What is seasonal affective disorder (SAD), and can it be affecting your patients? Psychiatric Times’ Editor in Chief John J. Miller, MD, explores the history of SAD and how he integrates the use of light boxes for significant improvement in his patients.
What foods can be incorporated into a Thanksgiving meal to improve mood, mindfulness, and well-being?
It may feel hard to find our way during the COVID-19 pandemic. Try and reflect on the direction your life is heading in right now.
A recent drug trial yields encouraging results.
The pandemic's effect on the mental health and addiction communities has been severe. Luckily, there's a temporary solution: telemedicine.
COVID-19 has made treating patients who receive long-acting injectables complicated. The Chief Medical Officer of Houston Behavioral Healthcare Hospital offers suggestions on how best to proceed.
It is now 2 weeks post-election, and it may feel like there is blood in the waters...
ALKS 3831, if approved by the FDA, could be a promising new treatment option for schizophrenia or bipolar I disorder.
A healthy diet can improve mood and effectiveness of antidepressant medications. Here's why your patients should be eating healthier.
It is important to distinguish the holiday/winter blues from seasonal affect disorder. Can you tell the difference?
The patient is watching and learning, even subconsciously, and it is an opportunity to enhance care.
Patients with chronic inflammatory diseases, especially rheumatoid arthritis, are at 800% increased risk for developing Alzheimer disease compared to the general population. A new treatment is in the works to combat this inflammation.
Professional sports have hobbled on during COVID-19. What memories do you have of in-person sporting events?
More than 50% of patients with schizophrenia are estimated to be nonadherent with their antipsychotic medication regimen. What treatment solutions are available?
Survivors of abuse need help now more than ever.
COVID-19 and remote work has redefined the professional experience. How can you reshape your routines around it to achieve a sense of normalcy?
Diversity, bringing all our differences to the table, is important, now more than ever.
According to the National Veteran's Suicide Prevention Annual report of 2019, veterans are 1.5 times more likely to attempt suicide than non-veteran adults. Mental health professionals are uniquely positioned to help advocate for these individuals.
Some words of advice on coronavirus: "God grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change what I can, and the wisdom to tell the difference between the 2..."
Patients' first reactions to a diagnosis of major depressive disorder can be varied. What can you do to help them cope?
Nobody can deny that 2020 has been a stressful year, and self-care is essential for all. In this Mental Health Minute video, John J. Miller, MD, shares tips for leveraging self-hypnosis and mindfulness as an antidote to the stresses and fight or flight mode of anxiety.
Learn about REL-1017, the medication that has the potential to be the first single agent oral NMDAR antagonist for the adjunctive treatment of depression.
Question and consider how people adapt, how families/communities cope, and how physicians should engage with trauma.
How do you enter the patient's space, and are you cognizant of the energy you bring with you?
Learn about the results of the recent study on deutetrabenazine and the ways it is helping patients with tardive dyskinesia.
Fragile X syndrome is one of the most common inherited causes of intellectual disability, right below Down syndrome. How are basic science findings being translated into treatments for patients with neurodevelopment disorders, like Fragile X syndrome?
No matter the outcome of the election results, we as a nation need to remember who must ultimately win.
There is an increase in reports of domestic violence. How can you resolve domestic disharmony with your significant other and your family unit as a whole?
What are the 3 signs, or horsemen, of physicians struggling?
Times are hard but they are easier if we get through them together. Omar Reda, MD, provides activities and insight on ways to actively care for yourself and your family.
