Special Reports

Autism spectrum disorder often evades formal diagnosis until a child is 4 years or older, but these artificial intelligence and telehealth systems may be able to help facilitate diagnosis.

A well-being centered approach expands assessment and treatment for the child’s strengths and opportunities for positive experiences with the family.

Television, tablets, gaming, phones: how are they impacting child and adolescent mental health?

Each Native American tribe has a specific history, traditions, customs, and culture, and knowing something of these will help build the physician-patient relationship.

Women experience depression at rates twice that of men. But Black women are only half as likely to seek care as White women. Here's what you can do to help this population.

Understanding a patient's sociocultural background will have an important effect on treatment, especially for Hispanic patients.

The rise in anti-Asian violence will likely lead to a rise in Asian Americans presenting for psychiatric care. Here is how best to address the longer-term problems they face...

Due to discrimination's negative impact, transgender and gender-nonconforming youth are several times more likely than the rate of their cisgender peers to have depression and anxiety.

Online environments have revolutionized the lives of young SGM individuals, but also created unforeseen issues...

What academic terminology should be used when describing sexual and gender minority patients?

Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness until 1973. We have come a long way, but there is a lot further to go...

The sexual side effects of psychiatric medications are troubling enough that some patients consider treatment cessation. The authors review 5 strategies for managing sexual dysfunction.

Sedation may not always be desirable, but it is difficult to avoid in psychiatry. Some of the most sedating medications are discussed.

Antipsychotic-induced weight gain evolves over time, leads to chronic complications, and is very difficult to reverse. Pharmacologic interventions used to tackle weight gain are modestly effective and worth considering in certain cases.

Whether an effect is adverse or desired can be a function of the clinical situation.

Research on psychiatrists' attitudes on the potential of cannabis in psychiatry.

The sharply decreasing perception of risk and easy accessibility of cannabis has many patients turning towards it, despite the potential negative effects.

Cannabis use has prompted symptoms such as dizziness, sleepiness, and fatigue in older patients. Are there any benevolent effects?

The rapidly changing field of cannabinoids and their clinical implications poses a particular challenge in psychiatry.

Patients with cancer are at increased risk for both suicidal ideation and completed suicide. The authors discuss factors contributing to this increase in both biological and psychological realms.

A synthesis of quantitative reviews on the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis.

How does relapse prevention for depression in patients with coronary heart disease differ from relapse prevention in those with depression alone? That question and more answered.

Some commonly used drugs and narcotics have serious cardiovascular effects.

This comprehensive approach for assessing and addressing potential cardiac complications before prescribing psychotropics can enhance care.

Psychiatrists are uniquely suited to help patients with and without heart disease feel more positive and hopeful. This, in turn, can have substantial effects not just on mental health, but on health behaviors and physical health outcomes as well.

Psychiatrists who prescribe certain medications need to mitigate cardiac risks.