Dr. Alex Curmi
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1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 13 Aug
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Today we're gonna be discussing the madness pill, one doctor's quest to understand schizophrenia, the very important story in psychiatry's history.
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Merton
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Would you say that's fundamentally where the dopamine hypothesis for schizophrenia comes from?
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You know, a lot
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The tragedy was that then psychiatrists kind of discarded psychological knowledge, you know, an interest in human nature, an interest in the humanities, which made us much more well rounded professionals.
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Today I'm joined by Professor Justin Garsons.
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Justin is a professor of philosophy at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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He's a regular contributor for psycholytoday dot com, Aon and MadinAmerica dot com.
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He writes on the philosophy of madness, the evolution of mind and purpose in nature.
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Justin, thanks so much for joining me today.
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Just a quick word.
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We want to become a YouTube first podcast, and we are directing all feedback, comments, and discussion about our episodes to our YouTube comments section.
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Today we're going to be discussing Justin's new book, The Madness Pill: One Doctor's Quest to Understand Schizophrenia.
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Although I think this is a very
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Important story in psychiatry's history.
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It's a story I was totally unfamiliar with.
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It follows Dr.
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Solomon Snyder, whose experiments with mind-altering drugs helped change the way we think about the causes and treatments of schizophrenia.
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