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Conversations in Critical Psychiatry
Phenomenology, Power, Polarization, and the Discourse on Psychosis: Nev Jones, PhD
October 08, 2020
Having experienced psychosis herself, a psychologist wants us to rethink how we understand and treat this complex condition.
Psychiatry’s Intellectual Crisis: Giovanni Fava, MD
September 17, 2020
"It is simply wishful thinking to believe that one course of treatment may entail the solution to problems that we encounter in complex cases," says Dr Fava. Dr Aftab explores a multitude of issues in psychiatry and science in this interview.
The Medical Model in Theory and Practice: Ahmed Samei Huda, MBChb, MSC
September 05, 2020
In this interview with Dr Aftab, Dr Huda discusses his views on the medical model in psychiatry, the misconceptions surrounding it, its strengths and limitations, and its relationship with other frameworks.
Moving Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis: Lucy Johnstone, PsyD
August 14, 2020
In this interview, Dr Aftab and Dr Johnstone discuss her criticisms of psychiatric diagnosis and her approach to psychological formulation as a conceptual alternative to diagnosis.
Psychoanalysis and the Re-Enchantment of Psychiatry: Jonathan Shedler, PhD
July 29, 2020
In this interview, Dr Aftab and Dr Shedler discuss the relationship between the psychoanalytic worldview and the medical model, and they reexamine the role of psychodynamic psychotherapy in contemporary psychiatry and psychology.
The Many Histories of Biological Psychiatry: Anne Harrington, DPhil
July 20, 2020
An interview with Dr Anne Harrington, who offers a stimulating and thought-provoking historical perspective on the evolution of biological psychiatry from the German histopathologists to the present time in her recent book.
The Battle for the Soul of Psychiatry: Ronald W. Pies, MD
June 24, 2020
In this interview, Dr Aftab and Dr Pies revisit several debates concerning various criticisms of psychiatry that Dr Pies has been involved in over the course of his career, and they discuss how to make sense of the profession’s relationship with its critics.
Weaving Conceptual and Empirical Work in Psychiatry: Kenneth S. Kendler, MD
May 26, 2020
Awais Aftab, MD, interviews this highly respected psychiatrist and genetics researcher, who has been further catapulted into fame over the past two decades through his widely read philosophical commentaries.
Psychiatric Disorders as an Imperfect Community: Peter Zachar, PhD
May 04, 2020
In this interview with Awais Aftab, MD, Dr Peter Zachar discusses how psychiatric disorders can be viewed through the lens of scientifically inspired pragmatism.
Psychiatry and the Human Condition: Joanna Moncrieff, MD
April 10, 2020
Dr Moncrieff’s ideas represent in many ways the enduring legacy of Thomas Szasz. In this probing interview with Dr Aftab, she challenges the medical view of mental disorders and argues that biological and behavioral conditions have a different relationship to agency.