The Book
Science Over Stigma
Education and Advocacy
for Mental Health
Science Over Stigma: Education and Advocacy for Mental Health (American Psychiatric Association Publishing, 2021) makes the case that mental illness is real, common, and treatable — and that everyone who cares about people with mental illness should learn to say so with confidence.
Written for clinicians, families, and advocates alike, it gathers the scientific evidence behind psychiatry into a plainspoken argument against the last socially acceptable prejudice.
Mental illness is real, mental illness is common, and mental illness is treatable. It is time everyone knew it.
The argument of Science Over Stigma
Essays & Columns
Dr. Morehead writes a regular column for Psychiatric Times. A selection:
- Mar 2026 On Some So-Called Toxic Effects of Psychiatric MedicationsPsychiatric Times
- Sep 2025 Artificial Intelligence Will Never Replace Psychiatry—But It Will Try to Destroy ItPsychiatric Times
- Aug 2025 Will the Benzodiazepine Wars Ever End?Psychiatric Times
- May 2025 The New York Times Moves the Goalposts on ADHDPsychiatric Times
- Mar 2025 Psychiatry: A Graveyard of Dumb IdeasPsychiatric Times
- Feb 2025 What We Want from InsurancePsychiatric Times
- Jun 2024 Everyone Is Wrong About BenzodiazepinesPsychiatric Times
- Feb 2024 The Power of Plain Old PsychiatryPsychiatric Times
- Dec 2021 It’s Time for Us to Stop Waffling About PsychiatryPsychiatric Times
A fuller library of essays, patient education materials, and links is being assembled and will grow over time.
Speaking
Dr. Morehead has taught and lectured throughout his career — grand rounds, national conferences, residency courses, and community and faith gatherings across the country and abroad.
Frequent topics
- Mental health advocacy and the public face of psychiatry
- The science behind psychiatric treatment — and its critics
- Benzodiazepines and the anxiety around prescribing
- Psychotherapy as a core psychiatric treatment
- Neuroscience, spirituality, and mental health
- Faith communities and mental illness
Recent venues
- American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting
- Harvard South Shore VA Grand Rounds
- Mass General Brigham (Salem Hospital) Grand Rounds
- LSU Psychiatry Grand Rounds
- King Saud University International Psychiatry Conference, Riyadh
- Montana Psychiatric Society Annual Conference
- NAMI conferences and Hawaiian Islands Ministries
Podcasts & Conversations
- May 2025 Benzodiazepines — an interviewThe Carlat Report
- Oct 2024 Honoring Neurodivergence with Curiosity and HumilityTransforming Trauma podcast, episode 145
- Aug 2021 Combatting the Stigma of Personal Mental Health CareThe Vine podcast
Scholarly Work
Beyond the column, Dr. Morehead’s scholarly writing spans psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and religion — including papers in Psychoanalytic Quarterly and Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Thought, contributions to Psychoanalytic Terms and Concepts (Yale University Press), and chapters on psychology, pastoral care, and Augustine for Oxford University Press and Lexington Books.
Invite Dr. Morehead
Illustrative portrait — final photography to come
To invite Dr. Morehead to speak — at a clinical conference, a university, or a faith community — write to [email protected].