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May 2025

The Medication Life and the Moral Career
On antidepressants, ambivalence, & uncertainty
 • 
Awais Aftab
8
The Science of Clinical Psychiatric Reasoning
Heinrichs introduces his book “How Psychiatrists Make Decisions”
 • 
Awais Aftab
 and 
Douglas Heinrichs
4
Mixed Bag #22: Nils Wendel on Learning Psychopharmacology
A book, a concept, a person, an article, and a surprise item
 • 
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.”
 • 
Awais Aftab
12
Profiled in Lancet Psychiatry
“one of the discipline’s foremost public intellectuals”
 • 
Awais Aftab
24
The Evolutionary Genetics of Schizophrenia
Updates, clarifications, and corrections
 • 
Awais Aftab
6
Schizophrenia Is the Price We Pay for Minds Poised Near the Edge of a Cliff
Cliff-edged fitness functions and the evolution of schizophrenia
 • 
Awais Aftab
5
When It Comes to SSRIs, Are Our Only Choices “Safe & Effective” or “More Dangerous Than Heroin”?
My New York Times op-ed and bonus content
 • 
Awais Aftab
3
Emil du Bois-Reymond & Ignorance in Science: Interview with Gabriel Finkelstein
“we are ignorant and we will remain ignorant”
 • 
Awais Aftab
 and 
Josh Richardson
7
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