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As medical acuity increases and hospital stays shorten, psychiatric consultants must become adept at quickly recognizing neurological disorders comorbid with or manifesting as psychiatric and behavioral symptoms. Neuropsychiatric education has become essential for psychiatric competency.
When the AIDS pandemic emerged in 1981, the diagnosis of AIDS was considered terminal. Over the four decades since then, advances in medicine have transformed HIV/AIDS into chronic and manageable—if still severe— condition.
An estimated 6%-10% of the U.S. population meets the criteria for insomnia disorder-a figure that is even higher among individuals experiencing psychiatric conditions. Evidence suggests that although experiencing sleep difficulties is a diagnostic criterion in several psychiatric conditions and is experienced in the context of some medical ......
A Psychiatrists Reflects on People, Places, and Health
Barbados, the Czech Republic, Great Britain, France, Italy, Morocco: Over the course of 5 years, Dr. Ezra E. H. Griffith, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and African American Studies at Yale University, visited these countries and more, bearing witness to and documenting acts of living in different eras and cultures. Leveraging academic ......
As our understanding of mental disorders and their pathophysiology has advanced over the last few decades, and with the advent of innovative biological treatments, psychiatry has become increasingly rooted in medicine, drawing from both neurology and neuroscience. The teaching of psychiatry has also shifted from abstract, theory-heavy content to ......
A Clinical Strategy Guide for Providers, Parents, and Players
With an estimated 3.3 billion gamers globally and an industry valued at nearly $300 billion, video games represent the fastest-growing form of entertainment-outpacing traditional sports, music, and movies combined. Although gaming can foster community and personal enrichment, it also carries the risk of internet gaming disorder (IGD), a behavioral ......
Countless studies have established a clear link between what we eat and our physical health. Increasing evidence shows that nutrition also plays a crucial role in mental health outcomes. The complexities of causality and the underlying biological mechanisms are still being unraveled; meanwhile, it is essential that today's mental health ......
Despite the wealth of evidence showing that psychological conditions can affect physical health-for example, the impact of stress on blood pressure-it is not uncommon, even now, for disorders of the mind and body to be viewed and treated independently of one another. But what if the same inflammatory processes that are responsible for heart ......
