ARE PSYCHIATRISTS DEMONISED IN FICTION?
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Release Date: 09/02/2014
Does The Secret of Happiness Lie in a Maths Formula?
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Associate Professor of Mathematics at Wellsley College in the USA Oscar Fernandez talks to Dr Raj Persaud about his latest book, The Calculus of Happiness
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THE INEQUALITY PARADOX - How Capitalism Can Work For Everyone
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In his illuminating new book, Douglas McWilliams argues that inequality is largely driven not by a conspiracy of the rich, as Thomas Piketty suggests, but by technology and globalization that have led to the paradox of rising inequality even as worldwide poverty drops.
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology
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The Seven Deadly Sins of Psychology: A Manifesto for Reforming the Culture of Scientific Practice
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David Sellu a surgeon wrongfully imprisoned for the death of a patient talks to Dr Raj Persaud
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How Do You 'Come off' Medication Your Doctor Has Prescribed
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David Taylor is Director of Pharmacy and Pathology at the Maudsley Hospital, Professor of Psychopharmacology at King’s College, London and Honorary Professor at the Institute of Psychiatry. He explains to Dr Raj Persaud how to stop the drugs.
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Is Lithium The Penicillin of Mental Health?
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In this podcast, Dr Raj Persaud interviews Professor Greg de Moore about the life and work of John Cade, discussing his remarkable – but often overlooked – contribution to the history of mental health treatment through the discovery of life-saving Lithium.
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Do you suffer from a tic?
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Professor Eileen Joyce one of the world's leading authorities on tics and tic disorders talks to Dr Raj Persaud about Tics and Tourette's.
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The Psychology of Being Addicted to Risk
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Henrietta Bowden-Jones, the Royal College of Psychiatrists lead, on gambling addiction, talks to Dr Raj Persaud about the latest research into behavioural addictions
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Could An Aphorism Change Your Life? Associate Professor at Yale-NUS, Andrew Hui, talks about his new book with Dr Raj Persaud
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Aphorisms—or philosophical short sayings—appear everywhere, from Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to the Bible, Heraclitus to Nietzsche. Yet despite this ubiquity, the aphorism is the least studied literary form. In 'A Theory of the Aphorism', Andrew Hui crisscrosses histories and cultures to answer these questions and more.
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Timefulness - Do We Need A New Way of Thinking About Time In Order To Survive?
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T I M E F U L N E S S : H O W T H I N K I N G
info_outlineARE PSYCHIATRISTS DEMONISED IN FICTION? Raj Persaud in conversation with Jacqueline Hopson - literary scholar investigating portrayal of psychiatrists in fiction
Jacqueling Hopson is a PhD student at the University of Sheffield and has just published a paper on the demonization of psychiatrists in fiction in The Psychiatric Bulletin - Raj Persaud discusses with her why her research leads her to believe that psychiatry is treated badly by novelists.
If you are viewing this podcast from inside the free mobile phone app 'Raj Persaud in Conversation' you can click on the 'gift box' icon which might be on the top right hand corner of your screen to download bonus content - the original paper by Jacqueline Hopson published in 'The Psychiatrist' entitled 'The demonisation of psychiatrists in fiction (and why real psychiatrists might want to do something about it)' You can also find this bonus content in the initial main menu screen that comes up when you open the app on the top right hand corner of the screen under a menu icon that reveals 'extras' - click on extras to see the bonus content.