Our New Year's Unpacking of Our Emotional Baggage

Psychiatry & Society

H. Steven Moffic, MD, discusses emotional baggage and what he sees as the biggest issues: climate change, the pandemic, racism, ageism, and more. What emotional baggage are you carrying?

To read more about emotional baggage, see Dr Moffic's article "Carrying—and Caring for—Emotional Baggage in the New Year, Including a Televised Cardiac Arrest."

Dr Moffic 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. He is an advocate for mental health issues related to climate instability, burnout, Islamophobia, and anti-Semitism for a better world. He serves on the Editorial Board of Psychiatric Times™.