Psych Congress Journal

Translating the most clinically relevant advances in psychiatry into evidence-based, peer-reviewed, expert-informed insights that support excellence in clinical practice, professional growth, and patient care.

Volume 1  •  Issue 1 September 2026
CURRENT ISSUESEPTEMBER 2026
CLINICAL EDITORS’ MESSAGE

Welcome to the Inaugural Issue of Psych Congress Journal

Brittany Albright, MD, MPH, DABOMMichael Asbach, DMSc, PA-CKristian Dambrino, DNP, PMHNP-BC

We are honored to share this inaugural issue with you and look forward to building a journal that reflects the very best of our profession: intellectually rigorous, clinically relevant, multidisciplinary in perspective, and unwavering in its commitment to improving the care of people living with mental illness.

CLINICAL REVIEW

Psychedelics in Psychiatry: How We Reached a Milestone Moment and the Questions Still Ahead

The clinical milestones that carried psychedelics from the scientific margins to the threshold of regulatory approval — and the questions approval will not resolve.

Charles L. Raison, MD
PEER REVIEWED
CLINICAL REVIEW

7 Habits of an Effective Anxiety Disorder Treating Clinician: Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Practice

A seven-habit, patient-centered framework for the management of anxiety disorders, distilled from four decades of psychiatric practice.

Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH
PEER REVIEWED
PRACTICE ROADMAP

Building Your Private Practice Technology Stack

A phase-based roadmap for choosing the technology a private psychiatric practice may need to reduce wasted spend, minimize workflow disruption, and protect against compliance risk.

Kristian Dambrino, DNP, PMHNP-BC
PEER REVIEWED
SOLVING CLINICAL CHALLENGES

Nonlinear Recovery in Polysubstance Use Disorder: A Longitudinal Case Report

The longitudinal course of a patient treated for polysubstance use disorder for over 14 years illustrates a challenge in addiction medicine: treatment needs and recovery frequently unfold in non-linear ways.

Arwen Podesta, MD, DFASAM, DFAPA
PEER REVIEWED
NEXT GEN RESEARCH

NP Institute Abstracts Highlight Implementation, Unmet Need, and Emerging Translational Science

Clinical insights on selected abstracts from NP Institute on measurement-based care, valbenazine safety, AMPA receptor modulation, and patient-derived neurons.

Michael Asbach, DMSc, PA-C
FEATURE
FROM PODIUM TO PRACTICE

Building a Successful Career in Psychiatric Nursing

A deeper dive from faculty on this high-impact session at Psych Congress NP Institute expands upon their lessons from the front lines on standards of care, imposter syndrome, and the relationships that sustain a career.

Julie Carbray, PhD, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, FAANAndrew Penn, MS, PMHNP
FEATURE
THE SPACE BETWEEN SESSIONS

Reimagining the Life and Legacy of Hannah Elizabeth Bigelow

Celebrating the role artistic expression plays in sustaining, shaping, and deepening the practice of psychiatry: A psychiatrist’s paintings reimagine the life of a 19th-century woman physician whose vision built a hospital she never saw.

An Interview With Suliman S. El-Amin, MD
FEATURE
THE CLINICAL EDITORS

Three practicing clinicians guide the journal’s editorial direction and drive a simple but important belief: excellent psychiatric care is informed not only by scientific evidence, but also by experience, collaboration, curiosity, creativity, and a shared commitment to improving the lives of patients.

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