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Transforming mental health services

Critical Psychiatry

Pullman et al ( 2025 ) consider how social work could contribute to the transformation in mental health services from a predominately medical approach to a balanced, evidenced-based biopsychosocial approach to care, as recommended by the World Health Organisation (WHO) (see eg, its 2022 World Mental Health Report ).

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

andrey_orlov/AdobeStock CLINICAL REFLECTIONS Medical education has traversed an evolving path over the past few decades. 2 Realizing that, modern medical educators often morph traditional Socratic questioning into the embedding of “audience response questions” (ARS) within formal presentations. to “Will this be on my patient?”

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Successfully Prescribing MAOIs for Depression

Psychiatric Times

TARGET AUDIENCE This accredited continuing education (CE) activity is intended for psychiatrists, psychologists, primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other health care professionals who seek to improve their care for patients with mental health disorders. AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™

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Behind the Smiles: Mental Health in South Korea’s High-Pressure Society

Mad in America

in 2022, reflecting a trend that continues to rise year after year. It is a reflection of deep systemic issuessocial pressure, medical hierarchy, lack of education around mental healththat collectively push people into silent suffering and pharmaceutical dependence. The Numbers Behind the Crisis In a 2024 national survey , 73.6%

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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score

Psychiatric Times

In 2022, a panel of TD experts developed a standardized tool that could be utilized easily in a clinical setting to assess TD’s impact on functioning in various domains. The resulting Impact-TD scale measures the degree of functional impact on 4 categories: social, psychological/psychiatric, physical, vocational/educational/recreational.

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The 2025 Summer Heatwave: Implications for Patients With Psychiatric Disorders

Psychiatric Times

Although prevention is key, Barbee said patient education should also include the signs and symptoms of heat intolerance. Ms Barbee has a passion to reduce the stigma around mental health and promoting increased access to mental health care and education of both clinicians and the general public. Subscribe Now!

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Teenage years crucial for depression intervention

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

18, 2022 — A new study shows that using cannabis products to treat pain, anxiety and depression failed to improve these symptoms while doubling the risk of developing the addictive symptoms of cannabis use. more topics Education & Learning Creativity Educational Psychology Infant & Preschool Learning Disorders STEM Education.