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
- about the factors that led to the conception of the diagnostic system in the DSM, none of these factors being linked to empirical evidence
The Science Behind Depression | ASAPScience | subtitrat în RO
- focused on the theory of neurogenesis, another theory of depression, whereby depression is linked to insufficient regeneration of neurons
Neuroscience of anxiety | Neuro Transmissions | EN
Mental disorders as brain disorders | TEDTalk-ul lui Thomas Insel | subtitled in RO
- about psychiatric disorders as brain disorders
The connection between mental and physical health | Pysch Hub Education | EN
- short animation showing the holistic view of overall health, which includes physical and mental health and is more than the absence of disorders
