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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.
Teachers on Edge
Here’s why educators are walking away from the profession they love.
We Want to Hear From You: What Should We Feature on the December Cover?
You can help pick the last cover of the year!
Time, Ageism, Wisdom, and the Queen
Ageism: alive and well, despite a dearth of leaders who are elderly.
From the CDC to a Family: Organizational Culture Change is Hard, But Often Necessary
This major medical organization is making an effort towards changing their culture. Here’s why more of us need to emulate these actions.
Alligators and Other New Mental Health Care Strategies
These new wave mental health care strategies… would you try them?
As the Strike of Mental Health Workers Goes On, What Will the Rest of Us Do?
Can psychiatrists ethically remain bystanders?
Avoid “Shots in the Dark” to Maintain Pristine Professional Boundaries
Here’s how to stay professional in difficult situations.
Apologizing To, and Learning From, Native Americans
There have been spotty and minor reparations to Native Americans, including one this year to Sacheen Littlefeather.
The Dog and Doggone Days of Summer
Here’s why we need to better prepare for the doggone days of summer.
Cybercriminal Exploitation of Cognitive Biases: A Brain Capital Perspective
How prioritizing brain health and brain skills could offer new solutions to this challenge.
The Violinist Joshua Bell and the Goldwater Rule: The Psychological Power of Context
Would you recognize one of the greatest musicians in a subway station?
That’s What Friends Are Psychologically For!
You’ve got a friend in me…
How Would You Tackle Mental Health Disparities?
Targeted and collaborative efforts are needed at individual and systemic levels to address underlying causes of mental health disparities.
The Biocognitive Model for Biopsychosocial Psychiatry: Niall McLaren, MBBS, FRANZCP
Does a computational approach to the mind pave the way for practicing a biopsychosocial psychiatry?
The Youth Mental Health Crisis: Supporting Patients With ASD and ADHD
How can we help this unique patient population thrive? Experts weigh in at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.
Cults in the Age of Influence
Experts discuss appropriate interventions for patients who are victims of undue influence at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.
June is Bustin’ Out All Over and I am Bustin’ Out a New Gun Prevention Model: DIGS, Dads Into Gun Safety!
Do you have an idea for how to reduce gun violence?
Is the Plague of Mass School Shootings in the US Here to Stay?
Unless there are substantive societal changes at many levels, the answer may be yes.
The Importance of Psychosocial Stress Explored at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting
How do social stressors contribute to patient symptoms?
Physicians Point to SDOH as Area of Improvement for Health Care
8 in 10 physicians believe the United States cannot improve health outcomes or reduce health care costs without addressing social factors that affect patient health.
Possible Psychiatric Solutions to Reduce Harmful Hate After the Buffalo Killings
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.
Aging, Ageism, and the Attitude of Youth
Is the United States ageist?
Upon the Shores of Social Construction
Sami Timimi, MD, shares his thoughts on alienation and ADHD, and what role current systems of mental health play.
No Foolin’! There’s at Least 100 Social Psychiatric Problems
Happy April Fool’s Day!
The Oscars Ceremony Needs to be Reviewed Too
Is the infamous slap from the Oscars an example of systemic violence?
“My Life Today is Wonderful. I Believe that I Am Needed.”
Reflections from the Russo-Ukrainian war and the importance of being needed.
If Looks Could Kill
How the fetishization of Black bodies and the weaponization of European beauty standards are used against Black women in sport.
A Tale of Thanatos and Two Invasions
Is our destructiveness our own undoing?
Psychiatry and the Psychodynamics of Societal Paranoia
Can psychiatry play a constructive role in understanding societies where conspiracy theories flourish?
Fighting Frontal Fatigue
New book explores the effects of modern life and technology on mental illness.
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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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Teachers on Edge
Here’s why educators are walking away from the profession they love.
We Want to Hear From You: What Should We Feature on the December Cover?
You can help pick the last cover of the year!
Time, Ageism, Wisdom, and the Queen
Ageism: alive and well, despite a dearth of leaders who are elderly.
From the CDC to a Family: Organizational Culture Change is Hard, But Often Necessary
This major medical organization is making an effort towards changing their culture. Here’s why more of us need to emulate these actions.
Alligators and Other New Mental Health Care Strategies
These new wave mental health care strategies… would you try them?
As the Strike of Mental Health Workers Goes On, What Will the Rest of Us Do?
Can psychiatrists ethically remain bystanders?
Avoid “Shots in the Dark” to Maintain Pristine Professional Boundaries
Here’s how to stay professional in difficult situations.
Apologizing To, and Learning From, Native Americans
There have been spotty and minor reparations to Native Americans, including one this year to Sacheen Littlefeather.
The Dog and Doggone Days of Summer
Here’s why we need to better prepare for the doggone days of summer.
Cybercriminal Exploitation of Cognitive Biases: A Brain Capital Perspective
How prioritizing brain health and brain skills could offer new solutions to this challenge.
The Violinist Joshua Bell and the Goldwater Rule: The Psychological Power of Context
Would you recognize one of the greatest musicians in a subway station?
That’s What Friends Are Psychologically For!
You’ve got a friend in me…
How Would You Tackle Mental Health Disparities?
Targeted and collaborative efforts are needed at individual and systemic levels to address underlying causes of mental health disparities.
The Biocognitive Model for Biopsychosocial Psychiatry: Niall McLaren, MBBS, FRANZCP
Does a computational approach to the mind pave the way for practicing a biopsychosocial psychiatry?
The Youth Mental Health Crisis: Supporting Patients With ASD and ADHD
How can we help this unique patient population thrive? Experts weigh in at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.
Cults in the Age of Influence
Experts discuss appropriate interventions for patients who are victims of undue influence at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.
June is Bustin’ Out All Over and I am Bustin’ Out a New Gun Prevention Model: DIGS, Dads Into Gun Safety!
Do you have an idea for how to reduce gun violence?
Is the Plague of Mass School Shootings in the US Here to Stay?
Unless there are substantive societal changes at many levels, the answer may be yes.
The Importance of Psychosocial Stress Explored at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting
How do social stressors contribute to patient symptoms?
Physicians Point to SDOH as Area of Improvement for Health Care
8 in 10 physicians believe the United States cannot improve health outcomes or reduce health care costs without addressing social factors that affect patient health.
Possible Psychiatric Solutions to Reduce Harmful Hate After the Buffalo Killings
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.
Aging, Ageism, and the Attitude of Youth
Is the United States ageist?
Upon the Shores of Social Construction
Sami Timimi, MD, shares his thoughts on alienation and ADHD, and what role current systems of mental health play.
No Foolin’! There’s at Least 100 Social Psychiatric Problems
Happy April Fool’s Day!
The Oscars Ceremony Needs to be Reviewed Too
Is the infamous slap from the Oscars an example of systemic violence?
“My Life Today is Wonderful. I Believe that I Am Needed.”
Reflections from the Russo-Ukrainian war and the importance of being needed.
If Looks Could Kill
How the fetishization of Black bodies and the weaponization of European beauty standards are used against Black women in sport.
A Tale of Thanatos and Two Invasions
Is our destructiveness our own undoing?
Psychiatry and the Psychodynamics of Societal Paranoia
Can psychiatry play a constructive role in understanding societies where conspiracy theories flourish?
Fighting Frontal Fatigue
New book explores the effects of modern life and technology on mental illness.