Clinical Personality Psychology | Simone Cheli | Evolving Psychiatry #56
How do clinical psychologists think differently once taking an evolutionary view? How can the evolutionary sciences help in understanding the problems people seek help from therapists for?Simone Cheli...
24 Mai 1h 7min
Overdiagnosis and AI Therapists | Allen Frances | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #55
Mental disorder diagnosis has increased rapidly in recent decades, and now with the introduction of AI, possibilities for treatment are changing. Where will AI assistants fit into psychiatry and clini...
17 Mai 1h 4min
Problems with Brains(cience) | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast Episode #54
Neuroscience is the flagship science of psychiatry, but hasn't led to the advances expected from it. In this episode, Adam discusses difficulties with neuroscience and possibilities for switching to a...
6 Feb 55min
'Just a theory'? | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast Episode #53
Evolutionary theories are indeed... theories. But are they 'just' theories, in the derogatory sense? Or are they something more... In this episode Adam discusses this question.Dr Adam Hunt is a resear...
30 Jan 27min
What IS Depression? | Daniel Nettle | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #52
What different explanatory frameworks can make sense of depression? And what are their respective impacts?Daniel Nettle is a behavioural scientist whose work bridges psychology, evolution, and public ...
28 Okt 20251h 6min
Reconsidering ADHD | Annie Swanepoel | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #51
Evolutionary perspectives on ADHD are often talked about: Annie Swanepoel shares how they affect her practice as a psychiatrist, and what evolutionary perspectives in general mean for the field.Dr Ann...
5 Okt 202535min
Depression's Function: Disengaging | Adam Hunt | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #50
Why do we get depressed? Is depression really functional? In this episode, Adam discusses an overarching hypothesis which captures many existing evolutionary hypotheses: that depression's original fun...
25 Sep 202528min
Most Depression is Not a Disorder | James Turner | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #49
Why does low mood, and at extreme, depression, exist? What is its function? James Turner is a postdoctoral researcher at Umeå University. He completed his PhD in Philosophy in 2024 at the University o...
17 Sep 20251h 14min
