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Podcast: Skeptics in the Pub Online Podcast
Episode: The science of mental health; how it goes wrong, how it’s treated, and the many misunderstandings in between – Dr Dean Burnett
Description: Mental health awareness is a very big concern in 2021, particularly with the impact of the pandemic and lockdown. But while being aware that mental health can and does go wrong is important, very little attention is paid to how and why this happens. In his new book, Psycho Logical, neuroscientist, author, and former Psychiatry lecturer Dr Dean Burnett explores all that and more, using the latest science to explain what happens in the brain when mental health goes awry, how these problems and treated and why they work (or often don’t), and why the whole issue is so sl...