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Sexual activity alters the microbiome, with potential psychiatric implications
Evidence is strong that sexual partners transmit microbiota (bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and archaea) to each other. While microbial flora...
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Beyond diabetes: The beneficial uses of metformin in psychiatry
Metabolic dysregulation is quite common among psychiatric patients, especially those with psychotic or mood disorders. Obesity, diabetes, and...
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Comments & Controversies
A broken system
I was relieved to see your article “I have a dream … for psychiatry” (From the Editor, Current Psychiatry, November...
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It’s time for moonshot thinking in psychiatry
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before the decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him...
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Is anosognosia a delusion, a negative symptom, or a cognitive deficit?
Anosognosia is the lack of awareness of a disabling physical or mental illness. The term was coined by Joseph Babinski in 1914...
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I have a dream … for psychiatry
One of the most inspiring speeches ever made is Rev. Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” about ending discrimination and achieving social...
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From famous to infamous: Psychiatric aspects of the fall from grace
It’s an all-too-common news item: The crash and burn of yet another politician, celebrity, or prominent individual.
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Beyond DSM symptoms: Behavioral clues to diagnosing bipolar II disorder
The diagnosis of bipolar II disorder is one of the most common challenges in psychiatric practice.
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Needed: More studies of CSF molecular biomarkers in psychiatric disorders
Psychiatry and neurology are the brain’s twin medical disciplines.
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From ideology to articles of faith: The ‘religification’ of political beliefs
Beliefs are at the core of psychiatric practice.
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More on long-acting injectable antipsychotics
I want to thank Dr. Nasrallah for his editorial calling for more frequent and earlier use of long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) in...
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Psychiatry is Neurology: White matter pathology permeates psychiatric disorders
Ask neurologists or psychiatrists to name a white matter (WM) brain disease and they are very likely to say multiple sclerosis (MS), a...
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10 devastating consequences of psychotic relapses
It breaks my heart every time young patients with functional disability and a history of several psychotic episodes are referred to me.
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Today’s psychiatric neuroscience advances were science fiction during my residency
During my residency training years, I had many rosy and bold dreams about the future of psychiatry, hoping for many breakthroughs.
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Treatment resistance is a myth!
Rapid advances in understanding the many etiologies and subtypes of the heterogenous mood and psychotic disorders are invalidating the notion of...