Let’s examine some current events related to sadness and joy.
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
Remembering 2 psychiatrists who emphasized the importance of work-life balance…
Remembering Alvin F. Poussaint, MD…
"Connect me to all children, Under undue distress all ‘round the world, Shaping the future of our warring lands..."
At least 300 to 400 physicians a year die by suicide in the United States. Learn more about the latest statistics.
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…”
"Make America Healthy Again” has taken a jab at psychiatry.
Massive federal layoffs: how will this impact mental health?
Are we in the beginning stages of divorce proceedings from our love affair with the environment?
What are the current, emerging mental health concerns?
Today, let’s be loving to the environment and each other.
Is physician burnout slowing down?
Is love a dirty word in psychiatry?
The therapeutic nature of crying, in all professions…
Did you watch the Super Bowl?
With the Super Bowl highlighting elite athletic performance, sports psychiatry is essential in strengthening athletes' mental resilience and well-being.
The current controversy: whether individuals who have transitioned physically and hormonally from a male gender identity to a female gender identity have an undue and significant advantage in sports.
Recent data indicates a decline in compassion.
We need more psychiatric upstanders...
What does Valentine’s Day, Black History Month, Groundhog Day, the Super Bowl, Snoop Dog, Tom Brady, psychiatry, and Ramadan all have in common?
How are Dr Moffic’s social psychiatric resolutions doing? Let’s check in.
Psychiatry may often encounter suicide and homicide, but what is its relationship with ecocide and genocide?
The clock is ticking…
Let’s set the clock on Doomsday.
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
When wicked problems arise, can we defy gravity?
How can we prevent brain rot?
Did you watch the inauguration? What oaths do you personally take?
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