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February 24, 2021
BLOG: At the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic, I turn again, as I did in March 2020, to writing to make sense of my world. I am tired, I am frustrated, and I am weary. But, like you, I am still here.
February 10, 2021
BLOG: Late in the summer of 2020, I began to notice a pattern among my patients. Those patients who had become ill with COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, were showing some similarities.
February 02, 2021
BLOG: I’m often tasked with interviewing a specific group of medical school applicants, the ones who openly write that they have suffered from mental health symptoms in the past.
January 27, 2021
Psych Congress Steering Committee Member Edward Kaftarian, MD, discusses “Zoom fatigue” which people may be experiencing after months of remote working arrangements due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
January 19, 2021
The $1.9 trillion relief and recovery package proposed by the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris includes items that can benefit behavioral healthcare in innumerable ways.
January 09, 2021
BLOG: We humans are complex creatures who can hold, Shiva-like, the simultaneous capacity for tremendous creation in one hand and woeful destruction in the other.
January 05, 2021
With COVID-19 adding even more urgency, there are four agenda items that our field must bring forward and act upon this year.
December 17, 2020
Although our celebrations this year will be unusual, the winter holiday season will be a time for us to focus on our personal happiness and emotional wellbeing.
December 16, 2020
Psych Congress Steering Committee member Edward Kaftarian, MD, discusses whether telepsychiatry is appropriate for patients with psychosis.
December 03, 2020
Given their increased susceptibility to the coronavirus and higher potential for experiencing more devastating, behavioral health patients should be prioritized for vaccination.