During this mesmerizing interview, I sat down with renowned psychiatrist, Dr. Fred Moss to discuss the challenges in the mental health field and a new approach to mental illness and wellness. Dr. Fred spoke of his experiences working with thousands of people and had a powerful take on whether psychiatric medicines are helping or hurting those who take them! Before deciding one way or another, listen to someone whose been on the front lines for decades!

Human beings appear hard-wired to notice differences between each other and then respond by separating and discriminating against each other. In this paper, we look at what could happen for us to unite together as one people on one planet by incorporating our differences to serve a greater good. This article references what my life is committed to in the future, directly taking these issues on, so that we all can take a giant step toward individual empowerment and global unity.

This article was previously published in the Journal of the 2019 Conference For Global Transformation in May 2019 and was named as the prestigious Editor’s Choice.

Telepsychiatry is the art and science of providing mental health services to individuals and groups using advanced forms of video-conferencing to connect people who otherwise would not be likely to meet. Despite what some might think on first glance, there are countless advantages to psychiatry being done this way,….

Today, Dr. Fred gives a brief history of how he got to be the non-diagnosing psychiatrist and how creativity, connection, communication, compassion and self-expression became a hallmark of his work.

Dr Fred speaks to how his life has led to his deep admiration for this emerging profound technology

Jennifer Caudill, ReachMD, interviews Dr. Fred about his plans for the upcoming exciting docuseries, aimed at giving an entirely new perspective of how mental illness is dealt with on a in various culturally diverse areas of the world.

Tim Rush, CEO of ReachMD,Interviews Dr. Fred Moss, a pioneer and expert in this growing revolutionary field.

Dr. Fred Moss, MD is a leader with over 4 decades serving people mental health, and creating new global conversations to embrace our humanity. I interviewed Joe Shirley today. This man is up to some very beautiful things in the world of healing once the unformed becomes formed.

This is a deep and profound discussion on mental illness with Dr. Fred Moss (find him on Facebook and Twitter!). We touch on the epidemic of teen suicide and cultural stigmas, plus so much more.

I am in free fall, tumbling towards the woods in my 2007 Honda Civic. I hear the sloshing sound of grass as my car turns over on itself twice and careens head-over-heels towards the trees lining the highway.

Damn! I really…

Dr. Fred speaks with Dr. Kelly Brogan, world-renowned psychiatrist, about her new book, Own Your Self and the global state of psychiatry.

This is an exploration into the possibility that the conversation presently in place in the community regarding mental illness is transformable.  A closer look at how and why we declare some people as being mentally ill is reviewed as well as a look at the areas in our life that reinforce the need to classify people with the distinction. 

An acquaintance recently shared with me what he apparently felt was outstanding news:

“I just found out I’m clinically depressed!” he beamed with pride.

He perhaps thought that I, as a psychiatrist, would share in his excitement. Maybe he thought it would strike a chord of kinship for me to know he’s “one of my people.” Or part of my “target population.” In line with my training, I was struck with how his affect seemed seriously off-kilter given his proclaimed diagnosis. (Hmm, come to think of it, maybe he really was deeply disturbed).

For nearly thirty years I was getting paid lots of money to prescribe medications as a psychiatrist. Although for the last fifteen or so years, I was fraught with internal conflict over prescribing medications. Nevertheless, I did it anyhow. I wrote the prescriptions that I was expected to write. And I rationalized my actions with excuses and reasons. Read more…

At 14 years old, I became interested in the psychiatric field when my brother, Don, (14 years older than me), entered the field after completion of medical school. The notion of the healing power of listening and being a better “friend” (than the world provides) captured me. Since I loved being around people and hearing their stories, I thought this could be something I could do too. But I was in middle school. A career was a long way away. Read more…

Legendary Canadian ultrarunner Rob Krar has joined forces with the Movember Foundation to raise awareness of the crisis in men’s mental health. Rob became a star in the ultra-long-distance running world after winning second place in his first 100-miler in 2013. But,