Tracing a Killer's Path to Mass Shooting Mental health system reform is one tool in a broader playbook against gun violence Dec 03, 2021
Psychiatry and Sexism: Gender Bias in BPD Diagnosis? Why women are disproportionately diagnosed with borderline personality disorder Nov 30, 2021
Should Doctors Be Embarrassed by TV's 'Dopesick'? No, but the Hulu series holds lessons for physicians about trusting pharma messaging Nov 26, 2021
Academic Centers Start to Take Psychedelics Seriously "You're not sticking your neck out as much as you would 10 years ago," one director says Nov 24, 2021
Is Psychedelic Research Funding Starting to Shift? Once the province of philanthropy, industry and government sources show interest Nov 24, 2021
This Behavior on Digital Devices Is Linked to Worse Mental Health in Children Good news for video gamers, however Nov 17, 2021
More Data Support Antidepressant's Death Reduction in COVID-19 Best protective effects came from fluoxetine, fluvoxamine Nov 15, 2021
Dyanavel XR OK'd in Ages 6 and Up; ADHDTok; Depression Among LGBT Native Americans News and commentary from the psychiatry world Nov 10, 2021
For Some Food-Allergic Kids (and Parents), Anaphylaxis Isn't the Worst Problem It's the unnecessary, crippling worry about the possibility of it Nov 08, 2021
Words Matter to People Who Are Overweight New policy statement pushes "people-first" language rather than disease-first Nov 03, 2021
In Long COVID, GI and Mental Health Symptoms 'Go Hand in Hand' More severe post-COVID gastrointestinal symptoms also increased the risk for anxiety and sadness Nov 02, 2021
Improvements in Treatment-Resistant Depression With Esketamine Pooled data from randomized trials showed better scores on the PHQ-9 as well Nov 02, 2021
Lemborexant Helps Insomniacs Catch More Z's Even patients with history of depression had better sleep outcomes Nov 02, 2021
Novel Oral Antidepressant Shows Rapid Symptom Improvement Improvement with 50-mg zuranolone seen by day 3 Nov 02, 2021
Extended-Release Risperidone Injectable Staves Off Schizophrenia Relapse Phase III RISE study found benefit with both once-monthly and bimonthly dose Nov 01, 2021
COVID Doesn't Dampen LAI Antipsychotic Prescribing in Schizophrenia Survey study shows no major changes in prescription trends in 2020 Nov 01, 2021
Migraine Drug Shows Benefit for Those With Comorbid Depression, Anxiety Real-world study of fremanezumab found that patients were able to reduce antidepressant use Nov 01, 2021
Antipsychotic Patch Quiets Schizophrenia-Related Hostility Most significant improvement seen with highest asenapine transdermal dose Oct 31, 2021
40 Million in U.S. Had a Substance Use Disorder in 2020, SAMHSA Survey Finds Number is double that for 2019, but methodology changes may explain much of that, official says Oct 25, 2021
Stop Burdening Transgender Patients With Paperwork, Surgeons Say Insurers often insist on multiple "referral letters" after primary procedures Oct 25, 2021
Sudden Psychosis, Abnormal CSF in Three Teens With COVID In two cases, patients responded to immunotherapy Oct 25, 2021
Homicide-Suicide Risk Something to Be Aware of During the Pandemic Incidence appears to be higher than expected in people 55 and older Oct 25, 2021
Artificial Intelligence in Psychiatry Has Promise and Peril It may help in assessing things like suicide risk, but its use raises informed consent issues Oct 24, 2021
Consider Transference Issues During Psychiatric Evaluations Watch for these four scenarios when evaluating patients in your same ethnic group, expert advises Oct 24, 2021
Psychiatrists Have Lots of Options When It Comes to Office Security Consider both physical and non-physical measures Oct 23, 2021
Burnout a Risk Factor for Suicidal Thoughts in Nurses "Those in most need were less likely to seek help," study showed Oct 22, 2021
Child Mental Health Emergency; Lybalvi Hits Shelves; Vanessa Bryant Psych Eval News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 20, 2021
Ethics Consult: Leak Presidential Hopeful's Medical History? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 15, 2021
Want to Reduce 'Frequent Flyers' at Your Hospital? Try This Weekly meetings to discuss cases can help get patients out of the ED and into community care Oct 14, 2021
Rexulti Seeks OK for Teens; Recreational Ketamine Use Rare; 20% Use Opioids Post-Op News and commentary from the psychiatry world Oct 13, 2021
Telehealth Has Pros and Cons for Addiction Treatment In-person treatment may be more effective, but don't discount access to care during COVID Oct 13, 2021
Collateral Damage of COVID-19: Home Injuries, Suicides in Kids? Trends during a period when many kids were kept out of school Oct 10, 2021
Mental Health Disorders Linked to Higher Childbirth Costs Pregnant patients with trauma, stress-related illnesses had the highest costs Oct 04, 2021
Diabetes Risk With Breastmilk, Antidepressants, Weight Loss A roundup of noteworthy research from the EASD 2021 meeting Oct 04, 2021
Prediabetes Tied to Doubled Risk of Major Depression in Dutch Study Check metabolic status of those with mood disorders and vice versa, researcher says Sep 23, 2021
Q&A: Loice Swisher, MD, on National Physician Suicide Awareness Day Showing her own vulnerability helps others, she says Sep 17, 2021
Something Borrowed: This Psychologist's Command Performance How "being there" for a patient can take many forms Sep 09, 2021
The LMNOPs of Caring for the Nursing Workforce Healthcare systems can do more to prevent staff burnout Sep 09, 2021
Cough, Cancer, PTSD: Two Decades of World Trade Center Studies Research has revealed the fallout of response to a crisis Sep 09, 2021
