 is an award-winning psychiatrist who has specialized in the cultural and ethical aspects of psychiatry. A prolific writer and speaker, he received the one-time designation of Hero of Public Psychiatry from the Assembly of the American Psychiatric Association in 2002. To create a better world, he is an advocate for treating mental health issues related to climate instability, burnout, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism. He serves on the Editorial Board of

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Remembering to Mourn our Losses

Clinicians are often busier than usual during the holidays. How can you find the time to spend quality time with your loved ones?

Celebrating the Season With Loved Ones

"Love is apart from all things. Desire and excitement are nothing beside it."


The Great Fires

A Thanksgiving for Psychiatry 

"For no particular reason I lift my dusty volume of Freud’s Standard Edition from a shelf..."


"On Transience"

Again Giving Thanks to Psychiatry and Society

Postpartum depression and major depressive disorder in pregnant and postpartum women are severely underdiagnosed and undertreated. How can we more effectively help this patient population?

Promising New Treatments for Postpartum Depression

I Am Bound for de Kingdom

The LEAD Model for Leadership

"I scribble as if my father is beside me years and years ago, scoring whole-notes, white holes through rims of night." 
