This is the second of two e-newsletters highlighting major sessions from APA’s 2024 Annual Meeting in New York. About 12,500 psychiatrists attended 400 scientific sessions, featuring top experts in psychiatry.
“As psychiatrists, we have a great legacy of leaders and leadership in our profession and Association. All of us stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, building on their great works and accomplishments,” Levin said.
While the current “age of fentanyl” requires a shift in thinking, experts say the basic approach to buprenorphine-assisted opioid management remains the same.
Adverse childhood experiences increase the risk of future antisocial personality disorder and conduct disorder, which appears to increase the risk of violent attitudes and behaviors.
Bryan Stevenson, J.D., founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, said psychiatrists cannot be truly effective if they allow themselves to be separated from the people who have stories of addiction, mental illness, or disenfranchisement.
Psychiatrists should ask patients about social media use in an open, nonjudgmental fashion and try to understand patients’ motivations for engaging with social media.
Among the thorny issues related to the use of psychedelics is that their unpredictable and often indescribable effects make advance planning difficult.
There are some notable similarities between the diagnostic criteria for addiction and the compulsive and perfectionist tendencies that enable high-performing athletes to succeed.
Though more research on firearm violence is needed, evidence shows policies like child access prevention laws, which promote responsible firearm storage, can reduce violent crime, unintentional injuries, and suicides.
Parental or ancestral trauma may heighten vulnerability to mental health challenges, but epigenetic adaptations may simultaneously facilitate coping mechanisms, said Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D.
Treating patients with long-haul COVID-19 involves taking a comprehensive, multidisciplinary quality-of-life approach that appreciates that recovery takes time.
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