Reading of the Week: Suicide Attempts in the Healthy – the New JAMA Psych...
From the Editor Overwhelmed by the divorce, she made a serious attempt on her life, saved from certain death by a police officer who was running late for work and drove through an industrial area of...
View ArticleReading of the Week: How Problematic are Benzodiazepines? The New AJP Study;...
From the Editor Singer Olivia Rodrigo may have a catchy song about getting a driver’s license and Ariana Grande has a ditty about past relationships, but, in the late 1960s, the Rolling Stones wrote a...
View ArticleReading of the Week: Do ADHD Meds Reduce Mortality? The New JAMA Psych Study;...
From the Editor For my patient, ADHD medications transformed his life, helping him focus at school and at work – and even drive better. Many have had similar experiences. Do ADHD medications also...
View ArticleReading of the Week: tDCS for Depression – the New JAMA Psych Paper; Also,...
From the Editor In her autobiography, psychiatrist Linda Gask writes about her struggles with depression and the moment she realized that she was better: she started to hear the birds chirping again....
View ArticleReading of the Week: Preventing Postpartum Depression in Pakistan – the New...
From the Editor Imagine that you are asked to design a program to prevent depression in a population at risk. Would you hire psychiatrists? Look to nurses? Tap the expertise of psychologists? All...
View ArticleReading of the Week: Visual Hallucinations & Outcomes – the New Schizophrenia...
From the Editor Last week, I met a person who had deeply unsettling auditory hallucinations. I asked him the questions that we all ask: When did the voices start? How many voices do you hear? Do the...
View ArticleReading of the Week: The Homeless – Who Are They? How Can We Help Them? Also,...
From the Editor For much of her admission, she was disorganized and, at times, agitated. But when the medications started to work, Tanya talked about her years of homelessness and the stresses of...
View ArticleReading of the Week: Cannabis & Cardiac Health – the New JAHA Study; Also,...
From the Editor Our patients increasingly use cannabis, and we worry about the impact on their mental health. But what about the impact on their physical health? In the first selection, Abra M. Jeffers...
View ArticleReading of the Week: Adolescent Experience with Illness – the World Psych...
From the Editor I’m separated from everyone else. These are the words of a young patient with depression. We often use diagnoses and lists of symptoms to understand patients. But how do patients...
View ArticleReading of the Week: the CANMAT Depression Update – Seven Takeaways &...
From the Editor Much has changed in the past eight years. In 2016, singer Olivia Rodrigo was starting high school. Quarterback Tom Brady seemed ageless. And none of us were talking about pandemics....
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