SPOTLIGHT -
May 9th 2025
Awais Aftab, MD, explores the many aspects of psychiatry through engaging interviews that challenge traditional views and advocate for a more inclusive dialogue. Check out this review of his new book.
May 5th 2025
Explore inspiring true stories of resilience and adaptation in the face of visual impairment in these 2 brief book reviews.
April 8th 2025
Are TV shows educating the public about psychiatric medications?
April 7th 2025
Check out 2 bite-sized reviews of books related to mental health.
March 3rd 2025
Avoiding the Path of Least Resistance
In this insightful interview, experts discuss the journey toward a more humanistic approach in psychiatry, the challenges of integrating biological and psychosocial aspects, and the need for comprehensive training for future psychiatrists.
What Physicians Can Learn From 'Painkiller' (2023)
The series explores the origins of the first opioid crisis in the United States.
Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder
This book could be a resource for your patients with bipolar disorder…
Oppenheimer: Psychiatric Associations to the Movie and Man
Have you seen the movie “Oppenheimer”?
To Live Dangerously: A Review of Life-Enhancing Anxiety by Kirk Schneider
This book asks us to reexamine anxiety…
The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs
Are we burning out about burnout?
Exploring Surprising Parallels Between The Sixth Sense and a Real Case
"My attitude toward The Sixth Sense shifted when I realized that I had been treating a patient whose death date was set before our appointments began..."
10 Disney Movies to Watch on Mother’s Day
What movies are you watching this weekend?
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
“Rachel Aviv speaks to the stories that help and stories that harm—the narratives that will fashion the identity we will have for a lifetime.”
Reef Madness: Digging up the Dirt on an Australian Myth
“Hunter’s book is excellently written and highly recommended for readers who want to understand the enormous power of myth in the Australian identity.”
"Christianity and Psychiatry" Examines Faith and Tradition vs Medical and Scientific Knowledge
"This volume is a fascinating incursion into a field that everybody talks about, but few examine in depth."
THE QUEST: Nepal Lets You Reach for the Majesty of the Summit
"This film beautifully uses Kathmandu to mentally transport you, like the climbers, into the journey ahead."
Important Lessons for Psychiatry and Beyond
An expert reviews Thomas Insel's book and reflects on what its insights mean for our field.
The Uphill Path to Mental Health: A Book Review
In this review of Thomas Insel's book, one doctor analyzes the uphill path from mental illness to mental health.
Coming Up for Air and Seeing our College Mental Health Crisis: A Movie Review
College mental health: on the decline for at least 8 years.
Healing: Our Path From Mental Illness to Mental Health
Thomas Insel, MD’s, book contains several highly valuable lessons for psychiatry and beyond.
Love, Alzheimer Disease, and Medical Aid in Dying
Approximately 6.5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer disease today, and that number is projected to rise to about 13 million by 2050.
Malpractice and Liability in Psychiatry
What do you do if you get sued? This new book provides a guide, with a comprehensive view of malpractice and liability issues across psychiatry.
A Transformative Journey in THE QUEST: Nepal
“A quotidian life could be transformed by the majesty of the summit. There would be pain to suffer, but not the variety that debilitates—rather, a pain that runs from head to toe and shouts that you are truly alive.”
Cracking the “Creek” of Contentment
Schitt’s Creek is a show that teaches us how to see light in the darkest of the times.
In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Compelling new book discusses love, Alzheimer disease, and medical aid in dying.
One Friday in April: A Story of Suicide and Survival
One author shares his experience with suicidal, psychotic depression and the life events that he connects to its origins.
The Wounded Healer: The Pain and Joy of Caregiving
This book stresses beauty, healing, and love.
The Source of All Things: A Heart Surgeon’s Quest to Understand Our Most Mysterious Organ
This book asks important questions about the heart.
Christianity and Psychiatry
This new work examines faith and tradition versus medical and scientific knowledge in the psychiatry-Christianity equation.
Best Recent Screen Portrayals of Mental Health Issues
Celebrating accurate representations of psychiatric issues and treatment in film and television from the past year.
Optogenetics and Piercing the Professional Armor
Karl Deisseroth's new book is a compelling, educational experience for readers.
Life Imitates Art and Art Imitates Life in Ukraine
What literature can we use to stay updated on the situation in Ukraine?
Reacher: Don’t Worry About Him
Reacher: a wicked action-packed new show.
Committed: Dispatches from a Psychiatrist in Training
Adam Stern, MD’s, book makes the case for a more human psychiatry.