Film and Book Reviews

H. Steven Moffic, MD, views the Dune book and movies through a psychiatric lens.

Over the last century and even longer, we have taken a useful fossil fuel energy road that has also led to the problematic adverse effects of acute and long-term disasters. Is this reflected in current popular films like “Dune: Part Two”?

“Dune: Part Two” releases today. What social psychiatric implications might it have for our current society?

“This book is an original piece of psychiatric treatment didactics that has very useful characteristics for the benefit of well-motivated patients and conscientious mental health professionals.”

This book offers positivity via a unique form of poetry.

Discover how this thought-provoking novelette by a psychiatrist weaves rich characters, a suspenseful plot, and profound insights, leaving readers pondering the complex questions it raises about God, violence, and human compassion—and feeling moved.

In this insightful interview, experts discuss the journey toward a more humanistic approach in psychiatry, the challenges of integrating biological and psychosocial aspects, and the need for comprehensive training for future psychiatrists.

The series explores the origins of the first opioid crisis in the United States.

This book could be a resource for your patients with bipolar disorder…

Have you seen the movie “Oppenheimer”?

This book asks us to reexamine anxiety…

Are we burning out about burnout?

"My attitude toward The Sixth Sense shifted when I realized that I had been treating a patient whose death date was set before our appointments began..."

What movies are you watching this weekend?

“Rachel Aviv speaks to the stories that help and stories that harm—the narratives that will fashion the identity we will have for a lifetime.”

“Hunter’s book is excellently written and highly recommended for readers who want to understand the enormous power of myth in the Australian identity.”

"This volume is a fascinating incursion into a field that everybody talks about, but few examine in depth."

"This film beautifully uses Kathmandu to mentally transport you, like the climbers, into the journey ahead."

An expert reviews Thomas Insel's book and reflects on what its insights mean for our field.

In this review of Thomas Insel's book, one doctor analyzes the uphill path from mental illness to mental health.

College mental health: on the decline for at least 8 years.

Thomas Insel, MD’s, book contains several highly valuable lessons for psychiatry and beyond.

Approximately 6.5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer disease today, and that number is projected to rise to about 13 million by 2050.

What do you do if you get sued? This new book provides a guide, with a comprehensive view of malpractice and liability issues across psychiatry.

“A quotidian life could be transformed by the majesty of the summit. There would be pain to suffer, but not the variety that debilitates—rather, a pain that runs from head to toe and shouts that you are truly alive.”

Schitt’s Creek is a show that teaches us how to see light in the darkest of the times.

Compelling new book discusses love, Alzheimer disease, and medical aid in dying.

One author shares his experience with suicidal, psychotic depression and the life events that he connects to its origins.

This book stresses beauty, healing, and love.

This book asks important questions about the heart.