SPOTLIGHT -
July 18th 2024
How does trauma, like an assassination attempt, affect someone’s mental health?
July 16th 2024
An understanding of evolving risk factors and pathophysiology is vital to optimal clinical management of anxiety disorders and PTSD.
July 15th 2024
For those who have experienced trauma and suffer a subsequent mental health disorder, ongoing research is identifying psychotherapies, medications, and lifestyle changes that can help.
How are current events similar to that of the 1960s?
July 9th 2024
Highland Park is an excellent example of community recovery from mass tragedies.
The Health Care Professional Ethical Choice: Ukraine, Iran, and Whether or When to Risk and Resist
What would it take for psychiatrists and other physicians in the United States to collectively resist risks to the public’s health and mental health?
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Ukraine Now: Never so Difficult, Never so Easy
An update from Ukraine.
Add 30 Exclamation Points to “Remember Transgender Individuals This Weekend”!
On Saturday night at a LGBTQ+ Club in Colorado Springs, 5 were killed and at least 25 injured.
Posttraumatic Growth
Poetic musings on posttraumatic growth...
Healing
Reflecting on the process of healing...
Noninvasive Brain Stimulation in the Treatment of Acquired Brain Injury
Noninvasive brain stimulation techniques have been shown to be safe and effective in treating the cognitive, physical, and emotional consequences of acquired brain injury.
A Story of Crisis Negotiation
This crisis and hostage negotiator shares one his scariest moments from the field.
Decriminalizing Mental Health: Partnering With Law Enforcement to Reduce Unwanted Outcomes
How can PMHNP consults with law enforcement reduce involuntary transfers and other unwanted outcomes?
The Parkland School Mass Shooting and Its Psychiatric Implications
The mental health of the shooter impacted the jury’s outcome in the Parkland School mass shooting sentencing.
The Psychological Heroism of the Sandy Hook Families
The jury has awarded almost 1 billion dollars to the Sandy Hook families. What toll did the trial take on their mental health?
Psychiatric Times™ Conference: Clinical Pearls, New Research
Did you miss the 2022 Annual Psychiatric Times™ World CME Conference? We've got you covered.
Helping Employers Understand Traumatic Brain Injury: Setting Up for Success
Return to work after traumatic brain injury can be difficult for both employers and employees.
Unity
On this September 11th—and always—we strive for unity...
Memorials to Mass Shootings: The Highland Park Model
Can an artistic memorial help recovery from gun-violence trauma as a sort of collective art therapy?
New Position Statement on Trauma-Responsive Care for Youth
The National Commission on Correctional Health Care has issued a new directive for trauma-responsive care for children and adolescents in correctional facilities.
“I Have No One”: Understanding Homelessness and Trauma
More than 80% of homeless individuals report having experienced life-altering trauma at some point in their lives.
Remember Hippocrates: Salman Rushdie Was Stabbed with a Knife 2 Times
Psychiatry’s tools: words, which can be as cutting as a knife.
Trauma in Your DNA: Educator of the Year Lecture
Can we inherit our parents’ trauma? Research points to yes.
Childhood Trauma: 10 Tips for Screening and More
How do you screen for childhood trauma? One doctor at the 2022 Annual Psychiatric Times™ World CME Conference in San Diego, one doctor shared his most helpful tips.
SPIRIT (Social Psychiatry Interested in Recovery from International Trauma) Voices Some Current Concerns
All these events that occurred over the weekend bear social psychiatric weight.
10 Myths (and Corresponding Truths) About Mass Violence: How Psychiatrists Can Help
With so much media surrounding mass violence in the US, we need to sort out fact from fiction.
Mothers With Borderline Personality Disorder Often Experience Trauma
Mothers with borderline personality disorder often have experienced early-life trauma. How can you help?
Reflecting on Another Mass Shooting
A physician assistant writes a poem inspired by the recent mass shooting in Uvalde.
The Highland Park Mass Shooting: Sometimes You Just Want to be Proven Wrong
It is time to stop denying this lethal reality…
Firearms and Fireworks on the Fourth of July
Following the Highland Park shooting, on a day meant for celebration, proves we need action now more than ever.
Trauma, Conspiracy, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Congressional 1/6 Hearings
“Our country needs the psychological healing of our increasing divisiveness and conflicts…”
Remember John Hinckley Jr: A Triumph for Psychiatry, But a Failure for Gun Safety
Have we learned anything from history regarding gun safety?
It’s Disingenuous to Deny the Role of Mental Disturbance in Gun Violence
Can we borrow terminology to help identify—and address—the mental issues associated with gun violence?
The Role of Pictures in Reducing Gun Violence
Is a picture really worth a thousand words? And, if so, is it what is needed to make a difference in gun violence reduction?
The Tulsa Mass Shooting Should be a Red Flag to All Health Care Clinicians
Patient violence calls for increased safety precautions.