Jack Drescher, MD, PC

04/19/2026

This is the latest Doctors in Dialogue on the subject of “Street Psychiatry” and helping the unhoused mentally ill.

Doctors in Dialogue is a project of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP), a psychiatric think tank that has been around for 80 years.

A Doctors in Dialogue conversation with GAP Members Dr. Michael Flaum and Dr. Samuel Jackson

04/11/2026

This is the April 10 recording of the IPA Journal Club featuring Austin Ratner, MD. Worth a watch and worth sharing.

The IPA Journal Club (JC) is a project of the IPA Communications Committee. It meets 6 times per academic year (September-June) on Fridays at 4 PM (16:00-17:...

04/03/2026

This article in the American Psychiatric Association’s Psychiatric News features transgender psychiatrists explaining to their colleagues what is going on in their lives and their patients’ lives. Definitely worth a read and worth sharing.

PsychiatryOnline.org is the platform for all American Psychiatric Association Publishing journals, DSM, and bestselling textbooks, as well as APA Practice Guidelines, and continuing medical education.

04/01/2026

This is my latest post on Substack. You can read more about it at the link. And do consider become a follower or free subscriber.

https://jdrescher.substack.com/p/remembering-kenneth-lewes-phd

03/26/2026

Honored to take on this role for the next six months.

03/25/2026

Grand Rounds at AUB tomorrow. Sadly cannot be there in person

03/12/2026

Join us at the April 10, 2026 meeting of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) Journal Club as author Austin Ratner, MD discusses his paper on "The Psychoanalyst's Resistance to the Task of Proof." This is a Zoom meeting.

You can register to attend the JC at no cost at this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/INU-bITqRxexZ8wD0J6Orw

You can download Dr. Ratner's paper at this link:
https://guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/prev.2018.105.2.157

03/09/2026

This is the latest installment of the International Psychoanalytical Association Journal Club.

Guest authors are Vittorio Lingiardi, MD & Nancy McWilliams, PhD and a discussion of their recently published Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual (PDM-3). Worth a view and worth sharing.

The IPA Journal Club (JC) is a project of the IPA Communications Committee. It meets 6 times per academic year (September-June) on Fridays at 4 PM (16:00-17:...

03/01/2026

This is my latest Substack post; worth a read and worth sharing

Some Caveats Regarding Psychodynamic Formulations

02/26/2026

“I Told the Bot, Not My Therapist” is the latest blog post from the Committee on Technology and Psychiatry of the Group for Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP).

Definitely worth a read and worth sharing

When emotional support moves from therapist to chatbot, what happens to judgment and human connection?

02/22/2026

A pleasure to meet again with Father David to discuss mental health issues on Friar Time TV

Today on FRIAR TIME, Dr. Jack Drescher returns for a timely and important conversation on understanding mental illness.More than 1 in 5 adults in the United ...

02/13/2026

Please join us for the next episode of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA) Journal Club

Registration Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Fu8tSRh4S_Wzivwzc06fCw #/registration

Download the PDM-3 Chapter Introduction to be discussed:
https://shorturl.at/S3yrA