Special Populations

The protections of Roe v. Wade may be coming to an end. What will this mean for mental health?

Recommendations are often vague, contradictory, according to investigators.

What can we learn about resilience from senior citizens?

When helping patients in the hardest moments of their lives, it is important to have empathy for them—and for ourselves.

How can integrated systems of care help us provide the appropriate level of high-quality care to each individual child?

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

Transgender and gender-diverse youth experience higher rates of depression, suicidal behaviors, and self-injury than their cisgender peers. Here's what you need to know.

Minority mental health needs to be brought up to par with general mental health before we can move forward.

New Make-A-Wish study gives eye-opening insight into the mental and emotional impact of wish-granting for children battling critical illnesses.

PTSD is more prevalent in women than in men. What are the biological, psychosocial, and cultural factors that may explain why?

Sex and gender, influenced by genetics, epigenetics, and environmental/social stressors, must be considerations in evaluating every patient.

What should be done with billionaires?

Catch up on all the latest from the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Annual Meeting & Exposition.

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

How is the fetishization of Black bodies and the weaponization of European beauty standards used against Black women in sport?

Legislators are actively doing harm to the practice of medicine.

Violence against women and resulting traumatic brain injuries increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

How can we better serve our nonbinary patients?

Research also finds surprising results in patients with bipolar affective disorder.

Transgender youth need our help.

According to this study examining sexual minority patients, depression can be a consequence of health and behavioral disparities.

How the fetishization of Black bodies and the weaponization of European beauty standards are used against Black women in sport.

Substance use disorder may prove to be a significant issue for some mothers.

Psychiatric Times featured a wide variety of psychiatric issues and current events throughout February.

Respondents discussed COVID-19 conditions and mental health benefits.

Panelists presented 2 studies comparing evidence-based strategies for improved patient outcomes.

Using words and music to help heal...

LGBTQ+ youth may be particularly vulnerable during these unprecedented times.