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- Invitations to Write 05/18/2012
  Like any writer, I am driven to see my articles in print. I want to see my words enshrined on pages whose worthiness is measured—indisputably—by such standards as “peer review” and “editorial selection.” […]
- Video: Integrated Care Programs Designed to Help Soldiers 05/17/2012
  In this video, Army Colonel Charles C. Engel, MD, MPH, describes improvements being made in the quality of care for post-deployed military personnel seeking mental health services. […]
- Mental Health Professionals: Guidelines for Starting Your Own Web Site 05/17/2012
  A Web site for your practice can increase your patient base and decrease advertising costs, but it does require planning and an initial investment. With that said, we strongly encourage psychiatrists and others in the mental health field to consider what a Web presence can do for their practices and their patients. […]
- Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis: The Real Spielrein Between Jung and Freud 05/17/2012
  Down through the decades, psychotherapy and psychoanalysis have been portrayed in many Hollywood films and in television sitcoms but not with the suggestion that they are dangerous methods. […]
- Video: Study Reports TMS Therapy Helps Patients With MDD 05/16/2012
  In this video, Dr Ian Cook, an investigator in a study on transcranial magnetic stimulation, briefly explains findings presented at APA. […]
- Update on Trichotillomania 05/14/2012
  Despite its occurrence in up to 3.4% of adults, hair–pulling disorder or trichotillomania (TTM) is often under-diagnosed and inappropriately treated, according to a panel of experts presenting at the recent APA meeting. […]
- Longhorns Rising 05/11/2012
  Amid all the Super Bowl-esque hoopla of this year’s annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association was the final round of a national competition among residency programs to demonstrate superior psychiatric knowledge. The several month competition, MindGames, pitted program against program on timed multiple choice exams on a diverse range of psychiatr […]
- Psychiatrist Burnout: Tips on Promoting Resilience and Wellness 05/10/2012
  The prevalence of professional burnout ranges from 25% to 60% among practicing physicians. No wonder then, that the workshop on physician burnout was packed at the APA annual meeting. […]
- Update on Opioid Dependence and Its Treatment 05/10/2012
  While regulatory controls on methadone clinics for opioid dependence resulted in treatment being physically and functionally isolated from conventional medical care, the delivery of an office-based treatment of buprenorphine and the buprenorphine/naloxone combination product over the last decade has facilitated the return of treatment to “mainstream medicine […]
- The Outlook for Mental Health Services: A Perfect Storm on Our Hands 05/09/2012
  Funding for mental health services has never achieved top legislative priority, and reforms requiring parity succeeded only after years of hard-fought battles. […]
- Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents 05/09/2012
  BPD appears to be a neurodevelopmental disorder, influenced by the person’s genetics and brain development and shaped by early environment, including attachment and traumatic experiences. […]
- Is Your Signal to Noise Ratio Improving? 05/09/2012
  With the fast growth of knowledge, the challenge to keep up with the ever-growing body of information is greater than ever. […]
- Screening for Suicide Risk in a Brief Medication Management Appointment 05/09/2012
  The Suicide Risk Screening Alert is a clinical tool that assists the psychiatrist and nonpsychiatric physician in identifying patients at risk for suicide during brief medication management appointments. […]
- Drug Shortages Exist Across the Board 05/09/2012
  Ongoing shortages of several psychotropic medications have wreaked havoc among patients and their families, caused frustration and reluctant prescription switches among physicians, and prompted investigations by Congress. […]
- Construction Site 05/09/2012
  Another day-glow orange morning . . . of jack-hammering men in the street, . . .their steam-shovel coughing black fumes […]
- Anxiety Disorders and ADHD: Comorbidity the Rule, Not the Exception 05/08/2012
  If you work in an anxiety disorder clinic or adult outpatient psychiatric clinic, you probably see a higher prevalence of patients with ADHD than you would in the general population. […]
- Comorbid Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders: Rx of the Former Can Improve the Latter 05/08/2012
  Sleep disorders — most commonly sleep apnea — are often comorbid with psychiatric disorders. Treatment of disordered sleep can result in a significant improvement in the psychiatric disorder. […]
- Social Networking and Teen Drug Use: Tremendous Potential to Help -- and Harm 05/08/2012
  Preliminary research indicates that use of online social networking sites, such as Facebook, by adolescents who are receiving treatment for substance use disorders can negatively affect their care […]
- Wonderful News: DSM-5 Finally Begins Its Belated And Necessary Retreat 05/04/2012
  For the first time in its history, DSM-5 has shown some flexibility and capacity to correct itself. Hopefully, this is just the beginning of what will turn out to be a number of other necessary DSM-5 retreats. […]
- Podcast: Brief Dynamic Therapy—5 Tenets to Maximize Effectiveness 05/04/2012
  In this podcast, Dr Mantosh Dewan, discusses strategies to help you and your patient get the most benefit from this form of therapy. […]
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