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What do psychiatrists wear during and after work, and what meaning does it hold?
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From Survive to Thrive
How can clinicians help patients get well, stay well, and reach their full potential?
Listening To Terry Gross
"Back in the 70’s, before I knew my own voice, I listened to yours..."
What About Love of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving may be over, but there's always time to be thankful.
Saving Lives with Project Lifesaver
Many individuals with dementia wander. How can caregivers keep their loved ones with dementia safe?
In the Midst of a Crisis: A Safe Space for Youth
From April 2020 to June 2021, more than 140,000 kids lost a guardian. Children and adolescents are in a mental health crisis. What can you do to help?
November
"... when winds spread the word and brown fields bristle like dense fur down the back of the earth..."
Holidays: Beware "The Should List"
Holidays are joyous for some, but not for everyone. How can you help patients with mood disorders navigate the difficulties of the holidays?
Tonsure
"Forever you find your father in other faces..."
What About Love of the Earth
We are all citizens of the same planet.
ADHD: 3 Kids Per Classroom
Recent research indicates 6.1 million children, or 3 per classroom, possess the symptoms for an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis.
Prescription Digital Therapeutics and the Hunger for New Treatments
Here's why the next step in mental health treatment is digital.
The Zoom Reading
"...They speak in poetry. Do they know I am there, listening?"
What About Love and the Golden Rule, the Platinum Rule, and the Walrus Rule
Do unto others as you wish them to do unto you: words that are more important than ever.
Surveying Attitudes Towards Digital Mental Health
68% of Americans reported their mental health could be improved.
Technological Addictions: The New Frontier in Addiction Psychiatry
Addiction to technology: what concerns should you have as a clinician?
Sea-Fever
"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky..."
Emerging Psychedelic Therapies
Here's why psychedelics might be a valuable addition to mental health treatment.
What About Love in the Workplace
Engaging and caring for staff during difficult times will help reduce burnout, increase productivity, and most importantly, sustain happiness.
A Barred Owl
"The warping night air having brought the boom, Of an owl's voice into her darkened room..."
What About Love and Our Infrastructure of Child Rearing
Kids need someone to raise them with unconditional love...
Burnout: Making Yourself a Priority
Caring for yourself does not mean you're ignoring the needs of others.
Prompts for Doctors Who Write
"Write yourself scared the first day of med school, dying to cure the world..."
Advising Clinicians on Using Intranasal Esketamine
Lisa Harding, MD, and Angelos Halaris, MD, PhD, APA, ACNP, CINP, give advice to any clinicians considering the use of intranasal esketamine for treatment resistant depression.
Health Care Requirements to be Aware of for Intranasal Esketamine
Drs Harding and Halaris review the requirements health care settings must follow in order to procure, prescribe, and dispense intranasal esketamine as treatment resistant depression therapy.
Intransal Esketamine and REMS
Two psychiatrists discuss the importance of intranasal esketamine having a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) and how that impacts treatment for treatment resistant depression.
Phase 3 TRANSFORM Trial
Drs Harding and Halaris evaluate the phase 3 TRANSFORM trial that studied intranasal esketamine as a therapy option for treatment resistant depression.
Targeting the Glutamatergic System for Treatment Resistant Depression
Two experts examine the impact of targeting the glutamatergic system as therapy for treatment resistant depression.
Case 2: Starting a Patient on Intranasal Esketamine
Lisa Harding, MD, and Angelos Halaris, MD, PhD, APA, ACNP, CINP, discuss their thoughts on starting treatment with intransal esketamine and what to expect.
Case 2: Prescribing Intranasal Esketamine
Two psychiatrists review the case of 42-year-old female patient with a treatment resistant depression diagnosis that was prescribed intranasal esketamine.