiatry, the misconceptions surrounding it, its strengths and limitations, and its relationship with other frameworks.

In this interview, Dr Aftab and Dr Johnstone discuss her criticisms of psychiatric diagnosis and her approach to psychological formulation as a conceptual alternative to diagnosis.