From the Editor
From the Editor
Psychiatry is Neurology: White matter pathology permeates psychiatric disorders
Ask neurologists or psychiatrists to name a white matter (WM) brain disease and they are very likely to say multiple sclerosis (MS), a...
From the Editor
10 devastating consequences of psychotic relapses
It breaks my heart every time young patients with functional disability and a history of several psychotic episodes are referred to me.
From the Editor
Today’s psychiatric neuroscience advances were science fiction during my residency
During my residency training years, I had many rosy and bold dreams about the future of psychiatry, hoping for many breakthroughs.
From the Editor
Treatment resistance is a myth!
Rapid advances in understanding the many etiologies and subtypes of the heterogenous mood and psychotic disorders are invalidating the notion of...
From the Editor
Plagues that will haunt us long after the COVID-19 pandemic is gone
Long-standing injurious epidemics that predated COVID-19 are likely to continue causing grief and suffering to millions, unless we diligently...
From the Editor
Let’s ‘cancel’ these obsolete terms in DSM
A necessary part of psychiatry’s progress is shedding obsolete terminology, starting with borderline personality.
Commentary
2020: The year a viral asteroid collided with planet earth
Finally, 2020 is coming to an end, but the agony its viral pandemic inflicted on the entire world population will continue for a long time.
From the Editor
Unmet needs in the pharmacotherapy of psychiatric brain syndromes
The most glaring psychopharmacologic unmet need is that 80% of DSM disorders still do not have a single FDA-approved medication.
From the Editor
Neuro-politics: Will you vote with your cortex or limbic system?
It’s election season again.
From the Editor
Revamp the MOC
Psychiatrists should be able to focus on treating patients, instead of being burdened by the many time-consuming requirements of the MOC.
From the Editor
Enduring the ordeal of a quadruple threat is especially arduous for psychiatric patients
The anguish of our patients’ illnesses is exacerbated by the fear, anger, sadness, and uncertainty about the current multifaceted societal turmoil...