Wed.May 21, 2025

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Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH, Shares What’s Not Exciting in Psychiatry—and What Would Be Exciting

Psychiatric Times

Although there are topics in psychiatry that not exciting, Dr Ghaemi sees plenty of opportunities.

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Living with mental illness: An unquenchable yearning

Chipur

Theres always been a bone-deep ache - an unquenchable yearning. Im thankful that I know what I long for, but troubled that time is running out on fulfillment. Its been on my mind a lot, so lets talk about it. Living with mental illness: an unquenchable yearning.

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Assessing Adult ADHD: A Conversation With Jeffrey Newcorn, MD

Psychiatric Times

How does adult ADHD differ from pediatric ADHD? Jeffrey Newcorn, MD, shared his expertise at the 2025 APA Annual Meeting.

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PREVENT equation accurately estimated 10-year CVD risk and those with calcium buildup

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

A new risk calculator accurately identified participants who had calcium buildup in their heart arteries and those who had a higher future heart attack risk, in an analysis of about 7,000 adults in New York City referred for heart disease screening.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva.Health

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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Use of Plasma Levels of Antipsychotics: A Conversation With Jonathan M. Meyer, MD, DLFAPA

Psychiatric Times

Antipsychotic plasma levels play a critical role of in treatment decisions. Learn more in this conversation from the 2025 APA Annual Meeting.

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Closing the ADHD Care Gap

ADDitude

Many Black children and adolescents with ADHD are not receiving the mental health services they need, or even accurate diagnoses. Stigma, misdiagnoses, and difficulty accessing evidence-based psychosocial treatment contribute to this gap in care , leaving many Black youth struggling at home, in school, and socially. Misdiagnosis is a significant barrier to care.

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Antidepressant withdrawal symptoms more common among long-term users

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

People who have been taking antidepressants for more than two years are substantially more likely to experience withdrawal symptoms compared to short-term users when they come off the medication, finds a new study.

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I Tried Talking to a Stranger Every Day for a Week—Here's How it Went

Very Well Mind

I spent a week making an effort to talk to a stranger every day. Here's what happened and what I learned.

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Increased risk of psychopathology found in offspring of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

A new study confirms that children of people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a higher risk of developing psychopathology compared to children whose parents do not have these conditions. The study, examines how the clinical and social characteristics of parents influence the mental health of their offspring.

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I Tried the Viral No-Spend Challenge for a Month—Here's What Surprised Me Most

Very Well Mind

Given the rising cost of, well, everything, and having grown up in an Asian, middle-class household where frugality is a flex, I was curious to test the viral trend. Learn how it went.

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Good news for people with migraine who take drugs before or during pregnancy

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

There's good news for people with migraine who take common drugs before or during pregnancy -- a new study found no increase in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD in their children. The study looked at drugs used for migraine attacks called triptans.

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Understanding Speed of Processing in MDD: Insights on DSST Data and a Treatment Option

Psychiatric Times

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Cast no shadow: how common are psychiatric conditions among people with intellectual disability?

The Mental Elf

Shuichi Suetani and Melanie Johnston review new data on the prevalence of psychiatric conditions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. How can psychiatrists support person-centred care for those with intellectual disabilities? The post Cast no shadow: how common are psychiatric conditions among people with intellectual disability?

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Promising new way to modulate brain cell activity to potentially treat major depressive disorder in adults

Psychiatry News -- Science Daily

A mechanism involving potassium channels in the brain that control brain cell activity could provide a new and fundamentally different way of treating depression symptoms in adults with major depressive disorder.

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A Look at MDD: Symptoms, TESD, and Treatment Strategies

Psychiatric Times

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Session 412: How to Spend Time Alone

Therapy for Black Girls

These days, we talk a lot about community, and for good reason. But its important to remember that spending time alone is just as important. So what does it actually look like to enjoy your own company? Alone time isnt just about being by yourself, its about slowing down, reconnecting, and noticing what comes up when youre not in constant dialogue with the world around you.And although for some it may be uncomfortable and a little anxiety-inducing, when done with intention it can be incredibly r

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This May Be a Landmark APA Annual Meeting: From Lifestyle to Rallying

Psychiatric Times

Why was this year's APA Annual Meeting historic? H. Steven Moffic, MD, shares his thoughts.

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Why Corporations Should Embrace Anxiety, Not Eliminate It

Anxiety & Depression Association of America

Why Corporations Should Embrace Anxiety, Not Eliminate It rkeeler May 21, 2025

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The Value of Networking at the APA Annual Meeting

Psychiatric Times

The APA Annual Meeting: a valuable career opportunity.

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‘Baby Brain’ Is Real. 3 Things to Know About What’s Happening to Your Brain

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

… Cognitive neuroscientist Laura Pritschet , a postdoctoral fellow in the department of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania, is fascinated by how female hormones, including estrogen and progesterone, affect the brains organization and functioning. The reason I chose that field is because I was a budding neuroscientist as an undergrad, interested in brain networks and obsessing over how intricate everything was in the brain to simply allow us to have a personality or remember thing

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Protecting Your Online Reputation: Advice From a Technology Expert

Psychiatric Times

At the APA Annual Meeting, John Luo, MD, discussed the importance of managing your online reputation and privacy in today's digital landscape for future opportunities.

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Predictors of response and remission after transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depressive disorder: an international comparative study between Taiwan and Japan

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 20 May 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Che-Sheng Chu, Cheng-Ta Li, Chih-Ming Cheng, Jia-Shyun Jeng, Chih-Chuan Pan, Guan-Wei Chen, Wei-Zhe Liang, Chun-Hung Chang, Kyoshiro Fujii, Ryosuke Kitahata, Yoshihiro Noda

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The Poetics and Politics of Our Mental Health Metaphors: An Interview with Laurence Kirmayer

Mad in America

L aurence Kirmayer is one of the most influential figures in cultural psychiatry today. A psychiatrist, researcher, and theorist, he serves as James McGill Professor and Director of the Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry at McGill University and Editor-in-Chief of Transcultural Psychiatry.Across decades of work bridging anthropology, psychiatry, and cognitive science, Kirmayer has advanced a complex view of mental health as inseparable from culture, history, language, and political

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The depressive symptoms trajectories and risk of all-cause mortality: Findings from the China health and retirement longitudinal study

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 20 May 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Minglan Jiang, Xiao Ren, Wenyang Han, Xiaowei Zheng

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Student Notebook: A Graduate Student’s Guide to Transdisciplinary Research and Grant Writing

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Securing funding for graduate research is a significant milestone, and, for me, receiving the Crossing Boundaries Research Award (CBRA) from the Transdisciplinary Studies Program and the Office of Research, Sponsored Programs & Grants at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) was not just a financial achievement but a validation of the interdisciplinary nature of my work.

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Cognitive-Environmental Coherence Theory (CECT): A Novel Framework for Culturally-Embedded Mental Health

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 20 May 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Sayed M.

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Spotify is Scrambling to Remove Dozens of Podcasts Promoting Online Prescription Drug Sales

Mad in America

From CNN : “If you search Adderall on Spotifys podcast page, youll find health podcasts about ADHD, shows about addiction recovery and comedy podcasts where hosts talk about using the medication. You may also come across multiple pages masquerading as podcasts that direct users to buy drugs from potentially dangerous and illegal online pharmacies.

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A prospective study of risk factors and new prediction model for inpatient aggression in a Turkish forensic psychiatric cohort with psychotic illness

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 20 May 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Yasin Hasan Balcioglu, Melih Avci, Fatih Oncu, Mehmet Sinan Iyisoy, Sakir Gica, Jonas Forsman, Howard Ryland

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How Psychological Study Results Have Changed Since the Replication Crisis Began

Association for Psychological Science (APS)

Science is often described as self-correcting, given its basis in empirical testing and because falsehoods put forth can, in principle, be dismantled through further experiments. Yet, when the platonic ideal of science confronts the human worldconstrained by what is feasible and poisoned by perverse incentivesissues may arise. Such concerns often serve to justify distrust in scientific research.

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Exploring the Experiences of Academic Advisors and Psychological Counsellors Supporting Students with Mental Illnesses: A Qualitative Study at a Public University in Oman

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 20 May 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Abdul Rahman Al Fahdi, Maryam Alharrasi, Khalood Al-Abri, Saud Al Nabhani, Mohammed Al Shajabi, Sultan Al Hinai

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Decreased left brain specialization in bipolar disorder patients and its association with neurotransmitter and genetic profiles: a longitudinal study

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 20 May 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Leyi Zhang, Yiding Han, Haohao Yan, Chunguo Zhang, Xiaoling Li, Jiaquan Liang, Chaohua Tang, Weibin Wu, Wen Deng, Guojun Xie, Wenbin Guo

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Addressing the policy gap between adolescent mental health and school systems in indonesia

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 20 May 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Zalik Nuryana, Herdian

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Machine Learning in Neuroimaging and Computational Pathophysiology of Parkinson’s Disease: A comprehensive review and meta-analysis

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Publication date: Available online 20 May 2025 Source: Asian Journal of Psychiatry Author(s): Khushi Sharma, Manjula Shanbhog, Kuljeet Singh

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