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April 17th 2024
Explore the devastating impact of substance abuse, human trafficking, and conflict on individuals and communities.
April 10th 2024
An analysis of polarization: “To be aware of the abyss of polarization is already to be forewarned and forearmed.”
April 8th 2024
The suicide rate in the United States recently reached its highest peak since 1941.
Are you watching the solar eclipse?
April 3rd 2024
What are the links between social psychiatry and the family therapy movement?
What Would Yoda Say? May the Force Be With Us
"You must unlearn what you have learned..."
An Interfaith Psychiatrist Prescription for Middle East Peace
A cease fire is welcome, but a far cry from what we want to achieve—lasting Middle East peace.
Going Maskless
Over a third of older Americans aren't comfortable taking off their masks until 2022.
In Memoriam: Their Ethical Ways
These 4 psychiatrists addressed some of the most complicated and important ethical challenges.
How to Talk to Patients About Firearms
These 4 questions can help in your discussion about firearm risk mitigation...
Global Problems Call for Global Solutions: Climate Change in Asian Communities
How might droughts and monsoons in India and China lead to problems in American clinics?
The Trip Resumes for Psychedelics, Psychiatry, and Society
There's a long history of psychedelics...
COVID-19 Loneliness
The pandemic has kept people apart. What are the mental health consequences of being alone? And what would be the benefits of getting back together?
Rising From the Ashes of Oppression
These 4 disastrous climate change events affected Black Americans disproportionately…
Mothers, Mother's Day, and the Mother's Mother
Mothers may have been erroneously viewed by psychiatry in the past. What's known now?
The Effects of Climate Change on Hispanic and Latinx Communities
Ultimately, the climate change crisis underlies an already growing mental health crisis and Hispanic/Latinx heterogeneity shapes different patterns of environmental injustice.
A Psychiatric Association to a Birthday
Take a closer look into the meanings of birthdays...
The Tip of the Iceberg for Women in Academic Psychiatry
Young, professional women in academic psychiatry are facing down the iceberg: gender discrimination.
Fostering Human Connection in a Sustainable Virtual World
How can psychiatry meet its ethical duty to mitigate climate change while also promoting collegiality at conferences?
Can Psychiatry Sustain Connections While Hosting Sustainable Conferences?
Sustainability is more than just cutting carbon emissions. It means creating a system where all of us can thrive—not just survive.
Our Trees of Life
All it takes is one tree, one connection…
Psychiatrists on Turtle Island
Ancient creation stories can still tell us something about our world.
What About Ramadan?
Wishing you all the blessings of the holy month!
In Memoriam: Eulogies for Beloved Psychiatrists
Celebrate the lives of psychiatrists we lost this year.
More Than a Murder-Suicide
A tragedy has rocked the Muslim community. How can psychiatry try to help prevent further tragedies from occurring?
Never Means Never: International March of the Living Honors the Medical Community
This year, the March of the Living honors of Holocaust victims and survivors, the medical community, and Dr Anthony Fauci.
Not Everything Goes With the Bonobos
Female leadership can—and will—make a difference in the future.
What Does Psychiatry Have to Do with Religion?
One doctor shares his experiences with religion’s role in the practice.
The Other Side of the COVID-19 Crisis: The Silent, Socially Phobic Minority
Patients who are report social phobia are unlikely to speak out for themselves. For them, confrontations with their boss or coworkers are even worse than water-cooler conversations. That is where psychiatrists can help.
Our Brains Are Accelerating the Climate Catastrophe
Investments in brain health and brain skills are key to sustaining the environment and navigating the complexities of social-ecological challenges.
This Holy Week of Passover, Easter, and Holi
Religion doesn't seem to be part of the conversation on these difficult times. How and why can it help?
The Pandemic Project: Our Readers Describe the Year of COVID-19
What meanings and values can be found from the past year, and what words will be found going forward?
A Brainier Approach to ESG Investing
Devoting funds to better benefit brain health could improve society as a whole.
Exploring Psychiatry and the Human Condition: Joanna Moncrieff, MD
How can we ensure that our attributions of meaning are not simply instances of creative storytelling?
Tweet Gone Too Far? Goldwater Rule Violation
An ex-Yale psychiatrist who skirted the Goldwater Rule is suing the university over her termination.
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April 17th 2024
Explore the devastating impact of substance abuse, human trafficking, and conflict on individuals and communities.
April 10th 2024
An analysis of polarization: “To be aware of the abyss of polarization is already to be forewarned and forearmed.”
April 8th 2024
The suicide rate in the United States recently reached its highest peak since 1941.
April 8th 2024
Are you watching the solar eclipse?
April 3rd 2024
What are the links between social psychiatry and the family therapy movement?
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What Would Yoda Say? May the Force Be With Us
"You must unlearn what you have learned..."
An Interfaith Psychiatrist Prescription for Middle East Peace
A cease fire is welcome, but a far cry from what we want to achieve—lasting Middle East peace.
Going Maskless
Over a third of older Americans aren't comfortable taking off their masks until 2022.
In Memoriam: Their Ethical Ways
These 4 psychiatrists addressed some of the most complicated and important ethical challenges.
How to Talk to Patients About Firearms
These 4 questions can help in your discussion about firearm risk mitigation...
Global Problems Call for Global Solutions: Climate Change in Asian Communities
How might droughts and monsoons in India and China lead to problems in American clinics?
The Trip Resumes for Psychedelics, Psychiatry, and Society
There's a long history of psychedelics...
COVID-19 Loneliness
The pandemic has kept people apart. What are the mental health consequences of being alone? And what would be the benefits of getting back together?
Rising From the Ashes of Oppression
These 4 disastrous climate change events affected Black Americans disproportionately…
Mothers, Mother's Day, and the Mother's Mother
Mothers may have been erroneously viewed by psychiatry in the past. What's known now?
The Effects of Climate Change on Hispanic and Latinx Communities
Ultimately, the climate change crisis underlies an already growing mental health crisis and Hispanic/Latinx heterogeneity shapes different patterns of environmental injustice.
A Psychiatric Association to a Birthday
Take a closer look into the meanings of birthdays...
The Tip of the Iceberg for Women in Academic Psychiatry
Young, professional women in academic psychiatry are facing down the iceberg: gender discrimination.
Fostering Human Connection in a Sustainable Virtual World
How can psychiatry meet its ethical duty to mitigate climate change while also promoting collegiality at conferences?
Can Psychiatry Sustain Connections While Hosting Sustainable Conferences?
Sustainability is more than just cutting carbon emissions. It means creating a system where all of us can thrive—not just survive.
Our Trees of Life
All it takes is one tree, one connection…
Psychiatrists on Turtle Island
Ancient creation stories can still tell us something about our world.
What About Ramadan?
Wishing you all the blessings of the holy month!
In Memoriam: Eulogies for Beloved Psychiatrists
Celebrate the lives of psychiatrists we lost this year.
More Than a Murder-Suicide
A tragedy has rocked the Muslim community. How can psychiatry try to help prevent further tragedies from occurring?
Never Means Never: International March of the Living Honors the Medical Community
This year, the March of the Living honors of Holocaust victims and survivors, the medical community, and Dr Anthony Fauci.
Not Everything Goes With the Bonobos
Female leadership can—and will—make a difference in the future.
What Does Psychiatry Have to Do with Religion?
One doctor shares his experiences with religion’s role in the practice.
The Other Side of the COVID-19 Crisis: The Silent, Socially Phobic Minority
Patients who are report social phobia are unlikely to speak out for themselves. For them, confrontations with their boss or coworkers are even worse than water-cooler conversations. That is where psychiatrists can help.
Our Brains Are Accelerating the Climate Catastrophe
Investments in brain health and brain skills are key to sustaining the environment and navigating the complexities of social-ecological challenges.
This Holy Week of Passover, Easter, and Holi
Religion doesn't seem to be part of the conversation on these difficult times. How and why can it help?
The Pandemic Project: Our Readers Describe the Year of COVID-19
What meanings and values can be found from the past year, and what words will be found going forward?
A Brainier Approach to ESG Investing
Devoting funds to better benefit brain health could improve society as a whole.
Exploring Psychiatry and the Human Condition: Joanna Moncrieff, MD
How can we ensure that our attributions of meaning are not simply instances of creative storytelling?
Tweet Gone Too Far? Goldwater Rule Violation
An ex-Yale psychiatrist who skirted the Goldwater Rule is suing the university over her termination.