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The 2025 Summer Heatwave: Implications for Patients With Psychiatric Disorders

Psychiatric Times

The hypothalamus is our body's thermostat, and a lot of the neurotransmitters that we are touching on and working on in psychiatry affect the hypothalamus.” 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.

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

For instance: “Imagine neurotransmitter particles traversing a synaptic cleft and binding to postsynaptic receptors like boats in the water that then either purposefully or indiscriminately land at one dock versus another. Accessed June 11, 2025. Author(s): Joseph F. Goldberg, MD , Stephen M. Metaphor and anthropomorphism can help.

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Nonstimulant Therapies for ADHD

Psychiatric Times

Atomoxetine and viloxazine function as norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, targeting neurotransmitter systems involved in attention, distractibility, and response inhibition. Related Videos Related Content Advertisement June 17th 2025 ADHD With Bipolar Disorder: Genetics, Diagnosis, and New Thinking on Treatment David N. Subscribe Now!

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Depression: Biological or Psychological?

Mad in America

These beliefs have been shaped by NIHs National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) and by psychiatrists, whose opinions regarding mental health care are trusted by the public. Put to the test, they were unable to demonstrate that the mental disorders are biological illnesses. A psychiatric textbook (Silverman, C.,

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New Study: Cognitive Aerobic Exercise Boosts Working Memory

ADDitude

February 27, 2025 Cognitive-aerobic exercise improves working memory more than aerobic exercise alone in children and adolescents with ADHD, according to a new study 1 published in Frontiers in Psychology. Previous research has shown that exercise relieves ADHD symptoms by increasing endorphins and neurotransmitters in the brain.

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“Feel Good” Chemical Serotonin Signals Future Rewards to Brain: Study

ADDitude

April 23, 2025 Serotonin neurons signal to the brain the expected value of near-future rewards, a discovery that helps to clarify the neurotransmitter’s complex role in regulating mood, learning, and more, according to a new study in Nature. Nature (2025). A prospective code for value in the serotonin system. Bujalski, P.,

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Spravato Approved for Treatment-Resistant Depression

ADDitude

February 25, 2025 Spravato, the esketamine nasal spray approved in 2019 for use alongside oral antidepressants for treatment-resistant depression, has been approved by the U.S. Esketamine is a form of the dissociative agent ketamine , commonly used as an anesthetic; it works by targeting the neurotransmitter glutamate.