Vincenzo Di Nicola

1 month 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.

2 months 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.

2 months ago | academia.edu | Vincenzo Di Nicola

The overall goal of this lecture is to harness the powerful data of populational studies to patients in clinical practice. This is a model for applying social psychiatry to the clinic – a call for “Clinical Social Psychiatry.” Objectives: I. Describe the evolution of social psychiatry from populational studies to community psychiatry to clinical social psychiatry II.

Mar 4, 2025 | psychiatrictimes.com | Leah Kuntz |Vincenzo Di Nicola

CLINICAL CONVERSATIONSAt the 2025 American College of Psychiatrists Annual Meeting, Vincenzo Di Nicola, MPhil, MD, PhD, FCAHS, DLFAPA, DFCPA, FACPsych, received the Award for Leadership in Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Psychiatry. He gave his lecture, “‘Lay Not Thine Hand Upon the Lad’: Child Maltreatment, Social Determinants of Health, and Trauma-Informed Care” in Kauai, Hawaii, on February 22, 2025.