Vincenzo Di Nicola

1 week ago | psychiatrictimes.com | Vincenzo Di Nicola

SECOND THOUGHTSRecently, the purpose and meaning of obituaries has been on my mind, both with a death in the family and with fellow Psychiatric Times columnist H. Steven Moffic, MD’s frequent obituaries to our colleagues. Furthermore, Moffic responded to my Speak Up Manifesto and my column on Socrates’ Choice about euthanasia, suicide, and assisted suicide with a manifesto of his own.

2 weeks ago | psychiatrictimes.com | Vincenzo Di Nicola

SECOND THOUGHTSCall no man happy before he is dead, but only lucky. —Solon, ancient Greek lawmaker, one of the Seven Sages of GreeceRecently, Psychiatric Times columnist H. Steven Moffic, MD, shared his thoughts about deciding how to die to which Mark S. Komrad, MD, who is involved in the psychiatric aspects of physician-assisted suicide, replied, followed by a rejoinder and clarification by Dr Moffic. I would like to address Dr Moffic’s question with a philosophical perspective on dying.

3 weeks ago | psychiatrictimes.com | Vincenzo Di Nicola

SECOND THOUGHTSIn my last column, I published my Speak Up Manifesto. It was my third foray into the art of the manifesto. My first manifesto was as a social philosopher with a call for Slow Thought, followed by various calls for Slow Therapy and Slow Psychiatry. My second manifesto was a manifesto for 21st century social psychiatry, upending the Western tradition of starting with the individual and working outwards to family, community, and society.

1 month ago | psychiatrictimes.com | Vincenzo Di Nicola

SECOND THOUGHTSThe Italian word manifesto, derived from the Latin manifestus, meaning “clear” or “conspicuous,” means to reveal (clarify), to declare (assert), and to demonstrate (protest)Manifestos can be addictive! This is my third one and it practically dictated itself to me in the bosom of a busy schedule.

1 month ago | psychiatrictimes.com | Vincenzo Di Nicola |H. Steven Moffic

SECOND THOUGHTSH. Steven Moffic, MD: American Psychiatry’s Social ConscienceH. Steven Moffic, MD, a fellow Psychiatric Times columnist, is a social psychiatrist who has edited a remarkable series of multi-authored volumes on religion, spirituality and psychiatry, the most recent one being on Eastern Religions, Spirituality, and Psychiatry.1 He was interviewed by Leah Kuntz for Psychiatric Times after winning the Abraham L.