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Reacher: a wicked action-packed new show. 

Reacher: Don’t Worry About Him

Dr Stein is the cofounder and executive director of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability and is a visiting professor at Harvard Law School.

Adam Stern, MD’s, book makes the case for a more human psychiatry.

Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training

What cultish language do cult leaders and abusive partners both commonly use? 

Cultish: Techniques of Manipulation 

The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Committee on Arts and Humanities highlights some exemplary representations of mental health issues in film and television.

Top 7 Screen Portrayals of Mental Health Issues in 2021

 is an award-winning psychiatrist who has specialized in the cultural and ethical aspects of psychiatry. A prolific writer and speaker, he received the one-time designation of Hero of Public Psychiatry from the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association in 2002. To create a better world, he is an advocate for treating mental health issues related to climate instability, burnout, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism. He serves on the Editorial Board of

Take a look at the compiled lessons we can learn from Dune. 

Lessons From the Science Fiction World of Dune for Our Non-Fiction Time and Place

Microdosing at “Tranquillum House,” and its implications for real-world experimental psychopharmacology.

Nine Perfect Strangers

is a psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist. He is the retired professor and chair of psychiatry at the Milwaukee Campus of the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine (1980-1992). He trained in medicine at Cambridge University and Guy’s Hospital, and in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital in London. He migrated to the US in 1968, and served in a variety of academic, clinical, and research positions. He has received many awards and honors, including National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Administrator’s Meritorious Achievement Award for Homeless Mentally Ill (1991), American Psychiatric Association Warren Williams Award for Community Services (1992), and National Alliance on Mental Illness Exemplary Psychiatrist (1993). Professional volumes authored by him include 

 (with Sperry, Faulkner, and Gudeman, 1992, American Psychiatric Press), and

 Treatment Compliance and the Therapeutic Alliance 

(1997, Harwood Academic Publishers). He served as deputy editor to Thomas Ban on 

 (Vols 4,7, and 9). His most recent book is 

The history of modern psychopharmacology: a history of epic proportions. 

An Introduction to Treating the Brain: An Odyssey

Karl Deisseroth's new book is a compelling, educational experience.





Projections: A Story of Human Emotions

Dune releases in theaters this week. What echoes of our current socio-cultural situation does it contain? 

Digging the Movie Dune (Part 1)

Dr Pies is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Lecturer on Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical University; Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; and Editor in Chief Emeritus of 

 (2007-2010). Dr Pies is the author of several books. A collection of his works can be found on

The philosopher Plato kicked poets out of his republic because they elevated passion over reason. Do they belong in a psychiatrist's office instead? 

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