In this selection of posts from Psychology Today, Nassir Ghaemi discusses ideas in psychiatry, such as the harmful effects of postmodernist assumptions, and psychopathology, such as the invalidity of the concept of narcissism, and the experience of what it means to recover from psychiatric illness. Table of Contents:CONCEPTS OF PSYCHIATRYThe consequences of truth: Postmodernism and American psychiatryIs it all relative?Passion-based medicine: Science-hatred gone wildWhere are the new ideas? Observations on academia PSYCHOPATHOLOGYSuddenly I was just watching a movieLife events and mood: What's cause? What's effect?Narcissism: Phlogiston of psychiatryThe psychological fallacy