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Zoom Zoom Zoom: An end-of-year update from a virtual psychiatrist
Telemedicine has added a new dimension to treatment, said Dr. Dinah Miller.
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Reducing COVID-19 opioid deaths
Take steps to lessen the impact of the pandemic on patients with substance use disorders.
From the Editor
Let’s ‘cancel’ these obsolete terms in DSM
A necessary part of psychiatry’s progress is shedding obsolete terminology, starting with borderline personality.
Commentary
Paul Summergrad, MD, on the state of psychiatry
For this Psychiatry Leaders’ Perspectives, Awais Aftab, MD, interviewed Dr. Summergrad. Dr. Summergrad’s research focuses on mood disorders,...
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COVID-19 and decision-making capacity; more
Dr. Ryznar’s article “Evaluating patients’ decision-making capacity during COVID-19” provides a cogent overview of the“threshold” or “gradient”...
Opinion
Distinguishing between joy and pleasure during the pandemic
It seems some things were still pleasurable this year, despite all. I’d daresay, there was joy even in the time of COVID.
Commentary
Six big changes coming for office-visit coding
The American Medical Association has revised the definitions for evaluation and management codes 99202-99215 in the Current Procedural Terminology...
Opinion
To vape or not to vape: Is that really a question?
In addition to its inherent risk, vaping increases the risk of severe COVID-19 disease.
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Understanding messenger RNA and other SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
Technological advances make these new and revolutionary vaccines a reality.
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Raising psychiatry up ‘from depths of the asylums’
Dr. Brendan Kelly and Dr. Muiris Houston have given us this rich profile of one of her lifelong heroes, said Dr. Alison M. Heru.
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Can a health care worker refuse the COVID-19 vaccine?
Can hospitals require their employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19?