#566 Joel Paris: The Current State of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
RECORDED ON SEPTEMBER 10th 2021.
Dr. Joel Paris is Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University, and Research Associate in the Department of Psychiatry at Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital. His research interests include developmental factors in personality disorders (especially borderline personality), and culture and personality. He’s the author of many books, including An Evidence-Based Critique of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, The Fall of an Icon: Psychoanalysis and Academic Psychiatry, and Fads and Fallacies in Psychiatry.
In this episode, we talk about current issues in psychiatric and psychotherapeutic practice. Topics include: historical fads in psychiatry, and what lessons can be drawn for the present; attempts of current theories to carry out biological reductionism; the dominance of medication in practice; the proliferation of psychotherapies; the belief that the most important psychological risk factor for mental illness is trauma; the idea that mental disorders are mainly due to social and political problems; we talk about overdiagnosis in conditions like depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and PTSD; problems with the DSM system of classification of disorders; the therapeutic relationship, and its importance in psychotherapy; and if psychiatry is well-equipped to preventing suicide.
Time Links:
Intro
Fads in psychiatry
Biological reductionism
Medication
The proliferation of psychotherapies
Is trauma a big risk factor for mental illness?
Social and political factors
Overdiagnosis – depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and PTSD
The DSM system of classification of disorders
The therapeutic relationship
Preventing suicide
Follow Dr. Paris’ work!
Follow Dr. Paris’ work:
Faculty page: http://bit.ly/2WMd13X
Jewish General Hospital page: http://bit.ly/3mMmVx9
Our first interview: https://youtu.be/qjhZi01sMMI
ResearchGate profile: https://bit.ly/2JpbHkI
Amazon page: https://amzn.to/2KVyGE8