SPOTLIGHT -
July 1st 2025
These 2 compelling memoirs delve into the complexities of schizophrenia, showcasing resilience, friendship, and the impact of mental health.
June 6th 2025
Explore transformative memoirs and insights on estrangement in these 2 brief book reviews.
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?
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.
Cultish: Techniques of Manipulation
What cultish language do cult leaders and abusive partners both commonly use?
Top 7 Screen Portrayals of Mental Health Issues in 2021
The Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry Committee on Arts and Humanities highlights some exemplary representations of mental health issues in film and television.
Lessons From the Science Fiction World of Dune for Our Non-Fiction Time and Place
Take a look at the compiled lessons we can learn from Dune.
Nine Perfect Strangers
Microdosing at “Tranquillum House,” and its implications for real-world experimental psychopharmacology.
An Introduction to Treating the Brain: An Odyssey
The history of modern psychopharmacology: a history of epic proportions.
Projections: A Story of Human Emotions
Karl Deisseroth's new book is a compelling, educational experience.
Digging the Movie Dune (Part 1)
Dune releases in theaters this week. What echoes of our current socio-cultural situation does it contain?
Art Imitating Life: A Poet’s Words
The philosopher Plato kicked poets out of his republic because they elevated passion over reason. Do they belong in a psychiatrist's office instead?
Addressing Challenging Moments in Psychotherapy: Clinical Wisdom for Working with Individuals, Groups and Couples
Candid examples from psychotherapy and supervision makes this book by Jerome S. Gans, MD, a useful and enjoyable book for mental health professionals.
An Integrative Paradigm for Mental Health Care: Ideas and Methods Shaping the Future
This book is a rich roadmap on how to bring discipline and direction to integrative medicine.
Jaws And Cinematic Neurosis That Persists
A 17-year-old girl starts panicking about sharks thousands of miles from the ocean. Did a movie cause her fear?
Science Over Stigma: Education and Advocacy for Mental Health
A new book argues it’s time for psychiatrists to let the public know that mental illness is common, real, serious, and treatable.
Kings, Conquerors, Psychopaths: From Alexander to Hitler to the Corporation
How can freedom of thought conquer the conquerors?
Freud on My Couch
Frankness, honesty, and humor make this doctor’s poetry collection special.
10 Archetypes of Fatherhood in Films
Which father figure are you?
Breaking the Skinny Standard: Anorexia on Screen
A television drama looks at eating disorders from the patient, physician, and family perspectives. What does it get right—and wrong?
Into the Snake Pit: An Interview with Ben Harris, PhD
Two doctors discuss the controversial, highly debated film, The Snake Pit.
17 Films About the Horrors of Motherhood
Motherhood depicted in film is replete with meaning, symbolic to the core.
Minute-by-Minute PsychBytes
Over the last year, we have compiled numerous videos about all aspects of psychiatry, medicine, and society. Check out a sampling here.
Them: Must-See TV for Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists who want to understand white supremacy should watch this series…
Rearview: A Psychiatrist Reflects on Practice and Advocacy in a Time of Healthcare System Change
A psychiatrist shares the pearls of his life, clinical and otherwise.
Finding Love Among the Highs and Lows of Ultradian Bipolar Disorder
“As soon as Lexi reaches home, she abruptly sinks into depression and curls up in a fetal position, almost catatonic in her bed.”
A History of the Human Brain From the Sea Sponge to CRISPR, How Our Brain Evolved
How did we become what we are and where on earth are we headed?
Handling the Highs and Lows of Ultradian Bipolar Disorder—and Love
A high-powered lawyer faces her toughest opponent yet: mental illness stigma.
Ink Stained for Life
What was life like in the 1950s Bronx for a budding preeminent psychiatrist?
Tend to Your Soul
The recent Disney Pixar film has a doctor contemplating what makes us all unique, and how we can care for ourselves.
Leaders Who Lust
What drives leaders, and how does that help us better understand them?
Measuring the Effects of Racism: Guidelines for the Assessment and Treatment of Race-Based Traumatic Stress Injury
This book provides key tools to help combat racism in the mental health profession.