Psychiatric Views on the Daily News

Authoritarian governments are detrimental to mental health. Let's explore a historic case.

Psychiatry probes why public apologies may manipulate or hinder forgiveness, and what humility and remorse reveal in conflicts from courts to clinics.

Artemis astronauts spotlight psychiatric medication, mental health support, and trust—revealing why psychiatry’s village mindset strengthens care, leadership, and ethics.

How creativity and wisdom can grow after 80, from Matisse to modern psychiatry—boosting purpose, brain health, and connection in later life.

With Artemis II’s journey in mind, a psychiatrist urges mental health action on climate denial, resilience, and saving Earth before it’s too late.

Artemis II astronauts spark a psychiatrist’s look at “joy trains,” music, and meaning—practical ways teams rekindle joy and prevent burnout.

From Artemis II’s fiery return to life after prison or vacation, this article shows how reentry stress becomes a skill for growth.

What can the Artemis II astronauts tell us about both outer space and the inner space of our minds?

Remembering 2 child and adolescent psychiatrists...

Remembering Donald P. Hay, MD, and other deceased psychiatric colleagues.

Often the best opportunities for mental health growth come when psychiatry, religions, and spirituality can enhance one another.

Yesterday, we launched a spaceship the moon for the first time in 53 years. What implications does this journey have for psychiatry?

Being a fool can run from being thought to be inappropriately silly to Shakespeare’s fools of creative wisdom. Where does psychiatry come in?

Near 80, a psychiatrist rediscovers joy in family, music, and purpose—while facing mortality and the bittersweet truths of aging.

As US leaders and psychiatrists age past 80, Erikson’s ninth stage reveals how wisdom, burnout, and politics shape national mental health.

Eid, Nowruz and the equinox highlight renewal as war fuels trauma, hate and a need for mental health resilience and interfaith healing.

Explore how “luck” shapes mental health, trauma recovery, and doctor-patient fit—while revealing why personal choices still drive outcomes like A1C.

Psychiatrists weigh autonomy, suffering, and safeguards in medical aid in dying, from the Dutch.

How cultural humility in psychiatry reframes global conflict, urging respect, diversity, and shared values amid escalating tensions.

A psychiatrist revisits Lifton’s Nazi Doctors to explore ‘doubling,’ moral injury, and what aging and war teach about ethics and burnout.

Explore how Mardi Gras, Ramadan, and Chinese New Year converge to spark reflection, emotional change, and a call for unity through everyday kindness.

How preventive psychiatry reframes war debates, weighing acute risk, nuclear escalation, and why "watch and wait" can worsen global outcomes.

Light triumphing over darkness in war: a reflection of psychiatry triumphing over mental health disorders.

A psychiatrist links today’s civil rights tensions to urgent psychiatric rights—funding, burnout relief, social care, and free speech for clinicians and patients.

How ageism shapes mental health at 80, from Evita’s “Rights of Old Age” to today’s push for an age-just society.

Psychiatry confronts Epstein’s legacy, urging ethical accountability, prevention, and resources to address power abuse, sex trafficking, and women’s trauma worldwide.

Olympic stories of joy, injury, and grit reveal lessons for psychiatry—burnout, secondary trauma, and knowing when to step back or retire.

Explore how World Day of Social Justice links poverty, war trauma, inequality, and social determinants to psychiatry—urging action beyond the clinic.

This Presidents Day, H. Steven Moffic, MD, links ICE raids to trauma and fear, urges ethical action and creative protest to protect immigrants and public mental health.

A rare psychiatrist-publisher dies at 97; explore Jason Aronson’s publishing legacy, Jewish studies ties, and free classic psychotherapy downloads.