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Choosing a First-Line Treatment for Postpartum Psychosis: Why Lithium Matters

Postpartum psychosis is a psychiatric emergency. Evidence supports early use of lithium plus antipsychotics—and, when needed, ECT—to achieve remission and prevent relapse.

First Psych Ward Stay Signals Long-Term Mental Health Struggles For Nearly All Patients

WEDNESDAY, May 6, 2026 — A first-time psychiatric admission usually marks the beginning of a long-term struggle with mental illness, a new study says. About 95% of patients return...

Mental Health Attorneys and Psychiatric Interventions

“Interventions” in the mental health sphere are often utilized in mental health crises or emergencies; experience and specific expertise are key.

Most psychiatric practices lack a unified operational intelligence layer- often without realizing it

Ahead of APA (American Psychiatric Conference) 2026 in San Francisco, the Saffron Solution, a healthcare technology and services company warns that disconnected systems, fractured...

A New Way to Close the Pediatric Mental Health Gap

A decade of data shows how primary care and psychiatry can work together to address the pediatric mental health crisis The post A New Way to Close the Pediatric Mental Health Gap a...

What Makes Functional Psychiatric Care at CIP Different from Traditional Psychiatry?

In the realm of mental health care, traditional psychiatry often focuses on diagnosing […]

Pharmacologic Treatment of Postpartum Depression: What Happens in the Real World?

Friday's Health Report: 1 in 5 adults live with mental illness, many go untreated

An estimated one in five adults lives with a mental illness and despite how common it is, many people go undiagnosed and untreated."It can be really difficult for people to admit t...

HHS announces action plan on psychiatric ‘overprescribing’

The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced an action plan on psychiatric prescribing, including efforts to initiate deprescribing based on cl...

Psychiatric polypharmacy is a reassessment failure

The 72-year-old woman sitting in front of me had spent nearly a decade anxious. Not ordinary stress, not fleeting worry, but the kind of chronic physiologic anxiety that hijacks sl...

How to Create a Psychiatric Advance Directive

Similar to a living will for advance medical care planning, learn how to develop a psychiatric advance directive to plan for appropriate mental health care during a future crisis.

Where Psychedelic Treatments Fit in Modern Clinical Care

How psychedelic-assisted therapy may complement ongoing mental health care through collaborative treatment models, continuity, and patient-centered support.

Recovery for BPD Doesn’t Have to Take Years

For BPD Awareness Month, a look at how far the field has come: BPD is now one of the most treatable conditions in psychiatry—and the care is getting more accessible.

Psychiatric treatment for long-term prisoners “starts too late”

Long-term prisoners who are ordered to undergo psychiatric treatment before being released are having to wait too long to begin...

What Families Need to Know About Restraints in Psychiatric Care

Restraints are still routinely used during psychiatric care, and disproportionately on Black patients. A psychiatrist traces the history, the harm, and what families have the right...

Why high-functioning adults are delaying psychiatric care

A pearl forms when an irritant gets trapped inside an oyster and can’t get out. The oyster doesn’t remove it. It layers over it until damage becomes structural. That’s what I keep...

Why high-functioning adults are delaying psychiatric care

A pearl forms when an irritant gets trapped inside an oyster and can’t get out. The oyster doesn’t remove it. It layers over it until damage becomes structural. That’s what I keep...

Many U.S. College Students With Psychosis Are Not Receiving Treatment

TUESDAY, May 26, 2026 — The college years are prime time for the emergence of mental illnesses involving psychosis, according to a new study. However, almost 60% of college student...

7 Changes Reshaping Dual-Diagnosis Treatment And What They Mean For Patients Today

Dual-diagnosis treatment used to feel like two separate conversations happening at once, one […]

From a Sliver of the DSM to the Whole Patient

Psychiatry relies too heavily on limited screeners. Expanding assessment reveals the full patient picture, improving diagnostic clarity, treatment precision, and outcomes.

Exploring Mental Health Treatments Beyond Medication

For decades, the dominant model of mental health treatment has centered on psychotherapy […]

Therapeutic alliance in psychiatry matters more than ever

Each May, during Mental Health Awareness Month, the health care industry releases its usual statements about access to care, workforce stress, and the enduring shadows of stigma. I...

Therapeutic alliance in psychiatry matters more than ever

Each May, during Mental Health Awareness Month, the health care industry releases its usual statements about access to care, workforce stress, and the enduring shadows of stigma. I...

Therapeutic alliance in psychiatry matters more than ever

Each May, during Mental Health Awareness Month, the health care industry releases its usual statements about access to care, workforce stress, and the enduring shadows of stigma. I...