Social Behavior

There were multiple wins across categories this election.

How can psychiatrists help ease the fear surrounding elections?

How can we meme-ify mental health for the benefit of all?

From the at-home ketamine experience to the Wit v United Behavioral Health reversal, here are highlights from the week in Psychiatric Times.

Why is it so hard to keep from comparing our lives to the lives of others?

Here’s why educators are walking away from the profession they love.

You can help pick the last cover of the year!

Ageism: alive and well, despite a dearth of leaders who are elderly.

This major medical organization is making an effort towards changing their culture. Here’s why more of us need to emulate these actions.

These new wave mental health care strategies… would you try them?

Can psychiatrists ethically remain bystanders?

Here’s how to stay professional in difficult situations.

There have been spotty and minor reparations to Native Americans, including one this year to Sacheen Littlefeather.

Here’s why we need to better prepare for the doggone days of summer.

How prioritizing brain health and brain skills could offer new solutions to this challenge.

Would you recognize one of the greatest musicians in a subway station?

You’ve got a friend in me…

Targeted and collaborative efforts are needed at individual and systemic levels to address underlying causes of mental health disparities.

Does a computational approach to the mind pave the way for practicing a biopsychosocial psychiatry?

How can we help this unique patient population thrive? Experts weigh in at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.

Experts discuss appropriate interventions for patients who are victims of undue influence at the 2022 APA Annual Meeting.

Do you have an idea for how to reduce gun violence?

Unless there are substantive societal changes at many levels, the answer may be yes.

How do social stressors contribute to patient symptoms?

8 in 10 physicians believe the United States cannot improve health outcomes or reduce health care costs without addressing social factors that affect patient health.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.

Is the United States ageist?

Sami Timimi, MD, shares his thoughts on alienation and ADHD, and what role current systems of mental health play.

Happy April Fool’s Day!

Is the infamous slap from the Oscars an example of systemic violence?