Mixed Topics
Commentary
Neuropsychiatric side effects of hormonal contraceptives: More common than you think!
Practitioners of all types need to engage in shared decision-making to identify the key benefits and risks of hormonal contraceptive use for each...
From the Journals
Physical exercise tied to a reduction in suicide attempts
The analysis was limited because the included studies were “few, underpowered, and heterogeneous.”
Feature
Should you recommend e-cigs to help patients quit smoking?
“There is scientific research to support vaping as a cessation tool, but we wouldn’t use it as a first line of defense because we still need...
News
Previously unknown viral families hide in the darnedest places
Plus: The moose who came to dinner and the mouse that said you were stressed.
Families in Psychiatry
Family violence after COVID: Understanding coercive relationships
We must think systemically about interpersonal dynamics. This is our lane. This should not be controversial.
News
Lack of food for thought: Starve a bacterium, feed an infection
Plus: An iguana trades mycobacteria for cake, while humans sacrifice cake to the god of allergies.
Hard Talk
The sacrifice of orthodoxy: Maintaining collegiality in psychiatry
If even enlightened institutions fail at a nonjudgmental approach toward their colleagues, what hope is there for the rest of us clinicians?
From the Journals
Heart rate, cardiac phase influence perception of time
People’s perception of time is subjective and based not only on their emotional state but also on heartbeat and heart rate (HR), two new studies...
Commentary
‘Excess’ deaths surging, but why?
‘The excess death gap between the United States and Western Europe has never been higher,’ according to a new study.
News
Sweaty treatment for social anxiety could pass the sniff test
Plus: MOF-Jet gives needle-phobics a shot in the arm, and data-mining provides a hippocampal close-up.
Shrink Rap News
Stutz: The psychiatrist as movie star
“Stutz” is a movie about a larger-than-life psychiatrist, one whose warmth and inspiration are healing.