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is the past president of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry, the immediate past president of the Wisconsin Psychiatric Association, and the medical director of Milwaukee County Crisis Services.

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Emergency psychiatry gains recognition with a new focused practice designation, enhancing collaboration between emergency medicine and psychiatry for better patient care.

Focused Practice Designation in Emergency Behavioral Health

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

Captane Thomson, a pioneering psychiatrist, leaves a legacy of innovation in mental health and a life rich in adventure and family.

In Memoriam: Captane Thomson, MD, A Captain of Psychiatry

is a child psychiatrist, family psychotherapist, and philosopher in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he is professor of psychiatry & addiction medicine at the University of Montreal. He is also clinical professor of psychiatry & behavioral health at The George Washington University and president of the World Association of Social Psychiatry (WASP). Dr Di Nicola has received numerous national and international awards, honorary professorships, and fellowships. Of note, Dr Di Nicola was elected a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (FCAHS), given the Distinguished Service Award of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and is a Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists (FACPsych). His work straddles psychiatry and psychotherapy on one side and philosophy and poetry on the other. Dr Di Nicola’s work includes:

 A Stranger in the Family: Culture, Families and Therapy 

 (Atropos Press, 2011, winner of a prize from the Quebec Psychiatric Association),

Psychiatry in Crisis: At the Crossroads of Social Sciences, the Humanities, and Neuroscience 

(with D. Stoyanov; Springer Nature, 2021). 

“Call no man happy before he is dead.”

Socrates’ Choice: A Philosophical Perspective on Euthanasia, Suicide, and Assisted Suicide

is an architect and dedicated Mental and Behavioral Health Planner at Stantec.

Crisis stabilization centers provide immediate, compassionate care for mental health crises, reducing emergency department congestion and enhancing recovery pathways.

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