SPOTLIGHT -
10 Things I Would Psychiatrically Like to See at the Democratic Convention
What should politicians be focusing on to improve the well-being of the country?
The Healing Music and Harmful Politics of Venezuela
“In music, you have to listen to each other to create harmony. And when you apply that in society, you are a different person.”
Blacklisting Psychiatric Clinicians
Politics and All That Jazz
The Secret Garden and the Healing Aspects of Nature
What effect does nature have on mental health?
The Pieta Lamentation of an Albee Play
Mental health clinicians have the privilege to often be trusted with the darkest secrets of patients, but with the accompanying challenge to maintain their own well-being.
Through Trapdoors and Glass Ceilings: A Presidential Pathway to Greatness
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em…”
Detecting the Differences and Similarities Between Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud
How much do we learn from nonverbal cues, like Sherlock Holmes did?
Losing Laughter Online
Is laughter in jeopardy online?
The Frozen Moments in a Typhoon
How does isolation for a typhoon compare with COVID-19 isolation?
The Battle Against the Social Psychopathologies in Our Presidential Race
What role do social psychopathologies play in the upcoming election?
My Mental Health Political Monitor: Don’t Say “Crazy”!
It's never appropriate for people in power to use the term "crazy."
Hannibal Lecter Makes a Scary Psychiatric Appearance in the Presidential Race
The mention of Hannibal Lecter may increase stigmatization of mental illness and mental health care.
A Psychiatrist is Going to His 60th Year High School Reunion
What psychiatric benefits come from reunions?
The Assassination Attempt on Past President Trump: Is Sudden Personal Change Possible?
How does trauma, like an assassination attempt, affect someone’s mental health?
We in Psychiatry Are Freedom Fighters for the Mind
What relevance does freedom have to psychiatry?
The Return of the Repressed in the Assassination Attempt of Past President Trump
How are current events similar to that of the 1960s?
By Any Other Name, Managed Care Is Still a Major Manager of Mental Health Care
Is managed care responsible for clinician burnout?
An Interdependence Model for Community Psychological Recovery From a Mass Shooting
Highland Park is an excellent example of community recovery from mass tragedies.
A Call for Immediate Medical Evaluations of Presidential Candidates
Should elected officials have mandated medical evaluations?
“Inside Out 2”: A Movie for Our Mental Health
The movie “Inside Out 2”: good for mental health explorations for individuals of all ages.
What Can We Say About the Presidential Debate?
What are your thoughts on the presidential debate?
Some Therapeutic Aspects of a Vacation: Renewal of Marital Vows, Suffs, and Music
H. Steven Moffic, MD, recaps his vacation and the impact it had on his state of mind.
10 Mental Health Questions I’d Like to Ask the Presidential Debaters Tonight
What questions would you ask the presidential debaters?
Travel as Therapy
Travel: how can it heal you?
Some Social Psychoexemplaries
Do we need a potential classification of social psychoexemplaries?
Forgiveness and Beyond
When is forgiveness not enough?
Say Hey, Kids: It’s Juneteenth Day!
Yesterday, we celebrated Juneteenth.
Laughing With the Pope for Mental Health
Laughter: the best medicine?
Is Heroism an Ism That Is a Psychoexemplary?
How do you define heroism? Who is a modern hero?
