The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the April issue of Psychiatric Times.

Here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

What is new in research on posttraumatic stress disorder?

In this CME article, discuss and describe the epidemiology, assessment, and evidence-based treatment of insomnia in older adults.

From the Global North to the Global South.

"Otherwise it's spring, and everything looks frail; the sky is baby blue, and the just-unfurling leaves are full of infant chlorophyll, the very tint of inexperience."

In remembrance of 2 Milwaukee psychiatrists…

What are the connections between what we eat and disorders such as anxiety and depression?

Two experts in the management of schizophrenia provide further insights on the disease pathophysiology, highlight the inflammatory impact on dendritic spines, and explore treatment considerations for this condition.

The current system of extrajudicial medical holds does not protect the rights of those who lack capacity to care for themselves due a medical condition.

How can gratitude improve our mental health?

Humanitarian values include the basic right to seek asylum, as enshrined in both international and US law.

The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to ban noncompete clauses between employers and workers, citing health care specifically among their reasons for supporting the ban.

What are the psychological implications of Passover?

“This discussion is as much about preserving the core values of psychiatric practice as it is about embracing innovation.”

Climate change is a global public health crisis.

"In the face of such a pervasive crisis, being present for those with addiction can ignite hope and foster healing."

Check out new positive topline data from the SAVITRI study assessing the efficacy and safety of NBI-1065845 in adults with major depressive disorder.

While benzodiazepine prescribing certainly carries risks, those risks have been demonstrably exaggerated in the minds of government officials, critics, and the public at large.

How have the advancements of television and the internet changed our perception of war?

Antidepressants are differentiated by long-term response in a 2-year cohort study of patients with MDD.

What is the efficacy of ECT for the treatment of dementia?

The articles in this Psychiatric Times Special Report highlight the relationship of health to the environment.

"I pulled my scuffle hoe hard through the clay’s crust and heard the blade scrape metal and earth."

Happy Earth Day!