Cultural Psychiatry

Psychiatrists and other mental-health clinicians are being increasingly called upon to respond to patients’ worries about the destabilization of many aspects of our world.

We invite you to write an article about a day in your life for a series of articles about psychiatry and self-disclosure, with the help of the editors at Psychiatric Times and Editorial Board member H. Steven Moffic, MD.

Many psychiatrists seem to feel that we lack the skill and knowledge to address social issues. What do you think?

Mental health stigma has been found to be a significant factor in African-American treatment engagement. For this reason, taking steps to understand cultural considerations is key.

"Tell me what you see."

The perils of job insecurity; depression and cardiac risks; the longest-running mental health study; smart drugs that aren’t so smart; heatstroke in psychiatric patients; an autism puzzler; and psychosis and eating disorders.

Given the brain's neuroplasticity, it’s to our benefit to make our lifetime experiences as positive and hilarious as possible

How can psychiatrists help patients address the negative effects of poverty on their mental health? Take the quiz and test your knowledge.

Bingeing on news about the latest White House rumpus has escalated exponentially since the election. Whatever their political views, patients are haunted by an inchoate sense that the wheels are coming off the car, with nary a mechanic in site.

The authors argue that that stating that peer support “lacks evidence” is simply not accurate.

Here's where psychiatry extends beyond a medical setting into collaborative, innovative, and integrated models of care..

What factors predict if a homeless person will be able to engage in supported housing to attain and retain an apartment? What supportive services facilitate permanent exits from homelessness?

A multi-level, prevention-oriented approach that addresses poverty.

This month's roundup features noteworthy stories from around the web: the humanitarian crisis at the border, new gaming disorder diagnosis, a medication investigation of over 26,000 adult patients, a boundary-busting neurologist, and physician and celebrity suicides.

If you were the consultant, what issues might you raise in the cases discussed here?

Medical students, psychiatry residents, and practicing psychiatrists from different backgrounds gathered with one purpose: “To increase awareness around the mental health needs of the 437,000 foreign nationals from 10 countries on Temporary Protected Status."

Many people with psychiatric disorders engage in creative activities, from informal hobbies to highly accomplished careers, but some avoid treatment entirely. Two cases illustrate a nuanced approach that integrates medical knowledge with patients’ perspectives.

Revival of an old drug, declaration of independence for seniors, inmates doing more than time-these and other stories are covered in our monthly roundup.

Why do positive emotional feelings make us feel more connected to others?

The Department of Justice apprehended a perpetrator whose electronic stalking behaviors went to the extreme. This and other editors’ choices on stories you may have missed.

Why aren’t we Americans as happy as we should be, given all the wonderful things we have in our lives?

In 1897, the French sociologist Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) published Le suicide: Étude de sociologie [Suicide: A Study in Sociology]. With it, Durkheim largely succeeded in achieving one of his main goals.

Emerging adults in the midst of a tremendous emotional growth spurt and a leap of neurocognitive maturation often need guidance articulating what bothers them.

A tribute to the life and work of psychiatrist Walter Weintraub, MD.

News from around the web includes reports on physician burnout, the effects of diet on brain inflammation, written exposure therapy for PTSD, Parkland, psychedelics, benzodiazepines, and social media to gauge mental health.

The sequel probes the big questions without flinging them in the viewer’s face. How does memory articulate with one’s sense of origin and purpose-and, above all, of death?

Ten points to consider on the social phenomenon of migration of millions of people across the globe.

Between 2006 and 2016 the overall US suicide rate went up from 10.97 to 13.26 per 100,000 people. Those numbers may seem small, but they reflect an increase of just over 20% in these 10 years.

News from around the web includes stories on racism in medicine, mental health stigma in Olympic athletes, sibling bullying, and more.

Labeling a (clinically unexamined) public figure as "dangerous" can do as much or more harm as promulgating a specific psychiatric diagnosis.