Social Behavior

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.

Patients who are report social phobia are unlikely to speak out for themselves. For them, confrontations with their boss or coworkers are even worse than water-cooler conversations. That is where psychiatrists can help.

Investments in brain health and brain skills are key to sustaining the environment and navigating the complexities of social-ecological challenges.

Religion doesn't seem to be part of the conversation on these difficult times. How and why can it help?

What meanings and values can be found from the past year, and what words will be found going forward?

Devoting funds to better benefit brain health could improve society as a whole.

How can we ensure that our attributions of meaning are not simply instances of creative storytelling?

An ex-Yale psychiatrist who skirted the Goldwater Rule is suing the university over her termination.

It’s time for psychiatry to take the high road in addressing racism, especially as the psychological toll becomes more evident.

The vaccine needs to be appropriately framed: as a benefit, not a risk.

The wave of anti-Asian violence needs a better response than mere words.

What factors make individuals more susceptible to loneliness? Gender? Race? Age?

A potential young psychiatrist lost too soon.

High (and low) points in the history of mind sciences can be explored through folklore.