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Intergenerational Gaps and the Role of Technology in Psychiatric Leadership: A Trainee’s Perspective

Psychiatric Times

Technology offers benefits like enhanced education but poses challenges such as reduced human connection and ethical concerns. Effective psychiatric leadership requires balancing generational and technological dynamics to foster collaboration and innovation.

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What Is a Sleep Disorder? A Harmful Dysfunction Analysis

Psychiatric Times

A Harmful Dysfunction Analysis Author(s): Jean-Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, MD, PhD , Christophe Gauld, MD, PhD +2 More Key Takeaways Sleep medicine lacks a structured definition for disorders, complicating diagnosis and classification compared to psychiatry's DSM framework. Mak, MD, FRCPC, DRCPSC, FCPA, FAASM; Charles Choi, MD; Muhammad A.

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Eyes, Ears, and Emotion: Techniques to Tackle Diagnosing Bipolar Disorder

Psychiatric Times

1 Kellogg outlined what he sees as the three core diagnostic challenges for bipolar: patient factors (like expressing their emotions), clinician challenges (like hearing and recognizing subtle symptoms), and the absence of definitive lab tests.

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History, Physiology, and Pharmacology of Incretins

Psychiatric Times

This observation prompted a change in the acronym definition to glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide , the first recognized incretin. It is not definitively established whether GIP is also synthesized in the central nervous system (CNS), although CNS GIP receptors have been reported.

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How Do Psychiatry Residents Learn Psychopharmacology?

Psychiatric Times

By definition, nobody forgets the details of an experience that creates unforgettable memories. It becomes subject to registration and recall with a greater degree of vivid fidelity and detail than if the same factual content-to-be-learned were paired with no emotionally-laden stimulus.

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

Mad in America

S outh Korea is often celebrated for its remarkable economic growth, technological advancement, and cultural exports like K-pop and Korean dramas. As more psychiatric clinics open and more citizens seek help, we must ensure that our definitions of help and healing go beyond fast-track diagnoses and prescriptions.

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Recovery from Psychosis in Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder Is Possible

Mad in America

Around the same time, I became convinced that, in order to prepare me for a higher position, the senior directors of the parent organisation had hired two international consultants: (1) a life coach and (2) an ex-CIA operative (to undertake a surveillance programme using the latest technology to investigate me).