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David Kopacz, MD

@drkopacz.bsky.social
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Psychiatrist/Author: -Caring for Self & Others -Re-humanizing Medicine -Becoming Medicine -Walking the Medicine Wheel -Becoming Who You Are -A Bowl Full of Ideas davidkopacz.com beingfullyhuman.com Becoming a True Human podcast: t.ly/lkPHx

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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 9h
Toward an eco-biopsychosocial-spiritual model of health "The world around us is burning, flooding, blowing, shaking - we’re acutely aware that the elements meant to sustain us could flip from nurturing to threatening" shorturl.at/8OtEs @soulinmedicine.bsky.social #eco-biopsychosocial-spiritual
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Earth, wind, and fire: the need for a new kind of medicine - CLOSLER
By David Kopacz, MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine    If we’re truly going to address illness and promote health, we need to not only look inside the human organism (bio- and psycho-), th...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 14h
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Revenge of the citizens: Let’s text the candidates back, asking them for money
Every time you get a text or email from a politician or political group asking for money, write them back, asking for money.
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Jonathan McFarland @soulinmedicine.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you believe that medicine is losing its way, and want to - Restore the original values of medicine, - Cope with the ethical issues confronting modern medicine, - Resolve the imbalance in care between different areas, Then, please contact us lnkd.in/eSGzt686 or mcfarland.jonathan@gmail.com
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If, like us, you believe that medicine is 'losing its way' or has already done so, then join us in the homeland of Western civilisation, Greece. The great American writer, Henry Miller, wrote,...
If, like us, you believe that medicine is 'losing its way' or has already done so, then join us in the homeland of Western civilisation, Greece. The great American writer, Henry Miller, wrote, ' The ...
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MBlue.Bsky.social 🌺MB🌺 @mblue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We're gonna need a lotta good cats! #HappyCaturday
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Interesting choice of new acronym for AI - in psychiatry "SI" stands for Suicidal Ideation... apnews.com/article/trum...
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US diplomats told to use term ‘super intelligence’ not ‘artificial intelligence’ after Trump's call
The State Department is ordering diplomats in its international organizations bureau to use the term “super intelligence” instead of “artificial intelligence” in all communications following President...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
"In short, we are up against an ideology that has given up not only on the premise and promise of liberal democracy but on the livability of our shared world – on its beauty, on its people, on our children, on other species." www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i... @soulinmedicine.bsky.social
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The end times fascists are plotting their escape from our world. Our mission is clear | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
An unholy alliance is working toward an apocalyptic future from which only a chosen few will emerge unscathed. It’s becoming clear how we stop them
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“I pledge to the greatest president in the history of the United States, that loves us so much he can’t even breathe, that I will go out with my family, my friends, I’ll do it any way – I don’t care if I’m registered or not, I’m going to try to cheat like hell like they do.”DTrump shorturl.at/a4fRG
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‘I’m on the ticket’: Trump implores Republicans to vote in November at unusual midterm convention
The president demonised Democrats in an attempt to wangle votes in midterms despite backlash over Iran war
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Becoming A True Human.20_Steven Herrmann Spiritual Democracy is a nondual force breaking down barriers between people & all Earth beings Vid: shorturl.at/4fCbL Aud: shorturl.at/GG906 #SpiritualDemocracy #Democracy #InnerDemocracy #Jung #Vocation @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social
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Episode 20: Spiritual Democracy with Steven Herrmann
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Becoming a True Human Podcast #20: Spiritual Democracy with Steven Herrmann shorturl.at/4fCbL @jeremydavidengels.bsky.social
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Episode 20: Spiritual Democracy with Steven Herrmann
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Becoming A True Human.20_Steven Herrmann Spiritual Democracy is a nondual force breaking down barriers between people & all Earth beings Vid: shorturl.at/4fCbL Aud: shorturl.at/GG906 #SpiritualDemocracy #Democracy #InnerDemocracy #Jung #Vocation @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social
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Episode 20: Spiritual Democracy with Steven Herrmann
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
War is not war When it is waged by The Institute of Peace A Message from The Ministry of Truth
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Interview w Rob Riemen - author To Fight Against This Age: On Fascism & Humanism "quality is replaced by quantity...everything that is not useful, which is the whole world of culture and the whole world of spirituality, doesn’t count anymore" shorturl.at/pwzia #RobRiemen #Fascism #Humanism #Spirit
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Ours is a book culture - interview with Rob Riemen
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Interview w Rob Riemen - author To Fight Against This Age: On Fascism & Humanism "quality is replaced by quantity...everything that is not useful, which is the whole world of culture and the whole world of spirituality, doesn’t count anymore" shorturl.at/pwzia #RobRiemen #Fascism #Humanism #Spirit
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Ours is a book culture - interview with Rob Riemen
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis" www.theguardian.com/environment/... @soulinmedicine.bsky.social
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‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching
Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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US public libraries at ‘breaking point’ amid ideological attacks, report finds
PEN America study details verbal and physical threats to librarians, funding cuts and proliferation of book bans
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Our first Monarch caterpillar I've seen in the yard! On Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) I planted #MonarchCaterpillar #ButterflyWeed #AsclepiasTuberosa @soulinmedicine.bsky.social
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"At first sight, there is much that is still normal...but the soul of life has fled, everyone is uneasy at heart, death is at our elbow, and in reality nothing goes well. In reality they're is... no government, no judiciary. Everything has become the police" Alexander Herzen #NobilityOfSpirit
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Literland @literland.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
"Nos hemos vuelto ciegos ante todo lo que es verdaderamente importante en la vida y que la hace digna de ser vivida". "Nobleza de espíritu", Rob Riemen
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lunar eclipse last night over Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A character begins in one condition; a crisis slowly develops...the crisis passes; the person returns to something like the original state, but transformed. Someone comes very close to drowning, but doesn’t drown. What does that do to them? www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au... @chris6572.bsky.social
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‘It’s the story of what happens when the music stops’: bringing tormented jazz legend Bill Evans to life
Having directed documentaries about David Bowie, Radiohead and Joy Division, Grant Gee takes on a biopic of the turbulent and tragic American pianist
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How one American couple ditched their lawn and created a wildlife haven – and you could too
Novice gardeners James Reed McGuire and Crystal Fritz wanted to try something new when they moved out to the suburbs. Little did they know they were joining a nationwide movement
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"It’s very simple...Don’t be a cunt, ’cos you’re just fucking yourself with karma. Be nice. Be still, and know I am the Lord. And don’t look to be a Buddha.” “Be an ordinary person as best you can." Jah Wobble www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...
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Jah Wobble on covering the Beatles, London buses and why punk went wrong: ‘Being kind is seen as square’
The maverick former Public Image Ltd bassist takes us on a typically picaresque journey through his ‘Kafka-esque’ days at Transport for London, being named by Sid Vicious and his spiritual learnings
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Adapting Asimov's 3 laws of robotics to AI www.theguardian.com/technology/c...
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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel
What might a modern day equivalent of Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics look like? Guided by the author, I propose the three laws of AI
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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A strong public health system is a national asset and a political opportunity
Former governors John Kasich and Steve Beshear, along with CEO Brian C. Castrucci, advocate for strengthening America’s public health system through new recommendations from the National Comm…
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Caring for Body: Grounding Traumas may have happened in the past, you may be anxious about the future, but right here, right now, you are safe & secure in your body youtu.be/MC0k0UCLxLE @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #grounding #caring #healing #meditation #Embodying #body
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Caring for Body: Grounding Exercises
YouTube video by Becoming a True Human
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
1st video from Caring for Self & Others: Transforming Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Soul Loss (2024) - overview of the book which explores how we can transform pain & suffering into compassion youtu.be/aamQUz3tETw @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #caring #burnout #healing
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Caring for Self & Others Overview
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
My last week at my tele-psychiatry job. Lots of goodbyes all day long. What an amazing honor it has been to be able to walk alongside so many incredible people on their journeys of growth and transformation! closler.org/lifelong-lea... @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social
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The lifelong learning of saying goodbye - CLOSLER
By David Kopacz, MD, Clinical Tele-Psychiatry Practice   I’m in the process of leaving my 10th job in almost 30 years of clinical psychiatry practice. It never really gets easier saying goodbye to pat...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Wonderful movie The first one I thought of when I heard Sam Neill crossed over
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
"It feels like a contradiction at the center of modern life: we experience profound environmental loss and largely pretend nothing is happening" @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #EcologicalGrief www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief?
In Iceland, people commemorated its first glacier formally declared lost to climate change. Western culture needs more of these rituals
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thanks @closler.bsky.social for publishing my new piece: The Lifelong Learning of Saying Goodbye - as I am finishing up at one job & getting ready to start another... closler.org/lifelong-lea... @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #leaving #SayingGoodbye #JobTransitions #Transitions
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The lifelong learning of saying goodbye - CLOSLER
By David Kopacz, MD, Clinical Tele-Psychiatry Practice   I’m in the process of leaving my 10th job in almost 30 years of clinical psychiatry practice. It never really gets easier saying goodbye to pat...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Chris Smith & I will be doing a keynote "Just Look Around" at the Catalyst Convening Coaching and Clinical Integration Summit - Columbia MO 7/31 - 8/2 Join us if you can to focus on looking for the human in every encounter www.instituteforbehaviorchange.org/catalyst-con... @chris6572.bsky.social
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Catalyst Convening
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Chris Smith & I will be doing a keynote "Just Look Around" at the Catalyst Convening Coaching and Clinical Integration Summit - Columbia MO 7/31 - 8/2 Join us if you can to focus on looking for the human in every encounter www.instituteforbehaviorchange.org/catalyst-con... @chris6572.bsky.social
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Catalyst Convening
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Thanks @closler.bsky.social for publishing my new piece: The Lifelong Learning of Saying Goodbye - as I am finishing up at one job & getting ready to start another... closler.org/lifelong-lea... @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #leaving #SayingGoodbye #JobTransitions #Transitions
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The lifelong learning of saying goodbye - CLOSLER
By David Kopacz, MD, Clinical Tele-Psychiatry Practice   I’m in the process of leaving my 10th job in almost 30 years of clinical psychiatry practice. It never really gets easier saying goodbye to pat...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Honored to be cited in Di Stefano's Holism & Complementary Medicine Thanks Vincent! Great new 2nd edition! @routledgebooks.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #holism #HolisticMedicine #ReHumanizingMedicine #ComplementaryMedicine #CAM www.routledge.com/Holism-and-C...
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Holism and Complementary Medicine: Origins and Principles
The rise of complementary medicine is one of the most important developments in healthcare over the past three decades. This popular text outlines the history and philosophy behind holistic therapies ...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Looking forward to being there online!
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Looking forward to being there online!
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Inner Democracy.3: Caring for Democracy The Journey from me to WE #democracy #InnerDemocracy #DeclarationOfIndepenence #DeclarationOfInterdependence #Interbeing #4thOfJuly @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/davidrko...
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Inner Democracy.3
Caring for Democracy
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Inner Democracy.3: Caring for Democracy The Journey from me to WE #democracy #InnerDemocracy #DeclarationOfIndepenence #DeclarationOfInterdependence #Interbeing #4thOfJuly @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/davidrko...
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Inner Democracy.3
Caring for Democracy
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Honored to be cited in Di Stefano's Holism & Complementary Medicine Thanks Vincent! Great new 2nd edition! @routledgebooks.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social @chris6572.bsky.social #holism #HolisticMedicine #ReHumanizingMedicine #ComplementaryMedicine #CAM www.routledge.com/Holism-and-C...
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Holism and Complementary Medicine: Origins and Principles
The rise of complementary medicine is one of the most important developments in healthcare over the past three decades. This popular text outlines the history and philosophy behind holistic therapies ...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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What is the United States of America now? | Rebecca Solnit
The United States of America is … so many things, horrific and magnificent, good and evil, promising and cursed
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres
In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Postmaster general confirms plan to hold back mail ballots in states that won’t share voter data
Postmaster General David Steiner told lawmakers Wednesday that the U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver mail-in ballots in states that refuse to provide sensitive voter data to the federal go…
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Joseph & I have a new chapter out: "Visionary Reality, Culture, & Psychosis" in The Entanglement of Culture & Psychosis isps.org/publications... @routledgebooks.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social #culture #psychosis #mysticism #visionary #psychiatry #CulturalPsychiatry #BeautifulPaintedArrow
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The Entanglement of Culture and Psychosis: Perspectives Across Disciplines and Experiences - ISPS
Featuring contributions from a variety of international voices, this volume draws on a range of disciplinary, practice and experiential perspectives to offer new understandings of relationships betwee...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Joseph & I have a new chapter out: "Visionary Reality, Culture, & Psychosis" in The Entanglement of Culture & Psychosis isps.org/publications... @routledgebooks.bsky.social @soulinmedicine.bsky.social #culture #psychosis #mysticism #visionary #psychiatry #CulturalPsychiatry #BeautifulPaintedArrow
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The Entanglement of Culture and Psychosis: Perspectives Across Disciplines and Experiences - ISPS
Featuring contributions from a variety of international voices, this volume draws on a range of disciplinary, practice and experiential perspectives to offer new understandings of relationships betwee...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
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‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
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White House plans to vet public grants for ‘American values’ spark broad alarm
New proposal quietly published last week would amount to ‘devastating blow’ for science, experts warn
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
“The fear in which our present society lives pushes us to forget about the creative aspects of chaos and to see only disorder and catastrophe.” Daniel Odier, The Doors of Joy beingfullyhuman.com/2020/03/18/r... #CreativeChaos #Chaos #Fear #Disorder #Catastrophe #Joy @soulinmedicine.bsky.social
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Remembering the Creative Aspects of Chaos – Daniel Odier’s The Doors of Joy
From Daniel Odier, The Doors of Joy: 19 Meditations for Authentic Living, pages 95-97. “The fear in which our present society lives pushes us to forget about the creative aspects of chaos and…
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
My new piece @closler.bsky.social Supporting Patients During Politically Polarized Times "Moving from Me to We...and recognizing our...shared humanity, are...ways that we can support the health of our patients and the health of our democracy" shorturl.at/BLNot #InnerDemocracy #HealingDemocracy
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Supporting patients during politically polarized times  - CLOSLER
By David Kopacz, MD, Clinical Tele-Psychiatry Practice   Many people are suffering—many feel angry, scared, sad, and/or afraid. There’s war in Ukraine and war in the Middle East. In the U.S., there’s ...
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David Kopacz, MD @drkopacz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
"Growing Republican mistrust in the healthcare system has widened health disparities between liberals and conservatives, who are more likely to avoid vaccines and the medical system in general, according to a new study." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Republican mistrust in healthcare widens US health gap, study finds
Republicans increasingly avoid doctors and vaccines, widening health gaps with Democrats, researchers say
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