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Our podcast features a wide variety of discussions on mental health, in the form of interviews with experts or personal stories.

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7 May 2021

depression ● medication ● therapy

Depression: from how we measure it to the role of loved ones

If you want to learn more about depression, how it is measured, what the risk factors and treatment options are, but also if you want to learn how you can support a loved one who is dealing with depression, this episode is for you. This month’s episode addresses depression, the most prevalent mental disorder.

Study about ketamine as a treatment for depression | Kraus, C., Wasserman, D., Henter, I. D., Acevedo-Diaz, E., Kadriu, B., & Zarate Jr, C. A. (2019). The influence of ketamine on drug discovery in depression. Drug discovery today, 24(10), 2033-2043 | EN

Study on problems in measuring depression | Cai, N., Choi, K. W., & Fried, E. I. (2020). Reviewing the genetics of heterogeneity in depression: operationalizations, manifestations and etiologies. Human molecular genetics, 29(R1), R10-R18 | EN

Study on problems in measuring depression (melancholic subtype) | Fried, E. I., Coomans, F., & Lorenzo-Luaces, L. (2020). The 341 737 ways of qualifying for the melancholic specifier. The Lancet Psychiatry, 7(6), 479-480 | EN

First aid for mental health | | RO

Book about depression – The Noon Demon by Andrew Solomon | RO

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1 April 2021

self-care ● medication ● therapy ● personal story

Talking to a psychologist

“Talking to a psychologist” is an informative but warm episode about the psychologist profession and what it entails. Larisa Dinu and Rodica Afrăsinei are graduates of the faculty of psychology, who chose different specializations. Larisa is a researcher in the field, and Rodica Afrăsinei is a personal development counsellor.

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31 August 2020

medication ● therapy

The science behind mental health

In this episode, the young researchers from the MHR team, Dan Mirea and Larisa Dinu, explore the science behind mental health and mental disorders. They discuss a range of topics, including the diagnostic system and its limitations, the biological and psychological theories underlying psychiatric disorders, how different types of treatment work and the evidence on which they are based, and, finally, the place of mental health within our overall health.

Articles:

The Real Problems With Psychiatry | Interview with Gary Greenberg | EN

criticism of the diagnostic system as not being a product of science

Debunking the two chemical imbalance myths, again | Ronald W Pies | EN

debunking the myth of chemical imbalance and introducing the model
bio-psycho-socio-cultural of mental disorders

Cognitive psychology | Saul McLeod | EN

explanation of the field of cognitive psychology and how its principles are applied in CBT

Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy | ColorMind | RO

very clear introduction to CBT/CBT and the conceptual model behind it

Evidence-Based Therapy: Science or Marketing? | Jonathan Shedler | EN

explanation of the fact that just because CBT is a form of therapy based on evidence and scientific principles does not mean that it is necessarily more effective than eg: psychodynamic therapies

Books:

Masters of the Mind | Theodore Millon | EN

historical perspective on people’s and different cultures’ understanding of mental health and disorders

The Inflamed Mind | Edward Bullmore | EN

the book in which the inflammatory theory of depression is presented by its author

The Globalization of the American Psyche | Ethan Watters | EN

about another component of the faulty diagnostic system that we haven’t gotten around to addressing, namely the absence of cultural differences in the understanding of disorders

Videos:

The DSM’s Origin Story | SciShow Psych | EN