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Research Update

Does Psychiatric Hospitalization Prevent Suicide Attempts?

February 1, 2025

Vishwani Sahai-Siddiqui, MD. Dr. Sahai-Siddiqui has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

A surprise result from a super-sized database.

EXPERT Q&A

Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents

July 22, 2024

Alec L. Miller, PsyD

Alec L. Miller, PsyD. Co-Founder and Co-Director, Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants of Westchester, LLP, White Plains, NY; President, Access Psychology Foundation; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. He is also co-author of three textbooks published by Guilford Press applying dialectical behavioral therapy to adolescents in clinical and school settings.

Dr. Miller discloses that he receives royalties from Guilford Press and PsychWire. This educational activity has been reviewed and it has been determined that there is no commercial bias as a result of this financial relationship.

This interview features the co-developer of a multimodal treatment that adapted DBT for suicidal adolescents. This innovative approach filled a critical gap where no other effective treatments existed.

Expert Q&A

Understanding Suicide: Prevention and Intervention Strategies

April 1, 2024

J. John Mann, MD

J. John Mann, MD.

Paul Janssen Professor of Translational Neuroscience in Psychiatry and Radiology; Director, Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division; Co-Director, Columbia Center for Prevention and Treatment of Depression, Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY.

Dr. Mann receives royalties from the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene for the commercial use of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale and royalties from Columbia University for the Columbia Psychiatry Pathways app. Relevant financial relationships listed for the author have been mitigated.

We examine effective suicide prevention techniques, highlighting simple yet impactful methods such as post-hospitalization follow-ups via phone calls or postcards. Dr. Mann offers insight into these and other interventions that have been successful in lowering suicide rates.

Research Update

Intermittent Theta-Burst Stimulation for Depression and Suicidality

March 1, 2024

Kate J. Travis, MD

Kate Travis, MD. Dr. Travis has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Although intermittent theta-burst stimulation demonstrates efficacy in depression treatment, we look into how it addresses suicidality?

Research Update

Can We Predict Suicidal Behaviors by Tracking Dreams?

November 9, 2023

Stuti Bhandari, MD.

Stuti Bhandari, MD. Dr. Bhandari has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Early insights hint at the intriguing relationship between the content of dreams and self-harm.

Expert Q&A

Spirituality in Practice

October 31, 2023

Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD

Warren Kinghorn, MD, ThD.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center; Esther Colliflower Associate Professor of the Practice of Pastoral and Moral Theology, Duke Divinity School; Co-Director, Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC.

Dr. Kinghorn has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

From praying with patients to understanding spirituality assessments, Dr. Kinghorn shows us how to incorporate spirituality into clinical encounters.

Expert Q&A

Crisis in Pediatric Mental Health: The Kids Aren’t Alright

August 1, 2023

Warren Y.K. Ng, MD.

Warren Y.K. Ng, MD.

Child and adolescent psychiatrist; Medical Director of Clinical Services, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York Presbyterian/Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital; President, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY.

Dr. Ng has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

As the head of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Dr. Ng is deeply familiar with the serious issues facing pediatric mental health. He outlines methods to protect children, such as partnering with pediatricians and making use of school-based programs. Additionally, he lists resources for healthcare providers, patients, and their families.

CLINICAL UPDATE

Exploring the Complexities of Self-Harm Among Youth

July 9, 2023

Joshua Feder, MD and Hanni Flaherty, LCSWR, PhD, CASAC

Joshua Feder, MD. Editor in Chief, The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report.

Hanni Flaherty, LCSWR, PhD, CASAC. Assistant Professor and Chair of Advanced Clinical Practice, Yeshiva University. President and Clinical Director, Collaborative People Clinical Group. New York, NY.

The authors have no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

While self-harming behaviors may manifest differently for each individual, they are often associated with underlying emotional distress. Learn more about how to help your clients.

BOOK REVIEWS FOR PSYCHIATRISTS

A Review of A Mother's Reckoning

Stories that color-in the stark lines of evidence-based medicine.

April 13, 2023

Emily E. Whisler, DO and Edmund S. Higgins, MD.

Discover the emotional journey of a mother whose life was forever changed when she learned her son was involved in a crime.

Expert Q&A

Addressing Suicidality in Autistic Children and Teens

April 1, 2023

Paul Lipkin, MD

Paul Lipkin, MD.

Neurodevelopmental and developmental behavioral pediatrician. Director, Medical Outpatient Services, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD.

Dr. Lipkin has served as an advisor for EarliTec and Sarepta Diagnostics. Relevant financial relationships listed for the author have been mitigated.

Autistic kids and teens can become despondent or suicidal. When this happens, we need to take it as seriously as with anyone else. We interviewed Dr. Paul Lipkin who has truly useful tips to help us modify our assessment to communicate effectively back and forth to address the problem.