Ronald W. Pies, MD

The SSRIs’ mechanism of action is no index of safety and efficacy.

We lost 2 excellent mentors earlier this month…

Exploring the assessment of psychopathy and how a better understanding of these individuals may help us prevent future school shootings.

Psychiatrists may be in a unique position to offer valuable commentary on political and societal concerns, so long as they adhere to the Goldwater Rule.

Unless there are substantive societal changes at many levels, the answer may be yes.

These persistent fallacies have misled the public and undermined treatment of those with psychiatric illnesses.

Are psychiatrists are well-positioned to serve as consultants to intergovernmental organizations dedicated to conflict resolution?

An elderly psychoanalyst and his young patient find that their lives—and their pain—intersect in a most unorthodox analysis.

Don't miss the second installment of Last Analysis in Marienbad!

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Psychiatrists are in a unique position to serve as consultants to intergovernmental organizations dedicated to conflict resolution. Learn more here.

The people who make us laugh are more important than you might think.

During war and winter, can hope shine through?

Can psychiatry play a constructive role in understanding societies where conspiracy theories flourish?

Public advocacy represents one mode of imparting psychiatric knowledge.

The debate on the Goldwater Rule continues...

One doctor encourages you to reflect on your Hippocratic roots when considering physician-assisted suicide.

If a patient gives consent to be killed, is a physician ethically justified in acceding to the request?

How can we better define, clarify, and expand the Goldwater Rule for ethical and effective use in today's society?

But we can help our patients cope with the polarities of hope and despair.

I didn’t find out until I wrote this poem…

Has this slogan crowded out the importance of life with dignity?

In cases of assisted suicide, do patients really have rational autonomy?

Deep-seated denial of science and a mistrust of scientific experts... how far do the limits of reason stretch?

Three forces have converged to generate the perfect storm of civic irresponsibility.

Paying attention to what is not said is near the core of our profession.

The philosopher Plato kicked poets out of his republic because they elevated passion over reason. Do they belong in a psychiatrist's office instead?

The summer began with such promise. Where did it go? And what hope can we see in the future?

Writing: the core of one doctor's identity.

A new book argues it’s time for psychiatrists to let the public know that mental illness is common, real, serious, and treatable.