Cultural Psychiatry

Psychiatry and spirituality have many things in common, including family dynamics, self-care, emotional intelligence, trauma healing, and suicide prevention.

Poetry allows for reflection a year after a tragedy and a travesty, and to honor a life lost.

Trees, the oldest among us. One wonders if they mourn the many lynchings that have taken place on their limbs. More reflections on diversity.

In this conversation, a former APA president discusses mystical and meditative experiences, reconciling psychoanalysis and neuroscience, and tensions surrounding the medical model.

Overwhelmed and encumbered agencies are increasingly unable to provide critical services for LGBTQ youth, leaving them powerless in impeding a downward spiral into homelessness and associated negative ramifications. There are 5 ways psychiatrists can help.

These 4 disastrous climate change events affected Black Americans disproportionately…

Ultimately, the climate change crisis underlies an already growing mental health crisis and Hispanic/Latinx heterogeneity shapes different patterns of environmental injustice.

Words—an excellent reflection of the soul.

Collaborative care guides care across disciplines, including psychology, psychiatry, and primary care. The goal is to change practice, build community, and identify health professionals needing the most assistance.

The president of the American Association for Emergency Psychiatry (AAEP) gives a preview of his APA conference presentation.

Respect for Indigenous peoples and their knowledge is crucial to the resolution of climate change.

Bystanders who view traumatic events tend not to react. This woman did.

Powerful psychic defenses are keeping humanity from facing a number of interconnected crises. How can these psychic defenses be overcome?

Psychiatrists who want to understand white supremacy should watch this series…

Justice in the form of humanity.

H. Steven Moffic, MD, reflects on the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.

The Racism & Psychiatry collection highlights the ways communities of color have been uniquely impacted by climate disruption and what psychiatrists can do about it.

Ancient religious texts from India explain the deep connections between human beings and their environment.

Pain as a cultural construct considers conscious and unconscious biases, as well as methods for assessing and managing pain in all patient populations, including those with mental health challenges.

These states will receive funding to increase competitive integrated employment for patients with mental health conditions.

The pandemic has driven a psychiatrist into isolation, but his long history in the arts helps him reconnect.

What is the most important contribution by peer support staff in mental health care? Take the quiz and learn more.

As February comes to a close, we reflect on this month's contributions.

Black soldiers’ lack of access to opiate analgesics and antidiarrheals was typical, not exceptional, when considered within the broader scheme of Civil War medicine.

A case for why psychiatrists should discuss the COVID vaccines with their patients.