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Parenting A Child With ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)

Behavioral Collective Podcast

Based on her experience as a mother and behavioral health practitioner, she authored the incredibly insightful and evidence-based book The Parent’s Guide to Oppositional Defiant Disorder (2020). There really are takeaways relating to any child, and not just for those who are parenting a child with ODD.

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Chemically Imbalanced: Joanna Moncrieff on the Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth

Mad in America

Dr. Moncrieff is a psychiatrist who works in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Her books include De-Medicalizing Misery , The Bitterest Pills: The Troubling Story of Antipsychotic Drugs , and The Myth of the Chemical Cure. Her latest book is titled Chemically Imbalanced: The Making and Unmaking of the Serotonin Myth.

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Is Madness an Evolved Signal? Justin Garson on Strategy Versus Dysfunction

Mad in America

His most recent book is Madness: A Philosophical Exploration , published by Oxford University Press in 2022. I’m delighted to get to chat with you about your work and your latest book. So why do we call schizophrenia a mental disorder, but not believing in conspiracy theories? James Moore: Justin, welcome.

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Who Do We Leave Behind When We Ignore the Body? Why Critical Neuroscientists and Mad Activists Must Work Together

Mad in America

The prevailing logic goes: if we can validate biometric tests that are clinically predictive of mental health concerns like in other medical fields, we can more precisely, effectively, and without (solely) subjective clinical observation, treat the malady.