Film and Book Reviews

Compelling new book discusses love, Alzheimer disease, and medical aid in dying.

One author shares his experience with suicidal, psychotic depression and the life events that he connects to its origins.

This book stresses beauty, healing, and love.

This book asks important questions about the heart.

This new work examines faith and tradition versus medical and scientific knowledge in the psychiatry-Christianity equation.

Celebrating accurate representations of psychiatric issues and treatment in film and television from the past year.

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

What literature can we use to stay updated on the situation in Ukraine?

Reacher: a wicked action-packed new show.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Candid examples from psychotherapy and supervision makes this book by Jerome S. Gans, MD, a useful and enjoyable book for mental health professionals.

This book is a rich roadmap on how to bring discipline and direction to integrative medicine.

A 17-year-old girl starts panicking about sharks thousands of miles from the ocean. Did a movie cause her fear?

A new book argues it’s time for psychiatrists to let the public know that mental illness is common, real, serious, and treatable.

How can freedom of thought conquer the conquerors?

Frankness, honesty, and humor make this doctor’s poetry collection special.

Which father figure are you?

A television drama looks at eating disorders from the patient, physician, and family perspectives. What does it get right—and wrong?

Two doctors discuss the controversial, highly debated film, The Snake Pit.

Motherhood depicted in film is replete with meaning, symbolic to the core.

Over the last year, we have compiled numerous videos about all aspects of psychiatry, medicine, and society. Check out a sampling here.

Psychiatrists who want to understand white supremacy should watch this series…