What’s Been Lost in Medicine is Shameful in Psychiatry: Reflections on Bernard Lown
July 4th, 2026
For Lown, two relationship areas that are critical in heart health and recovery are: (1) the relationship between the physician and the patient; and (2) the relationships between patients with their partners, family members, and other significant people in their lives. Tragically, the current absurd reality of psychiatry is that it ignores or merely pays lip to these two relationship areas when it comes to our emotional struggles.
