"What's really important for people with OCD is that they know that they have an illness and the thoughts that they're having are not their own wishes," says Dr. Helen Blair Simpson.
"Sublimation is not just about acting on feelings – that can often be dangerous. It’s about turning what could be a destructive force into something productive," writes Dr. Deborah Cabaniss.
Dr. Madelyn Gould explains, “The detailed coverage of terrorist attacks may be giving people who are vulnerable or thinking along these line ideas about what to do and how to do it.”
Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman says that flat affect is just one behavioral symptom that occurs in a constellation of features of different illnesses, and they aren’t all psychiatric.
Dr. Mayumi Okuka shares information on Columbia's Chapman Perelman Domestic Violence Initiative, a program designed to help victims of abuse get the help and resources they need in this video.
Dr. David Hellerstein discusses his 3 posters that he presented At the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting regarding antidepressants and depression.
At the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, Dr. Paul Appelbaum, chair of the DSM steering committee, discussed how the APA is re-examining the DSM and its revision process.
"The current evidence in scientific literature suggests that pregnancy changes the brain on a physical, cellular level in ways that we are only beginning to understand," writes Dr. Alexandra Sacks.
Pre-clinical studies on a hemp-derived extract called cannabidiol have shown promise for treatment of chronic pain, anxiety, and other conditions in animals, said Dr. Ziva Cooper.
