SPOTLIGHT -
Love, Death, and Regret
Do you have regrets?
Sex, Loneliness, the Super Bowl, and Valentine’s Day
This Valentine’s Day may serve as a message to Americans…
A Black Quarterback Leads His Team to an Optimistic Victory in the Super Bowl
Superbowl Sunday: what are the mental health implications?
Herzl Spiro, MD: Mourning A Spiritual Founder and Leader of Community Psychiatry
We mourn the loss of Herzl Spiro, MD.
The Body Sighs for Mental Health
New research suggests the power of breath, sighing, and meditation.
Natural Healers: The Black Jack of All Trades
When there is psychological trouble, look for the healers.
Interviewing Groundhog Phil and the Tu BiShvat Tree
Imagine an interview with these 2 talking entities…
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: What’s in a Name?
Names can hurt, and they can lead to broken bones.
Psychiatric Lessons from the Memphis Scorpions: The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma
Could police brutality be part of a larger legacy of American trauma transmission?
Burning Out About Physician Burnout
“Anyone who cares about patients is doomed to burnout.”
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 Chicago Bears Make Black History
A new era of antiracism could be starting for the Chicago Bears…
Psychiatric Self-Assessment Opportunities for the National Day of Racial Healing
Is your practice welcoming to those of all races?
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I Am Reminded Our Struggle is Against Human Nature
Human nature is the real enemy when it comes to divisiveness.
The Emotional Baggage Follow Up Series: Strike a Match to Our Burnout
Burnout has only worsened over the pandemic… but how much worse?
The Emotional Baggage Follow Up Series: The Pursuit of Happiness Continues
What factors contribute to happiness?
The Emotional Baggage Follow-Up Series: No, the Pandemic Is Not Over and We Still Need to Talk About It
The pandemic and its consequences aren’t over yet…
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: A Tale of Two Mental Health Strikes
Did psychiatrists collectively do the right thing in these situations…?
The Emotional Baggage Follow-Up Series: Empathy for the Homeless in New York
Is New York City acting with empathy towards the homeless?
Carrying—and Caring for—Emotional Baggage in the New Year, Including a Televised Cardiac Arrest
Are you carrying emotional baggage from 2022?
Producing Quality, Educational Material in 2023
New work for the new year…
The Psychiatric Best Of: And the 2022 Winner Is… Freedom of Mind
How can we open our minds?
The Psychiatric Best Of: A Fusion Vision of Some Optimism for Climate Change
We have been too slow to address the future risks of climate change.
The Psychiatric Best Of: In Awe of Awe
Why might awe be so important now?
