Psychiatry & Society
H. Steven Moffic, MD, discusses the big three: politics, religion, and psychiatry. Are the problems that arise in these categories a result of human nature, which tends to distrust “the other” or anything that is different? How do we overcome this fear? How can we incorporate these three categories into an organized project and work together to create a better world?
Dr. Moffic is an award-winning psychiatrist specializing in the cultural and ethical aspects of psychiatry, now retired and working as a private, volunteer community psychiatrist. A prolific writer and speaker, he has written a weekly column, “Psychiatric Views on the Daily News,” and a weekly video, “Psychiatry & Society,” since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. He has been selected for the 2024 Abraham Halpern Humanitarian Award from the American Association for Social Psychiatry. He previously received the American Psychiatric Association Administrative Award in 2016, the one-time Hero of Public Psychiatry award from the Speaker of the Assembly of the APA in 2002, and the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill in 1991. He is an advocate and activist for mental health issues related to climate instability, physician burnout, and xenophobia. He is currently the editor of the last book in a four-volume series on religions and psychiatry at Springer: Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, Christianity and Now Eastern religions and spiritualityHe is a member of the editorial team of Psychiatric times.
