Mental Health

Lumatperone showed a 63% reduction in relapse risk for patients with schizophrenia, promising improved patient stability and care.

Gustavo Alva, MD, a board-certified psychiatrist, discusses the importance of mental health awareness among pharmacists and patients.

Manish Agrawal, MD, discusses the implementation of psilocybin-assisted therapy in a community cancer setting, highlighting its potential to provide sustained relief from depression and anxiety and its significant efficacy advantage over selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors for patients with cancer.

Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, FAAPP, discusses the clinical benefits of long-acting injectables for treating alcohol use disorder and psychiatric conditions, highlighting the pharmacist’s role in improving adherence, addressing stigma, and expanding access to care.

Manish Agrawal, MD, explores the evolving role of pharmacists in psychedelic-assisted therapy, highlighting ongoing efforts to develop standardized protocols and the emerging involvement of pharmacy teams in patient education and safety.

Manish Agrawal, MD, discusses the expanding influence of his group-based psychedelic therapy model in oncology and beyond, highlighting its adaptation in military posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) research, the sustained benefits of long-term patient integration, and growing institutional interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy.

The authors wrote that a life course approach to the treatment and prevention of depression may help reduce individual burdens of dementia.

A multidisciplinary team enhances psychiatric care by empowering community pharmacists to administer long-acting injectable antipsychotics, improving patient adherence and outcomes.

Ambulatory pharmacists innovate care delivery, enhancing patient access and outcomes through home visits and harm reduction clinics for complex health needs.

Never taking a break does more harm than good.

In a session at the 2025 Virtual Conference on Pain and Palliative Care, Isabella Zerfas, PharmD, and Abbey Galligan, PharmD, BCPS, explore effective pain management strategies for opioid use disorder (OUD) and complex persistent opioid dependence.

The treatment could hold significant potential for major depressive disorder

With Oregon, Colorado, and New Mexico legalizing psilocybin-assisted therapy, opportunities for treatment are expanding.

These findings demonstrate an association that is independent of the disease’s genetic predisposition.

These results build off prior studies which demonstrated effectiveness of Bergen 4-day treatment (B4DT) in patients with panic disorders.

A recent study reveals a significant number of patients with psychiatric histories experience emergency visits after starting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) medications, raising safety concerns.

New research highlights the need for evidence-based buspirone use in psychiatric settings, revealing high off-label prescriptions and suboptimal dosing practices.

Pharmacists can perform MTM consultations and provide clinical recommendations to the health care team.

Because mothers are already at risk of depression postpartum, health care professionals must properly counsel mothers on hormonal contraceptives.

This movement has aimed to address the mental health care epidemic in the United States.

Reducing stigma, improving mental health benefits, and addressing workload concerns all need to happen simultaneously.

Schizophrenia is a chronic mental illness that significantly affects patients through its symptoms, associated health conditions, and treatment challenges, with long-acting injectable antipsychotics offering potential benefits in improving adherence and reducing relapses.

About 59.2% of patients with tardive dyskinesia (TD) who completed the 48-week trial achieved remission.

The move is expected to expand clozapine access for patients with schizophrenia.