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Leadership Styles
Exploring leadership styles... and pondering which is needed most in psychiatry.
The Positive Psychiatry of CBS Sunday Morning
With so much negativity in the mass media, stories showcasing the best in humanity can help us see the good in life.
Leadership in Crisis
The world’s leaders are in crisis. What can we do?
The Highland Park Mass Shooting: Sometimes You Just Want to be Proven Wrong
It is time to stop denying this lethal reality…
Firearms and Fireworks on the Fourth of July
Following the Highland Park shooting, on a day meant for celebration, proves we need action now more than ever.
Lessons Learned by a Psychiatrist From His So-Called Retirement
How’s retirement going? Well…
To Mask or Not to Mask on Broadway: With a Break in the 1/6 Hearings, That is Still a Question
To mask or not to mask? What do you think?
Taking Pride in Pride Day
Pride might be bittersweet this year…
It’s PTSD Awareness Day: Be Aware!
Today is PTSD Awareness Day!
Would I Do the Same Approving of Abortions for Psychiatric Reasons as I Did 50 Years Ago?
Roe v. Wade has been overturned. How will this affect the mental health of both mothers and fetuses?
Trauma, Conspiracy, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy in the Congressional 1/6 Hearings
“Our country needs the psychological healing of our increasing divisiveness and conflicts…”
9 Mental Health Benefits of Title IX for Women on its 50th Anniversary
How does Title IX benefit women?
The Moffic Plan: A Not-So-Modest National Mental Health Recovery Program
How can we address our national mental health crisis?
Humiliation and Dignity in Ukraine and Life
It is important to consider the lessons from history and psychology as the war in the Ukraine continues.
The Serendipity of Juneteenth and Father’s Day Coinciding
In psychiatry, there is much to learn and consider from these 2 celebrations.
Remember John Hinckley Jr: A Triumph for Psychiatry, But a Failure for Gun Safety
Have we learned anything from history regarding gun safety?
It’s Disingenuous to Deny the Role of Mental Disturbance in Gun Violence
Can we borrow terminology to help identify—and address—the mental issues associated with gun violence?
The Role of Pictures in Reducing Gun Violence
Is a picture really worth a thousand words? And, if so, is it what is needed to make a difference in gun violence reduction?
A DIGS Model Program to Prevent Violence in Troubled Youth
If only the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium had reached Uvalde before the elementary school shooting there…
The Tulsa Mass Shooting Should be a Red Flag to All Health Care Clinicians
Patient violence calls for increased safety precautions.
Mourning a Role Model of Love for Dads Into Gun Safety (DIGS)
We need more heroes like this man.
Is a Banana a Better Phallic Symbol Than a Gun?
Have you heard of the Savannah Bananas baseball team?
Here Is a Role Model for DIGS, Dads Into Gun Safety
This father in Oregon is leading by example when it comes to gun safety.
He DIGS It: A Social Psychiatric Model for Dads Into Gun Safety
You’ve heard of MADD—Mother’s Against Drunk Driving—but what about DIGS?
Expand the Meaning of Memorial Day This Year, For There is So Much to Mourn
Mourning this Memorial Day extends beyond just veterans…
Does Gun Violence, as in the Killing of the Children in Texas, Need to be Classified and Medicalized as a Social Psychopathology?
We need to focus on gun violence and control. Here’s what psychiatry can do.
Mayday, Mayday, Mayday for Our Mental Health!: Our Government Sounds the Alarm on Health Care Worker Burnout
The US Surgeon General officially addresses health care worker burnout.
Running for Governor on a Platform of Policy, Probation, and Psychiatry
Does this governor candidate for California sound like a psychiatrist? How do his policies stress the importance of psychiatry?
Trust is a Must in Clinical Psychiatry
Medical trust: being optimistic that the caregiver will put your interests first.
What’s in a Name? Chief Wellness Officers and Chief Happiness Officers
Happiness and wellness—what’s the difference and how are they being treated differently in the workplace?
