Psychotherapy

What are the benefits of traditional psychoanalytic concepts and new discoveries of mentalization-based treatment?

A brief psychosocial tool that offers compassionate, tailored care using existential neuroscience, a new perspective for conducting bedside psychotherapy.

MBT presents a compromise to bridge the valuable history of psychoanalytic ideas to both modern psychiatric research as well as present public health needs and practice.

A man searches for the answers to what happened to him psychologically after a childhood of high achievement. But facts intersect with fiction in this documentary.

The guidelines and research discussed in this slideshow assess the benefits of various therapies for depressive disorders.

A review of a compelling documentary on the spectacular rise and catastrophic fall of British singer Amy Winehouse, a star with an old voice in a young body.

A Q&A on the emerging field of positive psychiatry.

A study of treatment tolerance and therapeutic response in children and adolescents with OCD.

A penguin? An igloo? A big snowflake? Weigh in on this Rorschach-type image, just for fun.

A new finding that may help optimize the treatment of major depressive disorder.

A poem written by a psychiatrist: "A faith in human kindness lost, abandonment with lasting cost."

An update on what happens in the brain when the mind is engaged in psychotherapy.

The cultural aspects of treating patients are similar for all age-groups, but certain themes have greater relevance with the elderly.

The authors discuss the assessment and treatment of pediatric ADHD within the framework of the cultural psychotherapeutic model.

A great psychiatrist knows the disease, the person with the disease, and the way the two interact. Here are tips from a clinician who has devoted his career to treating psychiatric disorders.

Combination buspirone and melatonin exert therapeutic cognitive effects that are distinct from their antidepressant effects, according to a recent study.

The major focus of effective therapy-to establish a healing relationship and to inspire hope.

Playing helpless witness to a growing epidemic with no cure takes us back in time. The Hippocratics called it the “art” of medicine. It does not take a psychiatrist, however, to see that this “artful” approach frequently fails in public health crises.

Identifying patients who are likely to relapse despite continued, maintenance cognitive therapy can help optimize management of MDD and also help ensure efficient use of healthcare resources.

Twenty five years ago, “hikikomori” was a new term in Japan, used to describe severe and prolonged school refusal in teenagers, sometimes evolving into complete social withdrawal. The shut-in phenomenon has since gone global.

Why is burnout seemingly rare in coaches but well over 40% in psychiatrists? H. Steven Moffic considers why life coaches have become big business while psychiatrists, stigmatized.

A discussion of treatment options to help foster the most effective psychosocial treatment for addiction.

Is it possible to add creative twists to proven therapeutic techniques in order to encourage reluctant patients to try safe and effective treatments that we believe can benefit them? After reading the case, tell us what you think.

Watchman Nee’s suggestion of a potential link between spirituality and mental health is no longer foreign to the field of psychiatry. Recent studies indicate that spiritual beliefs may have a positive effect on mental health.