Staff members who have witnessed the pattern of worsening mental health and rehospitalizations see AOT as a panacea, while opponents worry about impingement on patients’ civil rights. 🔗👇

In ‘Toy Story 5,’ the beloved franchise explores the pervasiveness of screens, including what they cost kids and whether they can be harnessed to encourage connection. 🔗👇

The idea of making cities more conducive to physical and mental health is being put to the test in communities across the United States and around the world. 🔗👇

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) or neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia (NPS) are a group of psychological reactions, psychiatric symptoms, and behaviors that are unsafe, disruptive, and impair the care of individuals with dementia. 🔗👇

After reviewing the article, however, I believe that more caution and nuance is merited in interpreting these findings. https://ow.ly/uzPp50ZwczJ

In this column, I discuss how states described in different contemplative traditions—specifically, the states of akedia and dukkha—resulted in two distinct practices: radical surrender versus radical observation. 🔗👇

The Kentucky district branch was successful in getting its own CoCM bill passed—the culmination of an effort that began before the pandemic. 🔗👇

New research shows that patients with severe mental illness require fewer hospital-based services and use fewer health care dollars in states that pay psychiatrists better. 🔗👇

During summer, many of us take some time to slow down, visit with family and friends, or take a vacation. More than anything, it’s a chance to reflect on our circumstances. I’ve used this summer to think about the value that membership in APA has had in my life. https://ow.ly/UxLf50Zv60t

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In this issue, read the first part of a special report on Alzheimer's and dementia, the need for more advocacy on eating disorders, Toy Story 5 and the influence of tech in children, how one dose of psilocybin may alter brain structures, and more. https://ow.ly/MsLj50Zv5TN

In the United States, childbirth-related PTSD is underdiagnosed and undertreated. Experts speaking on a panel at #APAAM26 offered strategies for addressing this gap in perinatal care. 🔗👇

A TV special focused on the Punisher has the potential to explore trauma and its effects, or it could devolve into a spectacle of gun violence. “One Last Kill” tries to have it both ways, with mixed results. 🔗👇

Today, it seems so many health systems are geared toward short-term treatment and often do not even offer long-term psychotherapy. We need to promote and support more real, effective treatments like long-term psychotherapy. 🔗👇

As I mentioned during the Opening Session of #APAAM26, throughout my year as APA president, one of the questions I was asked most often during visits to our district branches was related to advocacy. Specifically: How can I get involved in advocacy? 🔗👇

Climate-related events can raise the risk of substance use and substance use disorder (SUD) through their impact on mental health. 🔗👇

A history of trauma may lay behind a range of disorders, including major depression, anxiety, PTSD, dissociative disorders, substance use disorders, eating disorders, and psychosis. 🔗👇

Young men may be especially vulnerable to increasingly algorithmically shaped digital environments that amplify social comparison, reinforce appearance-focused ideals, and intensify loneliness or alienation. 🔗👇

Geographic moves often force us to reconsider how we live our lives in our repetitions and preferences. 🔗👇

In honor of Minority Mental Health Month, you can visit the Library and Archives at APA headquarters in D.C., to read Prudhomme’s and other psychiatrists’ accounts of breaking barriers to access for people of color and how those experiences shaped their perspectives. https://ow.ly/JcE450Zjq03

In 1996, the APA created an ethical standard for psychiatrists acting as reviewers for insurance companies. I wonder if there has ever been an ethical complaint filed against a psychiatrist in this role. https://ow.ly/RxwS50ZjpO2

Athlete mental health has become an increasingly urgent topic over the past decade, with an estimated 33% or more of elite athletes experiencing mental health challenges. 🔗👇

There are innumerable issues on which APA can lend its voice. Our responsibility is to focus our energy where our mission and expertise can be most effective. 🔗👇

We need to ground the discussion of AI in mental health not in our fears or hopes but rather in real-world data tracking its actual use, efficacy, and safety. 🔗👇

“This will help clinicians, families, and caregivers who are struggling to take care of individuals with agitation, a symptom that causes a significant caregiver burden and can pose safety risks for all involved.” 🔗👇

🎙️ In this episodes, we discuss how specialized lithium clinics and standardized monitoring can support safer prescribing and also about the misconceptions about lithium toxicity and the challenges of managing complex medications. 🔗👇

In May, no less than Pope Leo XIV, writing his first major encyclical to the bishops of the Catholic Church, reflected on the fear that, left unchecked, AI systems threaten to extinguish or supersede “magnificent humanity.” 🔗👇

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. created a media frenzy in May when he announced a plan to reduce “overprescribing” of psychiatric medications. But this is a matter of weighing risks and benefits and must include careful consideration of the patient’s wishes. 🔗👇

Psychiatric side effects from montelukast remain underdiagnosed and underreported. In fact, many psychiatrists aren’t even aware of the black-box warning. 🔗👇

Psychiatrists are now regularly hearing claims that the newest AI models are “as good as specialists.” Yet most of us have not had time to examine how these systems are actually evaluated—or what those evaluations do and do not say about safe clinical use. 🔗👇