Film and Book Reviews

February 20, 2021

What was life like in the 1950s Bronx for a budding preeminent psychiatrist?

January 15, 2021

The recent Disney Pixar film has a doctor contemplating what makes us all unique, and how we can care for ourselves.

January 08, 2021

What drives leaders, and how does that help us better understand them?

December 01, 2020

This book provides key tools to help combat racism in the mental health profession.

October 28, 2020

The viewing of horror films, though paradoxical, can be therapeutic through sensation-seeking, catharsis, and existential relief of our deepest fears.

July 20, 2020

An interview with Dr Anne Harrington, who offers a stimulating and thought-provoking historical perspective on the evolution of biological psychiatry from the German histopathologists to the present time in her recent book.

June 01, 2020

Emergency Psychiatry: Principles and Practice has something for everyone and is easily applicable to emergency and primary care.

April 28, 2020

Conceived as a needed sequel of Islamophobia and Psychiatry, this volume reflects not only the intellectual cogency and scholarly vision of its Editors but also a solid presentation of multiple perspectives on a complex social phenomenon.

March 09, 2020

Pseudopatients and their discontents: an historical perspective.

February 18, 2020

"The idea of seeing a patient, not just a diagnostic label, is an extremely valuable lesson. Being primed to see certain behaviors as pathological in certain contexts and perfectly normal in others is something that all doctors should be aware of." -Susannah Cahalan