Psychiatric Views on the Daily News

Psychiatrists and mental health clinicians: a social determinant of health.

Saturday was the International Day of Peace.

Here’s what Dr Moffic plans to cover in this week…

Are we reliving the evolution of managed care from the 1980s and 1990s?

If psychiatrists of different religions and spiritual beliefs coupled with psychological insights cannot overcome conflict and achieve peace, who can?

The Boomerang Effect: when an individual’s attempt to persuade someone else has the opposite effect, coming back to haunt the messenger, like a boomerang thrown correctly comes back toward the thrower.

We cannot learn from history unless we talk about it…

The season of the cat…

If a debate is only about who wins and who loses, about half of the country will seem to have won and half seem to have lost.

The significance of numbers…

How can you best ethically treat patients?

Is there a unique, underrecognized psychological factor in the current dissemination of hate?

Burnout rates have once again reached epidemic levels, in both physicians and parents.

Group dynamics in band: can they illuminate greater truths for listeners?

How do you dress as a mental health clinician?

A snapshot of a speech at the DNC.

Gratitude: one of our social psychoexemplaries.

Holidays and couples therapy can remind us how precious relationships can be…

What should politicians be focusing on to improve the well-being of the country?

“In music, you have to listen to each other to create harmony. And when you apply that in society, you are a different person.”

What effect does nature have on mental health?

Mental health clinicians have the privilege to often be trusted with the darkest secrets of patients, but with the accompanying challenge to maintain their own well-being.

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em…”

How much do we learn from nonverbal cues, like Sherlock Holmes did?

Is laughter in jeopardy online?

How does isolation for a typhoon compare with COVID-19 isolation?

What role do social psychopathologies play in the upcoming election?

It's never appropriate for people in power to use the term "crazy."