Psychiatrists and mental health clinicians need to take better care of themselves. The best way to do so? Love.
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
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Have you ever gone on strike?
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me…
“Build it, and he will come.”
A Little League World Series player just showed the world what sportsmanship should look like.
Psychiatry and sports may be more intertwined than you think...
Psychiatry is in the woods…
All these events that occurred over the weekend bear social psychiatric weight.
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The loss of these 2 psychiatrists resonates.
Is our research about Alzheimer disease wrong?
Our “world” has now expanded exponentially...
Would you recognize one of the greatest musicians in a subway station?
You’ve got a friend in me…
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