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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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Tardive Dyskinesia: Treat Functional Impairment, Not the AIMS Score

Psychiatric Times

This 60-year gap likely contributed to the progressive decrease in screening, documenting, and discussing the cause and course of TD with patients.

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Using Serum Drug Levels

Psychiatric Times

Finally, it provides documentation to justify why the medication was stopped or increased to off-label dosages, or to explain the clinical appropriateness of the treatment plan to an insurance company or colleague.

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The 6 Steps to Catalyze CBT and DBT With Young Patients

Psychiatric Times

The diary card is a core DBT tool that prompts patients to document daily ratings of emotions, skills use, medication adherence, and other behavioral metrics. Of course, functional outcomes that reflect patients’ lived experience tend to be most compelling.

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Collaborative Solutions: Cross-Sector Partnerships Transforming Mental Health Data Systems Across Cultures

Child Mind Intitute

Our joint study, “ Data Gaps in Prevalence Rates of Mental Health Conditions Around the World: A Retrospective Analysis of Nationally Representative Data , ” recently published in The Lancet Global Health Journal, reveals that the largest documented gaps are in the Western Pacific and Africa.

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The Failure of “Spit For Science”: No Genetic or Neurological Pathways for Substance Abuse

Mad in America

Again, the assumption is that the connection is there, and the next technology, the next big leap will surely prove what we all know to be true. For instance, heres a defense of the S4S project by Awais Aftab : I have no substantial disagreements with Turkheimer and Greer.

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Prodromal Symptoms of Schizophrenia: Understanding and Addressing Challenges

Psychiatric Times

Commonly documented clinical findings of a schizophrenic prodrome include cognitive deficits (memory, attention, and concentration). 2 These can involve disruptions in speed, verbal memory, social reasoning, and emotional processing.