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Cogwheel Souls: Q&A with Sofia Jeppsson on Madness, Fantasy, and Philosophy
“Nothing but cogs and wheels and springs”
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Awais Aftab
2
Overdiagnosis and Diagnostic Chaos
Responses to ‘The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion’ and additional comments
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Awais Aftab
1
Journalism, Psychiatry, and Public Trust: Q&A with Ellen Barry
Ellen Barry is a reporter covering mental health for the New York Times.
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Awais Aftab
1
The “Overdiagnosis” Confusion
“Overdiagnosis” is a blunt verdict offering blunt solutions
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Awais Aftab
12
Hype-Disappointment-Reinvention Cycles in Transgender Medicine
Guest post by Kinnon Ross MacKinnon and Pablo Expósito-Campos
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The One Percent
3
Mixed Bag #23: Glenn Sullivan on the Suicidal Patient
a book, a concept, a person, an article & a surprise item
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Glenn Sullivan
1

May 2025

The Medication Life and the Moral Career
On antidepressants, ambivalence, & uncertainty
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Awais Aftab
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The Science of Clinical Psychiatric Reasoning
Heinrichs introduces his book “How Psychiatrists Make Decisions”
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Awais Aftab
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Douglas Heinrichs
4
Mixed Bag #22: Nils Wendel on Learning Psychopharmacology
A book, a concept, a person, an article, and a surprise item
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Nils Wendel, MD
Why Did Evolution Leave Us Vulnerable to Mental Disorders? A Q&A with Randolph Nesse
“Individuals with disorders often have advantages, but that does not make the disorder an adaptation.”
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Awais Aftab
12
Profiled in Lancet Psychiatry
“one of the discipline’s foremost public intellectuals”
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Awais Aftab
24
The Evolutionary Genetics of Schizophrenia
Updates, clarifications, and corrections
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Awais Aftab
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