Social Behavior

The Lancet Commission report on nonfatal self-harm identifies key challenges, causes, and more.

In this time of crisis, it can be easy to feel unmoored. Here are a few celebrations to help keep us grounded.

Here’s how we can best stand up to hatred…

A social psychiatrist who stays on the ethical way.

Is psychiatry up to the challenge of protecting social well-being?

Psychiatry has a lot to learn from the case of Gabby Petito.

The revolution has been televised. Check out these 8 psychiatric perspectives on the current state of politics.

The relationship between social media use and mental health remains inconclusive. How can you best treat child and adolescents and guide their social media use?

Did you watch the Super Bowl?

Is our unlimited access to mass media causing more mental health issues?

How does affluence impact mental health outcomes?

How can we prevent brain rot?

Nuclear war capability: why we should be worried psychiatrically.

What are the psychological challenges of this upcoming holiday season?

Festina lente—hurry up and slow down!

In the age of misinformation, how can young psychiatrists navigate patient care and social media use?

Is it healthy to cut off family and friends due to political differences?

“Only the shallow know themselves.”

Hope for veterans on this Veterans Day.

“People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”

While still following the Goldwater Rule, how can psychiatrists help improve mental health following the election?

We need psychiatrists now more than ever...

How can we lessen fatal interactions between individuals with mental illness and police? The best possible avenue is partnership and cooperation between mental health clinicians and law enforcement.

The relational self is at once both social and intimate.

Here’s how you can encourage young voters to actively participate.