Psychiatry in Context. 💡
A few reactions on topics related to psychiatry from the past week: An example of a transitional object in baseball. The catcher for the Seattle Mariners,...
Other Lessons from the Artemis II Mission. 🌕
Now that the astronauts from the Artemis II mission are safely back on Earth, here are more reactions about what we heard and witnessed: It’s okay to ask...
Artemis II and “That Psych Stuff”. 🛰️
The Artemis II mission has captivated me. I find myself checking NASA’s Artemis II Live Mission Coverage on YouTube during in-between moments. So much about...
StoryCorps Interview. 🎤
I wasn’t familiar with StoryCorps until I received an invitation to record with them. They were looking for people who were front-line workers during the...
How to Avoid Becoming an Agent of Social Control: Communist China
The Year of the Horse has arrived! How delighted I was to see the New York Times show Lunar New Year Across America (free gift link). I remain struck with...
More on the Government’s Potential Use of Psychiatry.
There has been increasing amounts of conflict and violence within the United States. It saps attention and energy; of course people feel irritable and glum....
Psychological First Aid. ⛑️
My plan over the past week was to craft a post about psychiatrists becoming agents of social control in China. Then federal agents killed another person in...
Trump Talked About Community Psychiatry Today. 😵💫
Guys, I know we’re all tired for many different reasons. But we should probably review what President Trump said today. During his press conference he talked...
How to Avoid Becoming an Agent of Social Control: Viktor Frankl
In our ongoing study in how governments have used psychiatrists as agents of social control (and how psychiatrists resisted these pressures), let’s learn...
How to Avoid Becoming an Agent of Social Control: Anatoly Koryagin
Psychiatrists are always at risk of becoming agents of social control. In most U.S. states, we have the power to force people, under specific conditions,...
Trump and Bundy. ⚠️
When I read what Donald Trump said, it immediately made me think of comments by Ted Bundy. From today's New York Times: “Ownership is very important,” Mr....
Regime Change and Labels. 🏷️
Not everyone buys into the idea that people have “personalities”. Sure, you may think that your friend acts in predictable ways. But you’ve also seen your...
How Atmospheric Rivers Affect People in Jail. 🌧️
An atmospheric river is a river in the sky. I don't remember these from my youth, though they seem to happen most years now on the West Coast. As atmospheric...
Inconsequential News. 🗞️
Guys, I am excited to share inconsequential news with you: Something I wrote was published in the New York Times! Michelle Cottle wrote a poignant essay, ‘We...
Links Around the World Wide Web. 🌎
Some interesting items for your consideration: Why are people poor? (short video) The intelligent and incisive Jamelle Bouie comments on the recent immoral...
Approach, Don’t Avoid. 🙈
I don’t think the crisis center had been open for even one week. There were dozens of staff and fewer than five patients. Most of the staff were young,...
Who Gets to Be Sad? 😢
For those of you who don’t follow baseball, the Seattle Mariners were in the running to go to the finals in baseball, called the World Series. (So American,...
Neither Sex Nor Drugs. 👠
While it was happening I recognized that it didn’t look great. My outreach colleague was driving and slowed down. After rolling down my passenger side...
The Man in the Tiny Village. 🏘️
Almost 30 minutes had passed, but The Man was still standing outside in the grey morning chill. His soiled tee shirt and loose pants hung from his tall...
How About Those Mariners? ⚾️
In January of 2024, I made a deliberate choice to be a Baseball Fan. There were two reasons behind this: My spouse is a lifelong baseball fan and I wanted to...