Commentary
Commentary
Treatment in prison systems might lead to drop in overdose deaths
People leveraged into treatment to maintain professional licenses, including physicians, have rates of sobriety of 90% or greater after 5 years,...
From the Editor
Psychosis as a common thread across psychiatric disorders
Ask a psychiatrist to name a psychotic disorder, and the answer will most likely be “schizophrenia.” But if you closely examine the symptom...
Commentary
Factors that change our brains; The APA’s stance on neuroimaging
I greatly enjoyed Dr. Nasrallah’s editorial, “Your patient’s brain is different at every visit” (From the Editor, Current Psychiatry, May 2019, p...
Opinion
The 21st Century Cures Act: Tearing down fortresses to put patients first
“A fortress not only protects those inside of it, but it also enslaves them to work.”
– Anthony T. Hincks
As...
Hard Talk
Why we need another article on suicide contracts
Promises of zero suicides are well-meaning but possibly misleading to families and patients, according Dr. Nicolas Badre and Dr. Sanjay S. Rao.
Commentary
Were the voices really tied to voodoo?
Dr. Carl C. Bell describes the steps he took to end a patient’s psychotic symptoms.
Commentary
Medical community confronts physician depression, suicide
MDedge recently hosted a...
Commentary
Psychiatry and neurology, more
Dr. Nasrallah’s “Psychiatry and neurology: Sister neuroscience specialties with different approaches to the brain” (From the Editor, Current...
Commentary
Mobile apps and mental health: Using technology to quantify real-time clinical risk
“And you can change it, you can influence it.”
– Steve Jobs
Opinion
Legal duty to nonpatients: Communicable diseases
A health care provider can sometimes be found liable to one other than his or her immediate patient, notwithstanding the absence of a provider-...
Opinion
Patient-centered care in clinic
Use the computer as a bond to strengthen your relationship with your patient.