Write for psychiatry.help

What we're looking for

Talk like you're in the room with a guy, not pitching him. No pharma marketing, no WebMD mush, no LinkedIn thought-leader polish. If you read a post and think, "Hell, I could've said that," you're in.

Most of what we publish lives in one of these buckets:

• Medications. What the drug actually does, who it's for, what the side effect profile looks like in real practice, where the manufacturer marketing and the clinical experience don't line up.
• Conditions. Diagnostic explainers that read like an honest conversation, not a DSM checklist. How the diagnosis actually shows up in the room.
• Treatments. Therapy modalities, procedures, protocols. What the evidence supports, where it's overhyped, what the patient experience actually involves.
• Men's Health. The intersection of psychiatry with hormones, sleep, sexual function, addiction, and the rest of what shows up in real men's-health practice.
• Off Script. Opinion pieces. Critiques of the field. Cultural commentary on how mental health gets practiced and discussed. The harder takes.

Pitch something specific, not a broad topic. "ADHD" is too broad. "Why adult ADHD visits get stuck on productivity instead of impairment" is closer. "SSRIs" is too broad. "What I tell patients before the first three weeks on an SSRI" is closer. Bring the question you hear in practice, the mistake you keep correcting, or the explanation you wish patients had before they arrived. That is usually where the strongest article starts.

There's a line between knowing your shit and being a cocky bastard. Say what you've seen, but don't act like one size fits all. Tell us where the rules break and when to send a guy back to his doc.

Who's a fit

• You're licensed and currently practicing. MD, DO, DNP, PMHNP, PsyD, PhD (clinical), LMFT, LCSW, LPC, PA-C. Active license, active patient panel.
• You can stand behind your byline. Every post on this site is signed by the clinician who wrote it. No fake names, no ghostwriting, no pharma or supplement company shaping the article.
• You're comfortable with a real voice. Direct, plain-language, willing to disagree with mainstream takes when the evidence supports it. If your writing has to be defended at a hospital ethics committee word-for-word, this isn't the platform.
• You're ok with light editorial review. Posts get a clinical and voice pass before publishing. You'll see what changed, and you keep final approval on what runs.

What we won't publish

• No sponsored articles, pharma-funded articles, supplement pitches, or any version of paid medical copy.
• Anonymous or pseudonymous work. The byline is part of the trust model.
• Diagnostic content written by someone who doesn't actually practice in that area.
• Pure marketing copy for your practice. If you want to talk about your clinical philosophy, that's content. If you want to advertise the practice, that's a different website.
• Material that's already been published somewhere else without exclusivity.

Conflicts and disclosures

If you're tied to a drug, device, therapy platform, supplement, lab, clinic, product, book, course, employer, investor, referral relationship, or paid speaking gig connected to the pitch, spill it up front. A conflict does not automatically disqualify the idea. Hiding the conflict does.

When a relevant conflict exists, the published article either discloses it clearly or does not run. We don't let money talk louder than the facts.

How this works

1. Fill out the form below. Tell us about your practice and what you're interested in writing about.
2. We'll get back to you within a week or so. Sometimes faster.
3. If it's a fit, we'll talk through a topic or two and you'll draft something. We'll send back edits.
4. You sign off, your name goes on it, and it publishes with full byline, credentials, and a link to your practice.

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