Amy Alkon

He's got some great books also. So, you know, it is time for, I can tell you, you know, working in psychiatry all the years that I did, that generally speaking, any psychiatric syndrome is accounted for on the basis of biology at about 60%. 60% of the syndrome is accounted for on the basis of biology alone. And there's, of course, there are environmental inputs, like with every syndrome.

He's got some great books also. So, you know, it is time for, I can tell you, you know, working in psychiatry all the years that I did, that generally speaking, any psychiatric syndrome is accounted for on the basis of biology at about 60%. 60% of the syndrome is accounted for on the basis of biology alone. And there's, of course, there are environmental inputs, like with every syndrome.

Even if you have a piano drop on your head, you have to have grown a head. There's always some biological elements in things that can look like strictly environmental inputs. And the biology has profound effects on everything. And the biology is shaped out of the evolutionary forces of millions and millions and hundreds of millions of years. And that's that. It's just that. It's just so.

Even if you have a piano drop on your head, you have to have grown a head. There's always some biological elements in things that can look like strictly environmental inputs. And the biology has profound effects on everything. And the biology is shaped out of the evolutionary forces of millions and millions and hundreds of millions of years. And that's that. It's just that. It's just so.

Now, I think the evolution of psychology got itself in a little trouble by using, doing a lot of just so descriptions of sort of the traits and things that had evolved without helping people understand that there is. No, no, no, no, no. Hold on. Hold on. Let me finish. Without helping people understand that there's also good science behind it.

Now, I think the evolution of psychology got itself in a little trouble by using, doing a lot of just so descriptions of sort of the traits and things that had evolved without helping people understand that there is. No, no, no, no, no. Hold on. Hold on. Let me finish. Without helping people understand that there's also good science behind it.

That's right. That's right.

That's right. That's right.

We're Western-educated, industrialized.

We're Western-educated, industrialized.

Yeah. We used to just do them on Harvard and Yale students. That's that's the bottom line. And now we try to get a more diverse population. Well, listen, I am out of time. I really I've over I've overstayed my welcome. And I would love to talk to you some more of their topics that come up where you're fighting. The menopausal front, I'm a warrior with you on that one.

Yeah. We used to just do them on Harvard and Yale students. That's that's the bottom line. And now we try to get a more diverse population. Well, listen, I am out of time. I really I've over I've overstayed my welcome. And I would love to talk to you some more of their topics that come up where you're fighting. The menopausal front, I'm a warrior with you on that one.

And I wanted to get that one on the record since we were talking about women's issues.

And I wanted to get that one on the record since we were talking about women's issues.

I'm just going to tell everybody. But if there are other things that come along on the evolutionary psychology front and male-female differences and things, I'd like to get back into that battle again. I used to fight those fights. And I got sidetracked by COVID.

I'm just going to tell everybody. But if there are other things that come along on the evolutionary psychology front and male-female differences and things, I'd like to get back into that battle again. I used to fight those fights. And I got sidetracked by COVID.

And? And to build that resiliency and build that self-efficacy, you lean into stressful circumstances. You don't hide in safe spaces. You expose yourself to things. Exposure therapy is the main breakthrough in mental health in the first quarter of the 21st century. And guess what? Ordinary misery is good. And build resiliency and efficacy through leaning into unpleasant things. That's that.

And? And to build that resiliency and build that self-efficacy, you lean into stressful circumstances. You don't hide in safe spaces. You expose yourself to things. Exposure therapy is the main breakthrough in mental health in the first quarter of the 21st century. And guess what? Ordinary misery is good. And build resiliency and efficacy through leaning into unpleasant things. That's that.

Just like building your muscles, it hurts.

Just like building your muscles, it hurts.