Hope is essential to treatment.
It's not the same as optimism.
And you don't need to be a charismatic healer to instill it. Start with this 3-step guide:
psych-partners.com/three-steps-...
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@chrisaikenmd.bsky.socialHope is essential to treatment.
It's not the same as optimism.
And you don't need to be a charismatic healer to instill it. Start with this 3-step guide:
psych-partners.com/three-steps-...
@madintheuk.bsky.socialADHD UK Cannot Hide the Flawed Science Behind the Diagnosis and Its Treatment By Yaakov Ophir
@madintheuk.bsky.socialTo the Few Psychiatrists Who Still Believe in ECT: See You in Court By John Read
madintheuk.com/2026/08/to-t...
#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #InformedConsent #PatientRights #MedicalEthics #Psychiatry
@madintheuk.bsky.socialAntidepressants Can Change Peaceful Citizens into Killers By Peter Gøtzsche
madintheuk.com/2026/08/anti...
#Antidepressants #Akathisia #DrugSafety #Psychiatry #MentalHealth #PatientSafety #InformedConsent #Pharmacovigilance #MedicalHarm #SuicidePrevention
@dailynorthern.comNearly 300 children and young people await psychiatric care #faroeislands #healthcare #psychiatry
@chrisaikenmd.bsky.socialAvoidant-restrictive #EatingDisorder is new to DSM, and we don't know much about how to treat it.
A family-therapy approach outperformed individual #therapy in new, large trial of children:
psych-partners.com/one-therapy-...
@shrinksinsneakers.bsky.socialCyclothymic Temperament: Mood Swings Don’t Always Mean Bipolar Disorder youtu.be/IVSzIgCOeQ4?... via @YouTube
Not every person with mood swings has bipolar disorder
#Psychiatry #MentalHealth #BipolarDisorder #Cyclothymia #MoodDisorders #PsychiatryUnfiltered #ShrinksInSneakers
@matthewsacchet.bsky.socialHow should we understand the positive and negative experiences associated with meditation?
May this work benefit many 🙏
#contemplativescience #psychiatry #wellbeing #advancedmeditation #mentalhealth
@jamapsychiatry.com💬 Viewpoint: In #Psychiatry, large language models should be used as clinical instruments, with clinician accountability and source-grounded verification before output influences care.
@schiele-lab.bsky.socialWe are delighted that Miriam Schiele will present on ‘S10 – Innovative approaches to understanding and treating anxiety disorders: from neurobiology to cutting-edge therapies’ at the 39th ECNP Congress, 10-13 October 2026. www.ecnp.eu/congress2026
#ECNP2026 #neuroscience #psychiatry
@humanisingmen.bsky.socialDr Sanil Rege - Why Tea Makes Your Brain Feel Different #psychiatry #ltheanine
@stopthestigma.bsky.socialDr Sanil Rege - Why Tea Makes Your Brain Feel Different #psychiatry #ltheanine
@chrisaikenmd.bsky.socialLearn how to use a lightbox from MD who discovered it: Carlat #Psychiatry Interview with Norman Rosenthal:
www.thecarlatreport.com/newsletters/...
Also review of a new antipsychotic, GLP-1s, pramipexole
@shrinksinsneakers.bsky.socialWhat if you’re not hypomanic you’re just naturally Elevated? youtu.be/2aqhLrnhJCs?... via @YouTube
Some people seem to operate at a different speed
@madintheuk.bsky.socialADHD UK Cannot Hide the Flawed Science Behind the Diagnosis and Its Treatment By Yaakov Ophir
@madintheuk.bsky.socialTo the Few Psychiatrists Who Still Believe in ECT: See You in Court By John Read
madintheuk.com/2026/08/to-t...
#ECT #ElectroconvulsiveTherapy #InformedConsent #PatientRights #MedicalEthics #Psychiatry
@madintheuk.bsky.socialAntidepressants Can Change Peaceful Citizens into Killers By Peter Gøtzsche
madintheuk.com/2026/08/anti...
#Antidepressants #Akathisia #DrugSafety #Psychiatry #MentalHealth #PatientSafety #InformedConsent #Pharmacovigilance #MedicalHarm #SuicidePrevention
@chrisaikenmd.bsky.socialProbiotics improved mental health in #LongCOVID in this, the second randomized trial to test them:
psych-partners.com/probiotics-f...
@jpnjournal.bsky.socialBig #questions🧬New #discoveries👩🔬Better #treatments🧠
JPN publishes high-impact, forward-thinking research at the intersection of #psychiatry, #neuroscience and #mental# health treatment.
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📩 Submit your research to JPN
@chrisaikenmd.bsky.socialAripiprazole worked better than paliperidone for meth and cocaine-induced psychosis in new randomized trial with 2-year follow-up:
psych-partners.com/aripiprazole...
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