SPOTLIGHT -
July 26th 2024
"My own dear love, he is all my world,—And I wish I’d never met him."
July 25th 2024
Explore a poem about death, grief, and the healing powers of the humanities.
July 19th 2024
"I was talking on the phone, walking steadier, noticed the tap, and after, the tap-step, a light knock, a knock like someone’s at the door come to visit..."
July 12th 2024
"...the beauty still intoxicating, the spirit of the research like a child swimming for the first time in the sea, awed..."
July 11th 2024
"By now I’ve lost track of time with this boy who reminds me of myself when I imagined becoming a doctor..."
Personified Uterus
A psychiatrist reflects on recent events.
Psychological Reflections on Miscarriage
When helping patients in the hardest moments of their lives, it is important to have empathy for them—and for ourselves.
1969
"...we came in peace for all mankind. Then returned to continue the war."
A Headlong Act of Love: The Gerald F. Berlin Creative Writing Award
The Gerald F. Berlin Creative Writing Award is rewarding future doctors and poets alike.
Exfoliation
We can all benefit from a mental health facial.
Celebrating National Poetry Month
Psychiatric Times contributors share poems about psychiatric issues from grief to Black mental health.
"Sweat"
"When I was nineteen and still had time, I worked college breaks in my father’s factory, and let sweet leather’s smell soak into my skin..."
White Coat
What does a doctor look like?
Now That Anything Could Happen
"You know, now that anything can happen, it’s hard to know what will, and what will you do now that you know?"
Sweat
"And then he stepped back, straightened his hat, let me sweat my own decision."
"While Listening to Annie Lamott Give Tim Ferriss Her Advice for Writers"
"The clock just ticked minute 41, and Annie, just as you predict, my attention is wandering, even if I haven’t hit Step 3: Make the reader feel something is at stake, which I’ll have to focus on in my revision."
Looking at Photos
"...My mother like a distantly spilled perfume."
Doctoring
Reflections on National Doctor Day.
Communion
"I am her book of poems and it is I."
Pandemic Resilience? Remnants
“…we need a break.”
Embracing Hope
One medical student shares how writing poetry can help us embrace our creativity and cope with life’s challenges.
The Snow Is Deep on the Ground
"Always the light falls. Softly down on the hair of my belovèd."
Ubuntu and Shalom: An Octogenarian, Psychiatrist Looks Back, and Forward
“…Have We really Changed after Lo, these Many Years?”
Sunset Reflections
Being grateful and enjoying one's surroundings can go a long way after a long, hard day.
While Listening to Annie Lamott Give Tim Ferriss Her Advice for Writers
“Step 1: put your butt in a chair for 45 minutes every day and get down a shitty draft.”
"Dress Rehearsal"
Here's a thank you note to all the musicians.
A Psychiatrist's Ode to Women's History Month
Musings on Women's History Month...
To See You Go
“I saw your rise, and missed your fall. I couldn’t have caught you if I tried…”
Free, Free, Free
"Pain can't touch me no more, For I am free, I am free, I am free..."
Our Lady of Tenacious Hope
During war and winter, can hope shine through?
Dehumanization
A psychiatrist's thoughts and reflections after the week's news.
Memorial Hoops
"But Who am I kidding? The weekend was about Basketball."
Adrift in Winter
"All anyone wants to know is when spring will get here..."
Ode to Black Mental Health
Using words and music to help heal...
Dress Rehearsal
"...they’ve returned like songbirds, exhausted from flight but wild to swagger the songs they carry..."