Commentary
Commentary
More on interventional psychiatry
Thank you very much to Drs. Vincent, Good, and El-Mallakh for their guest editorial on interventional psychiatry (“Interventional psychiatry: What...
Commentary
Overburdened: Health care workers more likely to die by suicide
It’s time we acknowledge and support the people in our profession who seem to be suffering more than any of us: the aides, the techs, the support...
Opinion
The differential diagnosis you’re missing
An itchy 73-year-old woman came to see me. She had seen several competent dermatologists, had comprehensive workups, and had reasonable, even...
Opinion
Artificial intelligence in your office
Some AI-based tools are available to use in your office right now, with no “existential” threat to anybody.
Commentary
Psychedelic experience and “oneiroid” state
Oneiroid state was first described in the early 20th century and was once well-known among European psychiatrists.
Commentary
Disenfranchised grief: What it looks like, where it goes
Disenfranchised grief, the grief that is hard to share and often seems wrong to feel in the first place, can be triggered in many situations.
Commentary
Universal anxiety screening recommendation is a good start
As more patients are diagnosed with anxiety, there will be a need for more psychiatrists to fill the gaps in mental health care.
Commentary
Barbie has an anxiety disorder
What happens when an entire global population is exposed simultaneously to trauma?
Hard Talk
The cult of the suicide risk assessment
The rising fascination with repeated suicide risk assessment is misguided in its current form.
Commentary
Can a decrease in dopamine lead to binge eating?
Often, the strong urge to binge subsides rapidly once ADHD is properly treated.
From the Editor
A toxic and fractured political system can breed angst and PTSD
As psychiatrists know, many of our severely traumatized adult patients were victims of abuse during childhood.