Psychiatry

I’m amazed that even after two decades of focusing on innovative practitioners, I continue to meet people who are launching inspiring new pharmacy career options.

Alcohol is still more widely used, but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook daily and near-daily drinking.

New research aims to help fulfil recommendations made by commission that examined the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia.

The prevalence and pervasiveness of triage signals a serious imbalance in demand and supply that needs to be fixed. But triage is not the solution.

Even though we are often constantly surrounded by co-workers, customers and patients, pharmacists can be particularily susceptible to loneliness.

Anecdotal reports from patients taking semaglutide for weight loss suggest it may also reduce their desire to drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes or take other drugs. But does the research back this up?

Two-thirds of physicians say they did not receive any education on breaking bad news to patients.

Revised CANMAT guidelines outline patient assessment, selection of evidence-based treatments, prevention of recurrence and strategies for managing inadequate response.