The Thinking Mind Podcast: Psychiatry & Psychotherapy

• E110 - Is Sectioning People Ethical? Mental Health Law, Capacity, Assisted Dying, the Insanity Defence (w/ Alex Ruck Keene)

  Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) is a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers in London, specializing in mental capacity, mental health, and healthcare law. In recognition of his significant contributions beyond the courtroom, Alex was appointed Honorary King's Counsel in March 2022. Beyond his legal practice, Alex is involved in academia and policy development. He serves as a Professor of Practice at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, and as a Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London. Alex has been instrumental in shaping mental health and capacity law policy. He was a consultant to the Law Commission's Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty Project and served as the legal adviser to the Independent Review of the Mental Health Act 1983 in 2018. Today we discuss:What is the purpose of the mental health act? What does it mean to be sectioned? What are the safeguards and appeals available to sectioned patients? How to think about complex questions legally like suicide and assisted dying The pressures mental health professionals face when making legal decisions What is  the legal concept of “Capacity”? Warning: This conversation includes frank discussion about serious matters such as suicide and assisted dying. You can find out more about Alex's work here: https://www.mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/about-the-author/Further accessible resources regarding the mental health act: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/legal-rights/mental-health-act-1983/mental-health-act-faqs/If you would like to invite Alex to speak at your organisation please email [email protected] with "Speaking Enquiry" in the subject line.If you would like to enquire about an online psychotherapy appointment with Dr. Alex, you can email - [email protected] feedback here - [email protected] - Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast

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• E109 - Is Depression a Medical Illness? (w/ Prof. Joanna Moncrieff)

  Joanna Moncrieff is a British psychiatrist, researcher, and professor of critical and social psychiatry at University College London (UCL). She is widely recognised for her critical perspectives on psychiatric medication and the biomedical model of mental health. Her work challenges conventional ideas about the role of drugs like antidepressants and antipsychotics, advocating instead for a nuanced understanding of their effects. She has authored several books, including The Myth of the Chemical Cure , A Straight Talking Introduction to Psychiatric Drugs, and Chemically Imbalanced: the Making and Unmaking of the Serotinin Myth and has published numerous academic papers, such as her notable 2022 paper on the serotonin hypothesis of depression. Interviewed by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Alex is a consultant psychiatrist and a UKCP registered psychotherapist in-training. Prof. Moncrieff's new book Chemically Imbalanced can be found here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chemically-Imbalanced-Making-Unmaking-Serotonin/dp/180399679XStudies discussed during the podcast:https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01661-0 - the serotonin paperhttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-024-02462-3 - critiquing "biological depression"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37778356/ - the RADAR study of anti-psychoticshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23824214/ - the Dutch study of anti-psychotic reductionIf you would like to invite Alex to speak at your organisation please email [email protected] with "Speaking Enquiry" in the subject line.If you would like to enquire about an online psychotherapy appointment with Dr. Alex, you can email - [email protected] feedback here - [email protected] - Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcastDisclaimer: None of the information discussed in this podcast is intended as individual medical advice, changes to medication plans should always be made via discussion with the prescriber. Abrupt withdrawal of medicaion can cause serious adverse effects. 

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• E108 - What is Psychosis? (with Prof. Richard Bentall)

  Richard Benthall is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield in the UK. His research has focusued on the psychological mechanisms of severe mental illness (such as hallucinations and delusions) and social factors that affect these conditions. His work along with the work of other researchers is responsible for psychological interventions (such as cognitive behaviour therapy) being included in national guidelines for the treatment of psychotic type conditions. Bentall along with some collaborators also published a meta analysis in 2012 suggesting strongly that trauma is an important risk factor for developing psychotic conditions:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3406538/Interviewed by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Alex is a consultant psychiatrist and a UKCP registered psychotherapist in-training.If you would like to invite Alex to speak at your organisation please email [email protected] with "Speaking Enquiry" in the subject line.If you would like to enquire about an online psychotherapy appointment with Dr. Alex, you can email - [email protected] feedback here - [email protected] - Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast

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• E107 - The Evolution of Psychiatry (w/ Dr. Adam Hunt)

  Dr. Adam Hunt (PhD) is a post-doc researcher at the University of Cambridge and the host of the Evolving Psychiatry podcast which provides interviews, insights and an introduction to evolutionary psychiatry, with guest appearances from leading academics and psychiatrists.His upcoming book Specialised Minds which seeks to explains the existence of long term, common mental disorders, and common personality traits as products of the same evolutionary process, specifically of cognitive specialisation.You can learn more about Adam's work here:https://www.adamhunt.info/Interviewed by Dr. Alex Curmi. Dr. Alex is a consultant psychiatrist and a UKCP registered psychotherapist in-training.If you would like to invite Alex to speak at your organisation please email [email protected] with "Speaking Enquiry" in the subject line.If you would like to enquire about an online psychotherapy appointment with Dr. Alex, you can email - [email protected] feedback here - [email protected] - Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast

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• E106 - Overcoming Cynicism in Mental Health (Anti-Psychiatry, Anti-depressants, Big Pharma, ADHD, Psychotherapy)

  Today Alex chats with Dr. Alex Meaburn, a speciality doctor in psychiatry who has been working on the podcast behind the scenes. They discuss some of the limitations of psychiatry including problems with the biomedical model of depression, social-cultural reasons for mental health problems, crticisms of anti-depressants, dysfunctional attitudes towards suffering, the pros and cons of psychotherapy, the value of medication for ADHD and much more. Dr. Alex Curmi is a consultant psychiatrist and a UKCP registered psychotherapist in-training.If you would like to invite Alex to speak at your organisation please email [email protected] with "Speaking Enquiry" in the subject line. If you would like to enquire about an online psychotherapy appointment with Dr. Alex, you can email - [email protected] feedback here - [email protected] -  Follow us here: Twitter @thinkingmindpod Instagram @thinkingmindpodcast

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