E116 - What are Mental Disorders? (with Dr. Awais Aftab)

Dr Awais Aftab is a psychiatrist in Cleveland, Ohio and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of Conversations in Critical Psychiatry - a 2024 Oxford University Press book, based on a series in the Psychiatric Times - https://www.awaisaftab.com/conversations-in-critical-psychiatry.html.  

He also writes Psychiatry at the Margins, a  substack newsletter exploring critical, philosophical, and scientific debates in psychiatric practice and the psy-sciences (https://www.psychiatrymargins.com/)

Our conversation today explores the role of philosophy in psychiatry, the nature of psychiatric diagnoses and their limitations, Dr Aftab’s view on mental illness as "medical conditions" and how biological, psychological and social factors contribute to mental health difficulties. 

Interviewed by Dr. Anya Borissova - Give feedback here - [email protected] Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast Tiktok - @thinking.mind.podcast 

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