Behaviorism and Mental Health

INTRODUCTION On January 6, 2022, Awais Aftab, MD, a psychiatrist and clinical professor at Case Western, published a piece in Psychiatric Times.  The title is It’s Time for Us to Stop Being So Defensive About Criticisms of Psychiatry. Dr. Aftab’s paper is essentially a response to another paper, published also in Psychiatric Times.  This latter… Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION On June 22, 2021, Vivian Pender, MD, then the newly elected President of the APA, published an article on Psychiatric News titled Addressing Social Determinants of Mental Health.  Psychiatric News is the APA’s own online journal. Here are the first two paragraphs: “According to the World Health Organization, ‘A person’s mental health and many… Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION I have recently read an interesting paper titled:  Liberating People From Psychiatric Diagnoses:  Exploring Severe Mental, Behavioral, and Emotional Disturbances Through Biographic Documentaries.  The author is Stephen Wong, PhD, Emeritus Associate Professor, Florida International University.  The piece was published in Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, Volume 23, Number 2, 2021.  Here are some quotes… Continue Reading

INTRODUCTION I have recently read: ‘The Explanation You Have Been Looking For’: Neurobiology as Promise and Hermeneutic Closure The piece was written by Joseph E. Davis, PhD, Research Professor of the Institute of Advanced Studies in Culture, University of Virginia.  It was published online by Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry on the 5th of August, 2021…. Continue Reading