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Film and Book Reviews
The Rise and Fall of Pragmatism in Psychiatry
December 28, 2019
"Psychiatry has been frozen in time since the 80s, and hence the absence of progress since then is no surprise." So says, S. Nassir Ghaemi, MD, MPH, in the next installment of Conversations in Critical Psychiatry with Awais Aftab, MD.
Book Recommendations for Psychiatrists
December 17, 2019
For your bookshelf: Psychiatric Times’ Editorial Board shares reading recommendations.
Chaos Theory With a Human Face: Extended Version
October 28, 2019
"Go out into the real world; work in prisons, in run-down towns with high unemployment or with refugees or in remote areas. Go overseas or into underprivileged parts of your own country. And that is how you learn about real psychiatry," says Niall McLaren, MBBS, FRANZCP, in the next installment of Conversations in Critical Psychiatry.
Transit: Already in Hell
October 25, 2019
Christian Pitzold’s haunting 2019 film, based on Anna Seghel’s masterful 1942 novel.
Explanatory Methods in Psychiatry: The Importance of Perspectives
September 05, 2019
It is a rare feat for a conceptual book on psychiatry to generate as much acclaim, influence, longevity, and readership within the profession as has The Perspectives of Psychiatry. Paul R. McHugh, MD is featured in this Conversations series.
Forensic Psychiatrists Explore True Crime and Family Murder
September 04, 2019
The express goal of this guidebook: “to bring together comprehensive data about murder within the family, as well as real-life stories of this tragedy.”
Skepticism of the Gentle Variety
July 31, 2019
Conversations in Critical Psychiatry with Derek Bolton, PhD, recognized internationally as a disginguished voice in philosophy and psychiatry.
Thomas Szasz: An Appraisal of His Legacy
July 05, 2019
A penetrating, deep, and intrepid exploration of Szasz’s oeuvre, and the indelible impact he has had on the practice of psychiatry, in this country and abroad.
The Structure of Psychiatric Revolutions
June 27, 2019
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.