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MPS Members Actively Taking New Patients: Appointments Within 1-2 Weeks

The Maryland Psychiatric Society

To facilitate appointments for the expanding number of people seeking behavioral health treatment during the pandemic, the MPS has compiled the following list of psychiatrists with immediate availability. There are many other psychiatrists taking new patients within 3-4 weeks. Please click here for our Find A Psychiatrist search tool.

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“All Real Living Is Meeting”: Brent Robbins on Love, Death, and the Possibilities of Psychology

Mad in America

His work spans everything from the cultural history of mental illness to mindfulness, death anxiety, and resiliencenot the hollow kind that comes from pretending everythings fine, but the kind that comes from staring into the void and refusing to flinch. Hes a professor of psychology and the director of the Psy.D. He earned his Ph.D.

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Upcoming ECT Legislation Needs to Be Revised

Mad in America

McCarthy Vahey , and distinguished members of the Connecticut Public Health Committee : I am sharing the following information related to H.B. A bill raised in the Connecticut legislature, H.B. 6837 , would change state law concerning shock therapy (ECT or electroconvulsive therapy). Anwar , Rep. Anwar , Rep. Dubey, 2023).

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Modern Psychiatry and the Human Soul and Spirit: Is Our Freedom at Stake?

Mad in America

The prescribing of medications to all ages has increased along with the suicide and homicide rate. To be a doctor aiming to practice the art of healing is almost impossible today due to the power of big pharma and insurance companies. Today, 65 million Americans are on one or more prescribed psychiatric medications.

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What Happens When There Is No Help?

Mad in America

M y long and complicated lifelong relationship with mental health issues and mainstream psychiatry takes place across three different countries. Naturally, I developed an eating disorder and OCD at an early age. Around age 11, I had a classmate commit suicide. The first time I saw a psychiatrist was around age 12.