Perspectives
Commentary
Overcoming dental phobias
The anticipatory anxiety of going to the dentist can be just as fearful as being in the dental chair.
Commentary
Diversity – We’re not one size fits all
Teaching about diversity does not damage one’s innocence or deprive parents of private conversations.
Opinion
Transcranial magnetic stimulation during pregnancy: An alternative to antidepressant treatment?
A growing number of women ask about nonpharmacologic approaches for either the treatment of acute perinatal depression or for relapse prevention...
News
Drive, chip, and putt your way to osteoarthritis relief
Plus: Gut diversity gets measured and dog walking gets dangerous.
Shrink Rap News
The newest form of mommy shaming: The 'narcissistic mother'
While we have decided what parents owe our children, it is unclear what parents might ask in return.
Opinion
Teen girls are in crisis: A call to action resulting from 2021 CDC data
Rates of sadness, suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and mental health crisis ED visits among girls are the highest reported in a decade.
Shrink Rap News
Prior authorizations: Time to rebel?
Physicians’ ability to help their patients remains compromised and administrative tasks consume valuable time.
Perspectives
Health care in America: Let that tapeworm grow
Might it still be possible to do well while doing good?
Families in Psychiatry
Family violence after COVID: Understanding coercive relationships
We must think systemically about interpersonal dynamics. This is our lane. This should not be controversial.
Hard Talk
The sacrifice of orthodoxy: Maintaining collegiality in psychiatry
If even enlightened institutions fail at a nonjudgmental approach toward their colleagues, what hope is there for the rest of us clinicians?
Opinion
Are parents infecting their children with contagious negativity?
While the mental health of children is causing their parents to be anxious and depressed, this may be a bidirectional connection.