Neuropsychiatry

Experts in sleep disorders review the DSM-V Diagnostic Criteria for insomnia disorder and discuss sleep disorder permutations.

Michael J Thorpy, M.B., Ch.B and Karl Doghramji, MD provide an overview of insomnia, highlighting the incidence and disease burden.

How can this new model help us link brain-based innovation with economics?

The glass is half full: reflections on where we are and hope for where we are heading in psychiatry.

Psychiatric Times featured a wide variety of psychiatric issues in this year’s CMEs.

Are common genes and signaling pathways involved in PTSD and migraine?

It’s been a full week of interesting stories, commentaries, and more on a variety of topics at psychiatrictimes.com.

In honor of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, 2021, let’s consider the impact of IPV on the neuropsychiatric health of women.

As the COP-26 (Conference of the Parties) gets ready to convene to discuss climate change, it is crucial for them to consider brain science.

Key nutrients are essential to maintaining health. Here's an overview of B12.

Bringing science to the practice of psychiatry has been the personal goal of Sheldon H. Preskorn, MD—the Educator of the Year.

The US Food and Drug Administration approves first of its kind medication for migraine prevention.

Is neurodivergence to be cured or is it a healthy part of our social ecology?

Decades of efforts to find effective medical treatments for dementia and Alzheimers disease have largely failed. Would a public health approach be more effective?

10 keys to understanding the science of cannabinoids.

What advice can clinicians give patients to lower their overall risk for neurodegenerative diseases?

How is “disease” defined? A popular criticism of psychiatry gets debunked.

Apathy occurs throughout the spectrum of neurocognitive disorders, but it is easy to mistake for other conditions, like depression. How can clinicians identify apathy, and treat it?

Travelling the middle road between skepticism and scientism in psychiatric research and treatment.

A brain-based perspective could explain how and why psychotherapy leads to enduring change.

The emergence of epigenetic models has generated a surge of optimism, opening new possibilities for psychiatric intervention.

The FDA approval of aducanumab has given hope to millions of patients with Alzheimer disease—but will it live up to the hype?

A driving force.

A Psychiatric Times point/counterpoint feature on electroconvulsive therapy elicited strong responses.

This is a rare opportunity for researchers and entrepreneurs from a variety of fields to conduct experiments in space.

Early-life stress can modify an individual's genetic code, leading to mental health problems later in life. But by understanding the science of epigenetics, psychiatrists can treat these conditions, and prevent intergenerational trauma.

Research data shows that ECT is often more effective than alternative treatments, and safe too.

ECT has been in use for decades, but does that mean it is safe or effective?

Kids will find the screens. Health care providers should join them in order to supply the most helpful digital treatments.