COVID-19

"We must put mental health on par with physical health and make it a basic human right, an indicator of overall health, and an industry standard.”

"The cog in the wheel of treatment today is misinformation and lack of trust in the institutions of medicine, peer-reviewed published literature, the CDC, and pharmaceutical research."

From complementary and alternative approaches in the COVID-19 era to mental health’s most toxic myth, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

In this CME article, explore the mental health consequences associated with the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the potential role for complementary and alternative approaches.

Mental health leads with 36% of all outpatient visits and 39% of all telehealth services. What effect does this have on psychiatric practice?

Here’s why educators are walking away from the profession they love.

New data shows a decrease in life expectancy in the United States. Here’s why.

What are the challenges and opportunities for improvement in COVID-19-related mental health care?

What are the long term psychiatric and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19?

What is the mindset of “anti-vaxxers,” and how can you connect with them as a clinician?

Habits or addictions? COVID-19 changed the game.

Here’s why vaccination remains important.

To mask or not to mask? What do you think?

Mask-wearing can help protect individuals from COVID-19 infection—but it also has several other unexpected advantages.

Over the past 6 months, Psychiatric Times has featured expert opinions on important psychiatric issues from psychosis to psychedelics.

An expert discusses the effects of long COVID on the brain at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.

Experts address cognitive dysfunction found in patients with long COVID at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.

"This pandemic represents an unprecedented time that requires a psychiatrist’s vigilance in identifying patients at risk for COVID-19–induced psychosis."

What are the neuropsychiatric effects of COVID-19, and how can we study them further?

What are the unique challenges for individuals with ADHD?

There have been many exciting advances in telemedicine in recent years. But does telemedicine really allow us to be genuinely present for our patients?

This is a story of medical ethics and choices.

The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the April 2022 issue of Psychiatric Times.

The most common issues during the COVID-19 pandemic included stress, anxiety.

Reflections from a child and adolescent psychiatrist in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The newest DSM official disorder, prolonged grief disorder, comes at just the right time.

How have the past 2 years affected our youth? The full picture is just beginning to emerge.

We seek to reduce vaccine side effects—but what about the social media-compounded fears of anti-COVID vaccination?

Patients with bipolar I disorder and other mental illnesses may be at increased risk for COVID-19 infection.