Special Reports

Here's how embracing a comprehensive, patient-centered approach and staying informed about emerging treatments can help mental health professionals make a difference in the lives of patients with TRD.

Given that two-thirds of patients treated for a major depressive episode will fail to achieve remission of symptoms after 2 or more treatment trials of first-line antidepressants, the probability of remission will further decrease with subsequent medication trials. Treatment strategies for patients with TRD include augmentation, where a medication is added to a current antidepressant versus switching to a different antidepressant.

The Psychiatric Times Special Report on Treatment-Resistant Depression includes expert discussions on how clinicians can manage major depressive disorder and treatment-resistant depression in patients who do not achieve wellness right away.

Diagnosing this intricate comorbidity demands a nuanced approach. Here's what you need to know.

In patients seen in the medical setting, as many as 20% have personality disorders.

Working in the health care profession is a privilege, yet it also carries some personal risks. Only when clinicians who have sought and successfully received help for depression, suicidality, and other mental illness come forward to share their experience will more of clinicians in need of psychiatric treatment feel comfortable seeking and receiving that care.

Here is a glimpse into the understated yet basic importance of taking a lunch break as a way of recharging during the workday.

The challenge for clinicians lies in balancing the profound connection to patients’ suffering with the need to maintain personal resilience.

OABD is a significant concern among older adults, characterized by unique presentations and comorbidities. Here's what you need to know.

Clinicians must feel knowledgeable and masterful in incorporating lifestyle and integrative therapies targeting nutrition, stress reduction, normalization of sleep, aerobic and mindful exercise, and meaningful activities that add joy and life to years, and not just years to life.

Although psychiatric disorders are common among older adults, many of these individuals do not get the treatment they need. The Psychiatric Times Special Report on Geriatric Psychiatry discusses how we can improve outcomes for this patient population.

"Evidence indicates that psychotherapy may yield greater durability of treatment gains than pharmacotherapy."

In this Special Report, let's re-evalute depression.

How can hospital staff provide the most effective care to patients with comorbid medical illness and serious mental illness?

Anorexia nervosa may be underdiagnosed in patients with schizophrenia due to difficulty in distinguishing the two comorbid conditions.

Most patients have more than 1 condition that requires attention. Here's what you need to know.

The development of the National Pediatric Boarding Consensus Panel guidelines attempts to provide hospitals suggestions for a safe, timely, and equitable standard of care for patients who are boarding.

Safety planning by peers is feasible and acceptable to patients, might result in decreased ED visits, and may represent a way of implementing safety plans in rural EDs.

"As society continues to grapple with the consequences of violent behaviors, increasing efforts to understand and mitigate the risks of such behaviors using evidence-based methods and tools will be essential."

Welcome to the Emergency Psychiatry Special Report.

"The root of the word 'create' or 'creativity' essentially means 'to grow.' That is probably what lies at the heart of what patients really want; they want to grow in terms of their relationships, their abilities, their passions and interests, their health, and in terms of whatever dreams they want to achieve personally in their lives."

The body keeps the score...

"Be bold, choose joy, and live authentically."

The ambiguity of psychiatry naturally lends itself to a story, and creativity is all about telling a story.

For one patient, the road to wellness was also a creative journey.

This Special Report invites readers to journey with individuals who use their artistic side to reflect on their experiences as healers and the healed.