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April 11th 2025
In this time of crisis, it can be easy to feel unmoored. Here are a few celebrations to help keep us grounded.
April 1st 2025
Here’s how we can best stand up to hatred…
March 27th 2025
A social psychiatrist who stays on the ethical way.
March 25th 2025
Is psychiatry up to the challenge of protecting social well-being?
March 12th 2025
Psychiatry has a lot to learn from the case of Gabby Petito.
The Anniversary of Russian Bullying
Today is the 1-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine…
Presidents’ Day and Social Psychiatric Leadership in the American Psychiatric Association
American Presidents and APA Presidents celebrate today…
A Black Quarterback Leads His Team to an Optimistic Victory in the Super Bowl
Superbowl Sunday: what are the mental health implications?
A Tale of 3 Retirements: Football Star Tom Brady, Black Psychiatrist James Amos, and Me
"Can you imagine how satisfying this will be when you're retired?"
The Week in Review: January 30-February 3
From addressing physician burnout to helping your patients incorporate friendships into their lives, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: What’s in a Name?
Names can hurt, and they can lead to broken bones.
2022 Sigourney Award Winner: Getting Psychoanalysis into the World
Check out this winner of the 2022 Sigourney Award!
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma
Could police brutality be part of a larger legacy of American trauma transmission?
The 8 Minute Phone Call: Finding Time for Friendship
Are your patients ready to honor the time commitment for friendship? It can be as easy as 8 minutes.
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: The Importance of Supervision in the Helping Professions
Should we try to be the keepers of our brothers and sisters?
There is a World of Social Psychiatric Challenges and You can Help Solve Them!
How can you get involved and be more knowledgeable about social psychiatry?
Watching for Words as Weapons on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Be on the lookout for anti-Semitic messages.
Will This Be the Year of More Return to Our Technological Past?
Back to the future… or blast to the past?
A Lapse of Cultural Psychiatrist Humility in the Monterey Mass Shooting
This morning, we mourn the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.
A Model of Meeting the Social Psychiatric Challenges of Leadership in Society
“And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do justice…”
The Emotional Baggage Follow Up Series: The Pursuit of Happiness Continues
What factors contribute to happiness?
Shining Light Series: Martin Luther King Jr and Mental Health
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."
False Flag Conspiracy Theories: Psyche, Society, and the Internet
About half of the US population believes in at least 1 conspiracy theory. How can we stick to the facts?
Attitude Is a Choice
If you have a choice, choose compassion.
The Emotional Baggage Follow Up Series: The DIGS Model Plays Out on the Football Field and Brazil’s Capital
Perhaps we should expand the role of men to include emotional availability...
The Emotional Baggage Follow-Up Series: Empathy for the Homeless in New York
Is New York City acting with empathy towards the homeless?
Our New Year's Unpacking of Our Emotional Baggage
What issues are we still carrying from 2022?
Carrying—and Caring for—Emotional Baggage in the New Year, Including a Televised Cardiac Arrest
Are you carrying emotional baggage from 2022?
The Shining Light Series: Rise and Shine a Light on Anti-Semitism and Related Hatreds
When you speak against one form of hate, you speak against all hate...
Psychiatrists and the 2024 Presidential Race
Donald Trump announced his intention to run for President again in 2024.
Multi Mental Health Wins in the Midterms
There were multiple wins across categories this election.
Midterm Elections: Fear Can Be a Mind Killer
How can psychiatrists help ease the fear surrounding elections?
We Need More Public Mental Health Memes. Can You Think of Any?
How can we meme-ify mental health for the benefit of all?
The Week in Review: October 3-7
From the at-home ketamine experience to the Wit v United Behavioral Health reversal, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Understanding the Fear of Missing Out
Why is it so hard to keep from comparing our lives to the lives of others?
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April 11th 2025
In this time of crisis, it can be easy to feel unmoored. Here are a few celebrations to help keep us grounded.
April 1st 2025
Here’s how we can best stand up to hatred…
H. Steven Moffic, MD
March 27th 2025
A social psychiatrist who stays on the ethical way.
March 25th 2025
Is psychiatry up to the challenge of protecting social well-being?
Susan Hatters Friedman, MD, MSt, DFAPA
March 12th 2025
Psychiatry has a lot to learn from the case of Gabby Petito.
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The Anniversary of Russian Bullying
Today is the 1-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine…
Presidents’ Day and Social Psychiatric Leadership in the American Psychiatric Association
American Presidents and APA Presidents celebrate today…
A Black Quarterback Leads His Team to an Optimistic Victory in the Super Bowl
Superbowl Sunday: what are the mental health implications?
A Tale of 3 Retirements: Football Star Tom Brady, Black Psychiatrist James Amos, and Me
"Can you imagine how satisfying this will be when you're retired?"
The Week in Review: January 30-February 3
From addressing physician burnout to helping your patients incorporate friendships into their lives, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: What’s in a Name?
Names can hurt, and they can lead to broken bones.
2022 Sigourney Award Winner: Getting Psychoanalysis into the World
Check out this winner of the 2022 Sigourney Award!
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma
Could police brutality be part of a larger legacy of American trauma transmission?
The 8 Minute Phone Call: Finding Time for Friendship
Are your patients ready to honor the time commitment for friendship? It can be as easy as 8 minutes.
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: The Importance of Supervision in the Helping Professions
Should we try to be the keepers of our brothers and sisters?
There is a World of Social Psychiatric Challenges and You can Help Solve Them!
How can you get involved and be more knowledgeable about social psychiatry?
Watching for Words as Weapons on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Be on the lookout for anti-Semitic messages.
Will This Be the Year of More Return to Our Technological Past?
Back to the future… or blast to the past?
A Lapse of Cultural Psychiatrist Humility in the Monterey Mass Shooting
This morning, we mourn the victims of the Monterey Park mass shooting.
A Model of Meeting the Social Psychiatric Challenges of Leadership in Society
“And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do justice…”
The Emotional Baggage Follow Up Series: The Pursuit of Happiness Continues
What factors contribute to happiness?
Shining Light Series: Martin Luther King Jr and Mental Health
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."
False Flag Conspiracy Theories: Psyche, Society, and the Internet
About half of the US population believes in at least 1 conspiracy theory. How can we stick to the facts?
Attitude Is a Choice
If you have a choice, choose compassion.
The Emotional Baggage Follow Up Series: The DIGS Model Plays Out on the Football Field and Brazil’s Capital
Perhaps we should expand the role of men to include emotional availability...
The Emotional Baggage Follow-Up Series: Empathy for the Homeless in New York
Is New York City acting with empathy towards the homeless?
Our New Year's Unpacking of Our Emotional Baggage
What issues are we still carrying from 2022?
Carrying—and Caring for—Emotional Baggage in the New Year, Including a Televised Cardiac Arrest
Are you carrying emotional baggage from 2022?
The Shining Light Series: Rise and Shine a Light on Anti-Semitism and Related Hatreds
When you speak against one form of hate, you speak against all hate...
Psychiatrists and the 2024 Presidential Race
Donald Trump announced his intention to run for President again in 2024.
Multi Mental Health Wins in the Midterms
There were multiple wins across categories this election.
Midterm Elections: Fear Can Be a Mind Killer
How can psychiatrists help ease the fear surrounding elections?
We Need More Public Mental Health Memes. Can You Think of Any?
How can we meme-ify mental health for the benefit of all?
The Week in Review: October 3-7
From the at-home ketamine experience to the Wit v United Behavioral Health reversal, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.
Understanding the Fear of Missing Out
Why is it so hard to keep from comparing our lives to the lives of others?