Is your practice welcoming to those of all races?
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
Human nature is the real enemy when it comes to divisiveness.
Burnout has only worsened over the pandemic… but how much worse?
What factors contribute to happiness?
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that."
The pandemic and its consequences aren’t over yet…
Perhaps we should expand the role of men to include emotional availability...
Did psychiatrists collectively do the right thing in these situations…?
Is New York City acting with empathy towards the homeless?
What issues are we still carrying from 2022?
Are you carrying emotional baggage from 2022?
New work for the new year…
How can we open our minds?
When you speak against one form of hate, you speak against all hate...
We have been too slow to address the future risks of climate change.
Why might awe be so important now?
What’s the biggest lie of 2022?
What color would you use to predict 2023?
Most men want more friends—and it's affecting their mental health. How can clinicians help?
What title do you prefer?
Here are the eulogies for the end of the year.
In honor of Barry Marcus.
Merriam-Webster’s Word of 2022: gaslighting.
Perhaps we should try to act more like manatees…
What's important about gratitude?
What would it take for psychiatrists and other physicians in the United States to collectively resist risks to the public’s health and mental health?
Psychiatry and inner space—closer than you think.
The two sides of the Thanksgiving coin… what are they and what do they mean?
Are you ready to be CHEERFUL this year?
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