A psychedelic renaissance is underway in psychiatric medicine, with a growing number of studies showing the potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy to treat several conditions, including depression, ...

The Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine recently released six new informed consent forms that will now be required for transgender youth and adults to sign in the next six months to ...

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Florence Ashley has argued that requiring patients with gender dysphoria to undergo an assessment and referral from a mental health professional before undergoing hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is ...

Informed consent is a core ethical principle of all mental health professionals. The World Psychiatric Association’s Code of Ethics (2020) states: 'In pursuing informed consent, psychiatrists should ...

When I attended Psychedelic Science 2025, “The Integration,” hosted by MAPS in Denver, what struck me was how healing leadership is shifting from therapy to real-world environments, culture, ...

Telehealth is a delivery model for providing health-related services at a distance using telecommunication technology. Telehealth can encompass many aspects of therapy services including evaluation, ...

Michigan has no laws to prevent medical students from practicing invasive exams on unconscious patients. Two policy experts explain what it means.

An international survey of ECT recipients found that over half felt they weren't given adequate information about the treatment beforehand. Many patients remember being told that ECT was safe and that ...