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 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 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 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 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 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.
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