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The Moffic Plan: A Not-So-Modest National Mental Health Recovery Program

How can we address our national mental health crisis?

Psychiatry & Society

H. Steven Moffic, MD, discusses the national mental health crisis and proposes 5 ways we can address these challenges.

Check out Ken Burns’ Hiding in Plain Sight: Youth Mental Illness here.

Do you have an idea for how to address the national mental health crisis? Let us know at PTEditor@MMHGroup.com.

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™.

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