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Why Careful Science Must Guide The Future Of Psychedelic Medicine
My 8-Hour THC Experience | Dr. James McKnight
July 15, 2026
Here at Shrink Speak, we have been talking recently about the need for rigorous research before psychedelic drugs become widely available. That isn't an abstract policy debate for me. It is personal.
Introducing Our Newest Member To The ARETÉ Science Team
Dr. James McKnight | Board Certified Doctor of Psychiatry
July 3, 2026
ARETÉ Science is pleased to welcome Dr. James McKnight, as the newest member of our team committed to transforming mental health care in America. Dr. McKnight will assume the role of Associate Director for Public Policy and Development of Community Services.
The Civil Rights Failure of Our Time
The Cruelty We Mistake for Compassion | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
May 12, 2026
Mental Health Awareness Month arrives every May with familiar appeals: reduce stigma, raise awareness, speak openly, show compassion. But awareness is not treatment. And compassion means little when people with untreated severe mental illness are left to sleep on sidewalks, cycle through emergency rooms, languish in jails, or die prematurely from neglect, exposure, suicide, addiction, and preventable disease.
America Burning
Curing Our National Epidemic of Personal Deviant Violence | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
April 17, 2026
For most of human history, deadly violence was a common and accepted part of life. Wars, tribal conflict, political murder, organized crime, gang battles, theft, and crimes of passion were frequent and often inevitable. Yet over time – with the advent of laws, religious precepts, political systems, social norms, and advances in science, technology, and economic systems – these traditional forms of lethal violence have dramatically declined.
Schizophrenia Treatment - What Has Changed
Schizophrenia Treatment Has Changed : It's Time Our Narrative Did, Too | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
January 15, 2026
We have reached an inflection point in the arc of history – and schizophrenia is no longer the frightening mystery it once was. Schizophrenia is neither new nor rare. It has likely existed for centuries, if not millennia, and remains one of the leading causes of disability in the world, with a lifetime prevalence of about 1% of the population.
Reluctance to Seek Psychiatric Care
The Profession That Everyone Needs But Nobody Wants | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
January 7, 2026
Mental illness is widespread in society; so is reluctance to seek care. This uneasy pursuit of psychiatric services is even more ironic when the purpose of the event is related to mental illness.
Medical Marijuana Use
Be Careful What You Wish For | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
December 18, 2025
Balancing Regulatory Policy and Public Health on the Status of Recreational Intoxicants. Humanity has always had a complicated, often contradictory relationship with psychoactive substances. Across cultures and centuries, people have turned to intoxicants for healing, ritual, socialization, recreation, and escape...
Suicide Prevention
Suicide in America : Why Isn't More Done To Prevent It? | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
November 19, 2025
Few human deeds carry the shock, sorrow, and mystery of suicide. It is the most final expression of the tragic culmination of mental illness, emotional pain, and anger or frustration at circumstances that have become unbearable to the decedent.
Military Mental Health
The Battle Within : The Cost Of Ignoring Military Mental Health | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
November 11, 2025
The military's historic ambivalence toward the psychological wounds of war is a reflection of civilian society's pervasive stigma of mental illness – stigma that breeds our indifference toward and neglect of our country's mental health crisis.
Mental Health Care
Improving Mental Health Care In America : The New Frontier In Civil Rights | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
November 7, 2025
How the U.S. Government Has Failed Its Citizens – And How ARETÉ Science Aims to Change It. The United States is failing in its civic and moral responsibility to provide adequate mental health care for its people. Our mental health systems are scientifically outdated, structurally deficient, chronically understaffed, and morally indefensible.
Mental Illness & Violence
Mental Health and Mass Violence : Why The Midtown Massacre Was Preventable | Jeffrey Lieberman MD
August 21, 2025
When 27-year-old Shane Devon Tamura entered a Midtown Manhattan office tower armed with an M4-style assault rifle and opened fire – killing four people, including a heroic off-duty NYPD officer before taking his own life – it marked yet another entry in the grim ledger of American mass violence.
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