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April 17th 2024
Explore the devastating impact of substance abuse, human trafficking, and conflict on individuals and communities.
April 10th 2024
An analysis of polarization: “To be aware of the abyss of polarization is already to be forewarned and forearmed.”
April 8th 2024
The suicide rate in the United States recently reached its highest peak since 1941.
Are you watching the solar eclipse?
April 3rd 2024
What are the links between social psychiatry and the family therapy movement?
Juneteenth and All That Jazz in Psychiatry
Racism must be addressed on an ongoing basis.
National Best Friends Day!
Happy belated National Best Friends Day!
Examining the Reality: The Influence of Social Inequities on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
The recent social disruption and stress placed on families has led to heightened mental health concerns in children and adolescents. Here's how you can address them.
Commencement Addresses for Psychiatrists, #2: Now
Join us for a mock commencement!
The Psychology of Book Banning and Burning: How the Concept of Moral Panic Can Inform our Understanding
What is the psychology behind the destruction of books?
The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media: Exploring the Complex Relationships Between Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health
Youth today have a relatively nuanced and mixed experience with social media. How can you best navigate this relationship as a mental health clinician?
The Debt Crisis and A Bio-Psycho-Social-Financial Model for Psychiatry
Does the bio-psycho-social model still appropriately fit the current mental health needs of the United States?
Paul Simon’s Song Journey from Social Determinants of Mental Health to Death and Dying
Exploring death through music and art…
From the Pages of Psychiatric Times: May 2023
The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the May 2023 issue of Psychiatric Times.
It May Be Life or Death: A Public Advisory on Social Media
Social media is the new cigarette…
US Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health
The advisory identifies positive and negative effects of social media usage and next steps for making social media safer for youth.
A Yin and Yang Dialectical Psychiatry
Do we need a dialectical approach to psychiatry?
Mayday! Mayday! It Is B-Day for Migrant Mental Health at Our Border
It’s time for psychiatry to address the crisis at the border.
A Time for Remembering
Psychiatric Times® salutes our armed forces and remembers those who have fallen during service.
Mayday! Mayday! King Charles Reigns in Great Britain, While Thanatos Reigned in the United Stated Last Saturday
The United States versus Great Britain…
Psychoeducation or Psychiatric Contagion? Social Media and Self-Diagnosis
"I have autism. All my friends say so. I do have autism. You just don't get it."
The Time Has Come for Social Prescribing
Social prescribing was rolled out in 2019 as 1 of the 6 core pillars of a comprehensive model of personalized patient care.
All Psychiatrists Are Social Psychiatrists!
Social psychiatry is embedded in the practice at large.
Religious Holy Days, Intercultural Conflicts, and the Transmission of Intergenerational Trauma
Work with compassion to try to prevent the transmission of intergenerational trauma.
Following the Money in the Social Aspects of Psychiatry
Here’s how money ties back to most social determinants of health.
This is Not a Time for Complacency!
We cannot be complacent. Here’s why.
Social Psychiatrists as Freedom Fighters!
Psychiatrists can fight for freedom in external society and internally for our minds.
The Foolishness of Predicting the Future: Social Psychiatric Prediction #8
Prophetic predictions…?
There Will Be More Psychiatrist Eulogies Like This One on Pedro Ruiz, MD: Social Psychiatric Prediction #7
Celebrating the life of Pedro Ruiz, MD…
A Comeback of the Indigenous: Social Psychiatric Prediction #6
Indigenous individuals: original discoverers of the world, and potentially its saviors.
A Social Psychopathologies Classification: Social Psychiatric Prediction #5
Should we medicalize social psychopathologies?
The United States Psychiatric Association: Social Psychiatric Prediction #4
Should the American Psychiatric Association change its name?
A Psychiatrist US Surgeon General: Social Psychiatric Prediction #3
Should a psychiatrist be the “Nation’s Doctor”?
Psychedelic Daily “Vitamins”: Social Psychiatric Prediction #2
The second coming of psychedelics… what will the outcome be?
Lessons Learned from a Resident-Driven Mental Health Policy Elective Experience
One psychiatry resident describes his experience creating a mental health policy and advocacy elective.
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April 17th 2024
Explore the devastating impact of substance abuse, human trafficking, and conflict on individuals and communities.
April 10th 2024
An analysis of polarization: “To be aware of the abyss of polarization is already to be forewarned and forearmed.”
April 8th 2024
The suicide rate in the United States recently reached its highest peak since 1941.
April 8th 2024
Are you watching the solar eclipse?
April 3rd 2024
What are the links between social psychiatry and the family therapy movement?
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Juneteenth and All That Jazz in Psychiatry
Racism must be addressed on an ongoing basis.
National Best Friends Day!
Happy belated National Best Friends Day!
Examining the Reality: The Influence of Social Inequities on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
The recent social disruption and stress placed on families has led to heightened mental health concerns in children and adolescents. Here's how you can address them.
Commencement Addresses for Psychiatrists, #2: Now
Join us for a mock commencement!
The Psychology of Book Banning and Burning: How the Concept of Moral Panic Can Inform our Understanding
What is the psychology behind the destruction of books?
The Double-Edged Sword of Social Media: Exploring the Complex Relationships Between Social Media Use and Youth Mental Health
Youth today have a relatively nuanced and mixed experience with social media. How can you best navigate this relationship as a mental health clinician?
The Debt Crisis and A Bio-Psycho-Social-Financial Model for Psychiatry
Does the bio-psycho-social model still appropriately fit the current mental health needs of the United States?
Paul Simon’s Song Journey from Social Determinants of Mental Health to Death and Dying
Exploring death through music and art…
From the Pages of Psychiatric Times: May 2023
The experts weighed in on a wide variety of psychiatric issues for the May 2023 issue of Psychiatric Times.
It May Be Life or Death: A Public Advisory on Social Media
Social media is the new cigarette…
US Surgeon General Issues Advisory on Impact of Social Media on Youth Mental Health
The advisory identifies positive and negative effects of social media usage and next steps for making social media safer for youth.
A Yin and Yang Dialectical Psychiatry
Do we need a dialectical approach to psychiatry?
Mayday! Mayday! It Is B-Day for Migrant Mental Health at Our Border
It’s time for psychiatry to address the crisis at the border.
A Time for Remembering
Psychiatric Times® salutes our armed forces and remembers those who have fallen during service.
Mayday! Mayday! King Charles Reigns in Great Britain, While Thanatos Reigned in the United Stated Last Saturday
The United States versus Great Britain…
Psychoeducation or Psychiatric Contagion? Social Media and Self-Diagnosis
"I have autism. All my friends say so. I do have autism. You just don't get it."
The Time Has Come for Social Prescribing
Social prescribing was rolled out in 2019 as 1 of the 6 core pillars of a comprehensive model of personalized patient care.
All Psychiatrists Are Social Psychiatrists!
Social psychiatry is embedded in the practice at large.
Religious Holy Days, Intercultural Conflicts, and the Transmission of Intergenerational Trauma
Work with compassion to try to prevent the transmission of intergenerational trauma.
Following the Money in the Social Aspects of Psychiatry
Here’s how money ties back to most social determinants of health.
This is Not a Time for Complacency!
We cannot be complacent. Here’s why.
Social Psychiatrists as Freedom Fighters!
Psychiatrists can fight for freedom in external society and internally for our minds.
The Foolishness of Predicting the Future: Social Psychiatric Prediction #8
Prophetic predictions…?
There Will Be More Psychiatrist Eulogies Like This One on Pedro Ruiz, MD: Social Psychiatric Prediction #7
Celebrating the life of Pedro Ruiz, MD…
A Comeback of the Indigenous: Social Psychiatric Prediction #6
Indigenous individuals: original discoverers of the world, and potentially its saviors.
A Social Psychopathologies Classification: Social Psychiatric Prediction #5
Should we medicalize social psychopathologies?
The United States Psychiatric Association: Social Psychiatric Prediction #4
Should the American Psychiatric Association change its name?
A Psychiatrist US Surgeon General: Social Psychiatric Prediction #3
Should a psychiatrist be the “Nation’s Doctor”?
Psychedelic Daily “Vitamins”: Social Psychiatric Prediction #2
The second coming of psychedelics… what will the outcome be?
Lessons Learned from a Resident-Driven Mental Health Policy Elective Experience
One psychiatry resident describes his experience creating a mental health policy and advocacy elective.