Psychiatric Views on the Daily News

H. Steven Moffic, MD, views the Dune book and movies through a psychiatric lens.

Remembering the 1-year anniversary of Frank Miller, MD’s death.

Over the last century and even longer, we have taken a useful fossil fuel energy road that has also led to the problematic adverse effects of acute and long-term disasters. Is this reflected in current popular films like “Dune: Part Two”?

“Dune: Part Two” releases today. What social psychiatric implications might it have for our current society?

Has psychiatry leaped in advances in the past 50 years?

Would a psychiatrist Chief Wellness Officer evoke assumptions that burnout was like a psychiatric disorder?

What is positive social psychiatry?

At its most challenging, the ability to transcend differences, whether in psychiatry, education, or politics, can be a matter of life and death.

Look for the unifiers in divisiveness.

Love: a distraction or inspiration?

Welcome to the Year of the Dragon! What does it mean?

Football and mental health care: Sometimes predictions work, but it is also worth taking some chances and having backup plans.

How has psychiatry affected the role of being a parent? What makes a good parent?

What makes a winning team, in football and in health care?

Does seeing art live vs online impact the brain differently?

We need improved recognition of the social determinants of mental health.

Do you know the all the many meanings of the word spitball? How does it apply to psychiatry?

Did you know January is Poverty Awareness Month?

The unity students have shown at Ball State is a model worth replicating.

The latest report on physician burnout is here...

Election year has rolled around again… what role do psychiatrists and mental health clinicians play in these tense times?

What if psychiatrists provided their insights to the community via residency?

What does it mean to be humanitarian?

When we say “Happy New Year,” how can we ensure that wish leads to genuine happiness for others?

The diversity of the arts leads the way for greater social change…

Celebrating the life of Gordon Warme, MD.

A dream for social psychiatry, in the vein of Martin Luther King, Jr.

What can we learn from war trauma?

What did Einstein and Freud have to say about war, and how does it apply today?

Here's something we can do physically to prevent suicide.