Hi all,

My op-med article just got published on Doximity - based on a talk at the APA -

Megalomania in the American Psyche: A Dangerous Conscious and Unconscious Influence  (May 30, 2023)

Megalomaniacs don’t typically present for therapy, but the people they affect do. As psychiatrists, we must offer them insight and compassion. What agency, insight, compassion, and checks and balances can we, as psychiatrists, offer to a society with megalomaniac tendencies and possibilities? What insights do we need to hold as we cultivate our psyches?

And also - I designed and wore this t-shirt on the last day of the APA - well, I'm doing a fundraiser for the APA Foundation and BIPOC arts organizations - your purchase will really help the causes important for mental health! And it's fun :)

https://www.customink.com/fundraising/withcollectivegenius

I will likely bug you again this month about my fundraiser - the chances of that go down if you support it lol :)

Finally, a reminder that the wonderful film PAST LIVES opens this weekend - here is my review -

MOSF 18.2: Celine Song’s Past Lives: Ambition and Emptiness (EAAPAAO Part 3)

The disrupted heart beats in many places, irregularly, achingly, disconsolately, but never steadily in one singular body, separate, alone. The Asian American heart has suffered specific and multiple disruptions, and we need a specific and pervasive electricity to make ourselves whole. This defibrillating charge has been coming more and more steadily in the pulse of major films: Crazy Rich Asians, The Farewell, Minari, Everything Everywhere All At Once, and now Past Lives, Celine Song’s assured and haunting debut narrative feature.

Take good care!

Warmly,

Ravi