Michael A. Kalm: How psychiatry can help in the present crisis

Sigmund Freud, asked what the goals of psychotherapy were, replied, “Just two. Empower the individual to love and to work.”Just as educators have their “three R’s” — reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic” — we psychiatrists have our “three R’s” for empowerment – reality testing, reframing and risking. Never have the three R’s been more important than now in the era of COVID-19, climate change and persistent racia