Psychiatric Views on the Daily News

Rationing of crucial materials during the pandemic, like masks and vaccines, has become a matter of life and death.

What word best describes 2021 for you?

As rising health care needs meet inadequate resources and overstressed physicians, is a strike necessary?

Today marks the 1-year anniversary of the conflict at the Capitol. What psychiatric trauma did this event leave in its wake?

Does it sometimes take distance to better understand one another?

The new Mayor of New York is looking for a very specific skill in his appointees: empathy.

We know who the TIME editors picked for Person of the Year, but what about the readers?

TIME’s People of the Year have closer ties to mental health than you think.

In psychiatry, as in journalism, truth, facts, and trust go hand in hand.

Humility and gratitude are among the lessons learned by this psychiatrist...

A change in the wind…

High winds and high anxiety—one doctor’s concerns about climate change feel justified.

Why don’t psychiatrists and mental health professionals ever seem to win People of the Year awards?

Thanks to climate change, weather disasters are neither unimaginable nor unbelievable.

The healing process of Braver Angels: should we all emulate it?

Have we seen this vision of mental health before?

Is this patient reaction the calm before the storm?

What do we know about the psychiatric implications of having an abortion and not having access to such services? And what are the medical ethics involved?

“Senseless” is not the proper term to describe tragedies or violence.

Gratitude: the essence of psychology and psychiatry.

Memorials for Richard P. Gerhardstein, MD, should be sent to RIP Medical Debt, as Gerhardstein felt medical debt was a particularly problematic American injustice.

Charles Atkins, MD, knew better than anyone how to captivate a room full of people.

Carl Malmquist, MD: a man whose “mind was at home in the world.”

Is psychiatry doing enough to address societal challenges? We can honor those who have made a difference but have recently passed by taking up the charge.

A story of teamwork and lessons on resiliency...

Psychedelics: returning hope to veterans with PTSD.

The new crisis hotline aims to enhance and complement, not replace, police with 24/7 local mental health crisis call centers, mobile crisis teaming, and crisis stabilization options.

“When you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you…”

Talk to a veteran about their service today.

Aaron Feurstein and Malden Mills: a good example of how to prevent burnout.