Psychiatry often requires a magician’s touch…
H. Steven Moffic, MD
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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.
Articles by H. Steven Moffic, MD
Theater: a new experience every time.
It’s time for the anniversary of Miles Davis’ album, “Kind of Blue.”
Detroit: the Motor City, Motown, and more.
What risks are around us now?
A huge climate change victory in Montana.
Are you ready to choose something new?
This program educated and enlightened attendees on refugees from around the world through song.
Today is the somber anniversary of the Nagasaki bombing.
And the winner is…
In need of some late summer reading?
“Am I doing the right thing? Is this right for the community I am trying to serve?”
Have you seen "Oppenheimer"? This movie has H. Steven Moffic, MD, contemplating the long-lasting fallout...
Synagogue shooter receives death penalty.
One doctor addresses burnout through song.
Have you seen the movie “Oppenheimer”?
We need to recognize prolonged grief disorder.
Managed care has a new name…
Things learned in retirement...
Here’s why you should try writing your own eulogy.
What future awaits our grandchildren?
Is forgiveness healing?
Is hatred a mental health issue?
Let’s reach for the sky and beat back climate change.
The medicalization of anti-Semitism: a possibility?
Updated commentary on the developments in the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting trial.
Need some summer reading recommendations?
This book on trauma has shot up the best-seller list… why?
Have you kept up on the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooting trial?
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