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Spring is full of religious holidays, each with potential psychosocial meaning...
Psychiatry & Society
Spring is full of religious holidays, which at their best lead to unification and cooperation, but at their worst can lead to divisiveness and conflict. H. Steven Moffic, MD, hopes we'll see these current religious holidays make some sort of positive difference in the world and "help lead us in a better direction."
Moffic is one of the editors on several books related to religion and psychiatry. You can find them here:
Anti-Semitism and Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention, and Interventions
Islamophobia and Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment
Dr Moffic is an award-winning psychiatrist who specialized in the cultural and ethical aspects of psychiatry and is now in retirement and retirement as a private pro bono community psychiatrist. A prolific writer and speaker, he has done a weekday column titled “Psychiatric Views on the Daily News” and a weekly video, “Psychiatry & Society,” since the COVID-19 pandemic emerged. He was chosen to receive the 2024 Abraham Halpern Humanitarian Award from the American Association for Social Psychiatry. Previously, he received the Administrative Award in 2016 from the American Psychiatric Association, the one-time designation of being a Hero of Public Psychiatry from the Speaker of the Assembly of the APA in 2002, and the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in 1991. He presented the third Rabbi Jeffrey B. Stiffman lecture at Congregation Shaare Emeth in St. Louis on Sunday, May 19, 2024. He is an advocate and activist for mental health issues related to climate instability, physician burnout, and xenophobia. He is now editing the final book in a 4-volume series on religions and psychiatry for Springer: Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, Christianity, and now The Eastern Religions, and Spirituality. He serves on the Editorial Board of Psychiatric Times.
