From the Editor
From the Editor
Plagues that will haunt us long after the COVID-19 pandemic is gone
Long-standing injurious epidemics that predated COVID-19 are likely to continue causing grief and suffering to millions, unless we diligently...
From the Editor
Let’s ‘cancel’ these obsolete terms in DSM
A necessary part of psychiatry’s progress is shedding obsolete terminology, starting with borderline personality.
Commentary
2020: The year a viral asteroid collided with planet earth
Finally, 2020 is coming to an end, but the agony its viral pandemic inflicted on the entire world population will continue for a long time.
From the Editor
Unmet needs in the pharmacotherapy of psychiatric brain syndromes
The most glaring psychopharmacologic unmet need is that 80% of DSM disorders still do not have a single FDA-approved medication.
From the Editor
Neuro-politics: Will you vote with your cortex or limbic system?
It’s election season again.
From the Editor
Revamp the MOC
Psychiatrists should be able to focus on treating patients, instead of being burdened by the many time-consuming requirements of the MOC.
From the Editor
Enduring the ordeal of a quadruple threat is especially arduous for psychiatric patients
The anguish of our patients’ illnesses is exacerbated by the fear, anger, sadness, and uncertainty about the current multifaceted societal turmoil...
From the Editor
COVID-19 and the precipitous dismantlement of societal norms
The COVID-19 pandemic has permeated every aspect of our complex society and revealed how fragile our ‘normal lifestyle’ really is.
From the Editor
Stop calling it ‘behavioral health’: Psychiatry is much more
'Behavioral health' is by no means synonymous with psychiatry, a medical specialty that contends with acute and chronic mental disorders.
Commentary
The cataclysmic COVID-19 pandemic: THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!
One of the many lessons of this pandemic: Life as we know it should not be taken for granted, and can change drastically overnight.
From the Editor
Pre-authorization is illegal, unethical, and adversely disrupts patient care
Pre-authorization sacrifices the practice of medicine on the altar of financial greed, and it must be stopped.