{"id":6597,"date":"2020-08-31T19:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T16:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhealthforromania.org\/episod-podcast\/the-science-behind-mental-health\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T22:50:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T20:50:09","slug":"the-science-behind-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"podcast-episode","link":"https:\/\/mentalhealthforromania.org\/en\/podcast-episode\/the-science-behind-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"The science behind mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ep 3 &#8211; In this episode, the young researchers from the MHR team, Dan Mirea and Larisa Dinu, tell us about the science behind health and mental disorders, debating various topics such as: the diagnostic system and its problems, the biological and psychological theories behind psychiatric disorders, how different types of treatment work and what they are based on, and finally the place of mental health within our overall health.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gb-container 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the diagnostic system as not being a product of science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1fcd34cc gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychiatrictimes.com\/view\/debunking-two-chemical-imbalance-myths-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Debunking the two chemical imbalance myths, again<\/a> | Ronald W Pies | EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>debunking the myth of chemical imbalance and introducing the model<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>bio-psycho-socio-cultural of mental disorders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-fbe61a1d gb-headline-text\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplypsychology.org\/cognitive.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cognitive psychology<\/a> | Saul McLeod | EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>explanation of the field of cognitive psychology and how its principles are applied in CBT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1e6b0885 gb-headline-text\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/color-mind.ro\/psihoterapia-cognitiv-comportamentala-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy<\/a> | ColorMind | RO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>very clear introduction to CBT\/CBT and the conceptual model behind it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-0e9ca95f gb-headline-text\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/psychologically-minded\/201310\/evidence-based-therapy-science-or-marketing\" target=\"_blank\">Evidence-Based Therapy: Science or Marketing?<\/a> | Jonathan Shedler | EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1048c084 gb-headline-text\"><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-33845024 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elefant.ro\/masters-of-the-mind-exploring-the-story-of-mental-illness-from-ancient-times-to-the-new-millennium-hardcover_26156dfa-99e9-4a09-b888-807bd4edbf2b?gclid=Cj0KCQjw-af6BRC5ARIsAALPIlVRD2wIIXJj7TACD90D_F1PTmSRO_bUh5ajvOIq9wM5M2i7UAi17kEaAksiEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Masters of the Mind | Theodore Millon<\/a> | EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>historical perspective on people&#8217;s and different cultures&#8217; understanding of mental health and disorders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-ad304642 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carturesti.ro\/carte\/the-inflamed-mind-77388085?gclid=Cj0KCQjw-af6BRC5ARIsAALPIlWCX2rm1QyHoEd3yP_54o10Sqk--t_IICfGNfxOw8jifynrD-bZOXgaAv0jEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Inflamed Mind | Edward Bullmore<\/a> | EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the book in which the inflammatory theory of depression is presented by its author<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-dd6729d3 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crazy-Like-Us-Globalization-American\/dp\/1416587098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Globalization of the American Psyche<\/a> | Ethan Watters | EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>about another component of the faulty diagnostic system that we haven&#8217;t gotten around to addressing, namely the absence of cultural differences in the understanding of disorders<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-e6e85cb3 gb-headline-text\"><strong>Videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-1018c341 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UiY6wr--0dE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The DSM\u2019s Origin Story<\/a> | SciShow Psych | EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>about the factors that led to the conception of the diagnostic system in the DSM, none of these factors being linked to empirical evidence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-01e5d2d7 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GOK1tKFFIQI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Science Behind Depression<\/a> | ASAPScience | subtitrat \u00een RO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>focused on the theory of neurogenesis, another theory of depression, whereby depression is linked to insufficient regeneration of neurons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-945fe43d gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2wCbwpnIJsA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neuroscience of anxiety<\/a> | Neuro Transmissions | EN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-bf75a639 gb-headline-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?t=646s&amp;v=u4m65sbqbhY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer 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