Social Behavior

The uneasy relationship between psychiatry and the LGBTQI continues to evolve. How can it be influenced for the better?

What terms are used to describe SGM and LGBTQ+ identities?

Psychiatry and spirituality have many things in common, including family dynamics, self-care, emotional intelligence, trauma healing, and suicide prevention.

Due to discrimination's negative impact, transgender and gender-nonconforming youth are several times more likely than the rate of their cisgender peers to have depression and anxiety.

Online environments have revolutionized the lives of young SGM individuals, but also created unforeseen issues...

What academic terminology should be used when describing sexual and gender minority patients?

Homosexuality was classified as a mental illness until 1973. We have come a long way, but there is a lot further to go...

"You must unlearn what you have learned..."

A cease fire is welcome, but a far cry from what we want to achieve—lasting Middle East peace.

Over a third of older Americans aren't comfortable taking off their masks until 2022.

These 4 psychiatrists addressed some of the most complicated and important ethical challenges.

These 4 questions can help in your discussion about firearm risk mitigation...

How might droughts and monsoons in India and China lead to problems in American clinics?

There's a long history of psychedelics...

The pandemic has kept people apart. What are the mental health consequences of being alone? And what would be the benefits of getting back together?

These 4 disastrous climate change events affected Black Americans disproportionately…

Mothers may have been erroneously viewed by psychiatry in the past. What's known now?

Ultimately, the climate change crisis underlies an already growing mental health crisis and Hispanic/Latinx heterogeneity shapes different patterns of environmental injustice.

Take a closer look into the meanings of birthdays...

Young, professional women in academic psychiatry are facing down the iceberg: gender discrimination.

How can psychiatry meet its ethical duty to mitigate climate change while also promoting collegiality at conferences?

Sustainability is more than just cutting carbon emissions. It means creating a system where all of us can thrive—not just survive.

All it takes is one tree, one connection…

Ancient creation stories can still tell us something about our world.

Wishing you all the blessings of the holy month!

Celebrate the lives of psychiatrists we lost this year.

A tragedy has rocked the Muslim community. How can psychiatry try to help prevent further tragedies from occurring?

This year, the March of the Living honors of Holocaust victims and survivors, the medical community, and Dr Anthony Fauci.

Female leadership can—and will—make a difference in the future.

One doctor shares his experiences with religion’s role in the practice.