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Treatment-resistant schizophrenia
Editor-in-Chief Henry A. Nasrallah, MD, talks about spurious causes of treatmentresistance in schizophrenia.
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Signs, symptoms, and treatment of psychiatrynemia
Psychiatrynemia—a shortage of physicians who specialize in managing psychiatric brain disorders—is not a recently recognized affliction, but a...
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The sins and peccadillos of psychiatric practice
Psychiatrists and other psychiatric practitioners are prone to an occasional behavioral foible or glitch in judgment—as all humans are.
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Clozapine is a vastly underutilized, unique agent with multiple applications
Psychiatrists know that clozapine helps many patients who have intractable psychotic symptoms that have failed to respond to trials of several...
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Can philanthropy fill the unmet needs of psychiatry?
I’m heartened whenever a philanthropist gives generously to research that is targeted to unravel the myriad mysteries of the human brain and its...
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For couples seeking to conceive, offer advice on reducing the risk of schizophrenia in their child
A couple who wants to have a child recently approached me because they were worried about the husband’s family history of schizophrenia.
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Post-World War II psychiatry: 70 years of momentous change
Baby Boomers, born between 1946 and 1964 (including me, shown here as a 7-year-old, who, even then, aspired to be a physician), have witnessed...
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The transient truths of medical ‘progress’
There is a widespread notion that today’s medical practices and advances—including in psychiatry—are superior to the tools and therapies of the...
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100 years of solicitude: Do global traumatic events have a transgenerational effect?
The past 100 years were witness to a barrage of highly stressful, life-threatening, anxiety-producing events: wars, large-scale disasters, assas...
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A brave new era of IV psychopharmacotherapy
Starting an infusion might become part of your daily work
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Psychiatry’s future shock
“I recall reading Future Shock during medical school. This seminal book jarred and inspired me with its predictions of how rapid change will be...
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The travesty of disparity and non-parity
Senseless, unethical discrimination against mental illness goes on unabated, despite lip service by politicians and policy-makers.
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Repositioning psychotherapy as a neurobiological intervention
Psychotherapy should be reconceptualized, rebranded, and repositioned—for the good of our patients.
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One shade of gray, 50 shades of ignorance
Some people ignore evidence supporting the science and practice of psychiatry—holding on instead to obsolete knowledge that is, simply, ignorance...