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Generative AI technologies like OpenAI’s ChatGPT have the potential to transform the landscape of psychiatric practices and patient engagement. That makes it crucial for the psychiatric community to think proactively about the role that AI can play in the field of mental health—and partner with parties driving AI innovation.

This rapidly growing subspecialty is focused on the mental health of athletes—including helping them overcome any challenges that are limiting their performance. That means reducing not just the negative impacts that can arise from primary diagnoses but also the iatrogenic effects of treatments.

Ecological medicine and psychedelic-assisted therapy show great promise in helping patients whose mental health problems are rooted in a sense of disconnection from the world around them.

Ketamine: Miracle Drug or Double-Edged Sword?Clinical & Research

Ketamine: Miracle Drug or Double-Edged Sword?

While ketamine therapy for psychiatric illness is growing increasingly popular, Psychiatric News found sharply opposing viewpoints on whether its risks outweigh its benefits—and how to prevent its misuse.

Syndemic of Substance Use, Infectious Disease Calls for Combined ServicesClinical & Research

Syndemic of Substance Use, Infectious Disease Calls for Combined Services

Offering prevention, treatment, and harm-reduction services for substance use and infectious disease saves money as well as lives.

Historic Parity Rule Closes Loopholes and Improves Access to Timely CareGovernment & Legal

Historic Parity Rule Closes Loopholes and Improves Access to Timely Care

A new federal mental health parity rule aims to identify and close loopholes that health plans and insurers have used to deny patients mental health and substance use disorder care.

‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Brings Mental Illness Out of the ShadowsLook & Listen

‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ Brings Mental Illness Out of the Shadows

While the villains in Amazon’s new Batman cartoon are still caricatures of DSM diagnoses, the show’s attempt to depict them and their illnesses in a sympathetic light sets the show apart from its Bat-brethren.

Reproductive Psychiatric Advance Directives Set Forth Patient WishesGovernment & Legal

Reproductive Psychiatric Advance Directives Set Forth Patient Wishes

Serious mental illness may at times render patients unable to make decisions about their psychiatric or reproductive health care. Psychiatrists can help them make their wishes known ahead of time.

A Seat at the TableFirst Person

A Seat at the Table

Health professionals with disabilities are held to the same functional standards as their colleagues but often aren’t given proper accommodation—leaving them open to bias and further contributing to feelings of marginalization.