Ronald W. Pies, MD

In short, Epstein’s story was media catnip. Unfortunately, lost in all the sensational coverage of this one man was the systematic mistreatment of people with serious mental illness in the criminal justice system.

Physician-assisted suicide violates the norms of Hippocratic medical ethics. Involuntary hospitalization to prevent suicide affirms those norms, according to the authors.

A close analysis of the psychodynamics of Cain’s crime shows us something important about his mentality—not to be confused with mental illness.

Moving toward a bio-psycho-sociocultural model of major depression.