COVID-19

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.

The pandemic amplifies a growing crisis that requires a multifaceted approach.

How can we support faculty and staff mental health to benefit those individuals, as well as students and educational institutions?

Efforts are underway to design and advance solutions to disinformation.

Is our destructiveness our own undoing?

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

Respondents discussed COVID-19 conditions and mental health benefits.

Here’s how to help patients—and ourselves—recognize cognitive distortions.

Malingering is a common challenge for emergency department clinicians, particularly during the pandemic. Here are 3 cases of COVID-19–induced malingering.

Millions of unvaccinated Americans are becoming ill. How will a brilliantly lit fire under resistance be ignited?

Is sustained treatment with clozapine safe during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Obesity, antidepressants may also impact risk of death in this population.

Does anxiety justify an exemption from vaccine mandates among health care workers?

Those with moderate or worse symptoms on the PHQ-9 were more likely to endorse misinformation.

Psychiatric Times kicked off 2022 by featuring a wide variety of psychiatric issues and current events throughout January.

We’re all playing the “viral” game—but how do we win?

What are the connections between ADHD, infectious diseases, and COVID-19?

Rationing of crucial materials during the pandemic, like masks and vaccines, has become a matter of life and death.

COVID-19 has prompted an unprecedented shift toward virtual psychiatric health care—but how do patients and providers really feel about it?

But we can help our patients cope with the polarities of hope and despair.

Women and individuals in their 50s and early 60s reported feeling the most stress about COVID-19.

What can older adults teach us about supporting mental wellbeing?