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Saving Face After Narcissistic Injuries in Ukraine and Everyday Life
How can we treat Russia’s narcissism?
A Mental Health Hero
Russia’s latest horror in Ukraine is being fought by a psychiatry hero.
A World Human Day
Maybe we need a holiday to come together to overcome our group conflicts and global challenges.
Today Is Also Cambodian New Year
It is Christian Good Friday and the first night of the Jewish Passover, but did you know today marks another holiday?
When Do Politicians Go Beyond Legal Policy to Practice Medicine?
Legislators are actively doing harm to the practice of medicine.
Approaching 1,000,000 Pandemic Deaths and 360,000 Prolonged Grief Disorders
The newest DSM official disorder, prolonged grief disorder, comes at just the right time.
Hey Hey: Musical Calls to Rise Up for Ukraine and Mental Health
Music may be providing an important psychological message.
Managed Care Wins and Psychiatry Losses in a Court Reversal
How has quality of care changed over the years?
World Health Day, or WHO Plans and Russia Winks
Man plans and God winks.
Eros and Jon Batiste Take Center Stage at the 2022 Grammys
Did you watch the Grammys?
Dealing with Our Death Drive
According to Freud, inside each of us is a counterintuitive desire to die instead of live.
No Foolin’! There’s at Least 100 Social Psychiatric Problems
Happy April Fool’s Day!
The Oscars Ceremony Needs to be Reviewed Too
Is the infamous slap from the Oscars an example of systemic violence?
A Spate of Analyses of Putin, But Nary a One by a Psychiatrist
What can we say about President Putin?
“We Stand With You”: The Struggle for Political and Psychological Freedom
President Biden’s speech in Poland concerning Ukraine carries greater messages for psychiatry.
Madeleine Albright and Cultural Identity in Politics and Clinical Practice
Cultural identity—relevant in politics and in psychiatry.
My Mental Health Hopes for President Biden’s Emergency NATO Summit in Brussels
Here are 4 hopes for the improvement of the current state of mental health.
Politics, Science, and Trans Youth
Transgender youth need our help.
Psychiatry Can Help Us Spring Forward
Cherry blossoms: a symbol of rebirth.
The New Abolitionists
In this Women’s History Month, let’s remember human trafficking.
We Have a Need: The Ethical Dilemmas for Ukraine and for Our Patients
We face a major ethical dilemma in how to help Ukraine.
Beware: It’s the Ides of March Today!
When you apply politics to everyday life, the harmful physical and psychological effects on our everyday lives become apparent.
Life Imitates Art and Art Imitates Life in Ukraine
What literature can we use to stay updated on the situation in Ukraine?
A Tale of Thanatos and Two Invasions
Is our destructiveness our own undoing?
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Psychological Needs is Alive and Well in Ukraine
The hierarchy of 8 human psychological needs—how do we see them in the situation in Ukraine?
It is International Women’s Day, But Mothers from Ukraine and Russia Are Crying
This International Women’s Day, we acknowledge the women in Ukraine and Russia who are struggling.
We Are All Russians, Too
While it is easy to empathize with the victims of war, like Ukrainians, we must also recognize our own capability for destruction.
The Week in Psychiatry and Society
Here are 8 reasons the week was relevant psychiatrically and socially.
The Mental State of Our Union
How did the President address mental health in his State of the Union address?
We Should Have a Unique Opportunity to Address 2 Major Dangers to Humanity
Nuclear war and climate instability driven by a desire for power and money.